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¥1,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
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| Research Abstract |
In this study, authors examined the effect of Dohsa-method induced positive experience on enhancing a recall of the memory and its related nostalgic affects in undergraduate students and elderly people. Based on the participants' introspective reports, five patterns of recall mode were extracted "natural recall," "positive self-image and positive recall," "relaxed and comfortable attention," "positive bodily experience and positive recall," and "modified cognitive attitudes toward things." Cluster analysis using pre-post test scores ratio of nostalgic experience scale revealed two types of nostalgic experience; "harmonized type" in which the both positive and negative affects uplifted, and "bipolar type" where the positive affect was enhanced and the negative one was suppressed. The participants of the "harmonized type "reported twice as many "modified cognitive attitude toward things" as the "bipolar type" did. These results suggest that the participants of the "harmonized type" have access to both the positive and negative aspects of the past memory, and accept those aspects to reorganize into his/her life story.
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