Elucidation of social, cognitive and neural basis of sense of coherence for application of community suppourt projects

• Project/Area Number: 17H02609
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: Okayama Prefectural University
• Principal Investigator: Sakano Junko 岡山県立大学, 保健福祉学部, 教授 (70321677)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 矢嶋 裕樹 新見公立大学, 健康科学部, 准教授 (00550469) ; 澤田 陽一 岡山県立大学, 保健福祉学部, 助教 (50584265) ; 山崎 喜比古 日本福祉大学, 社会福祉学部, 教授 (10174666)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
• Budget Amount: ¥13,130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥10,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,030,000); Fiscal Year 2021: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000); Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥5,850,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,350,000)
• Keywords: SOC / 高齢者 / 社会関係資源 / 遂行機能 / 急性ストレス反応 / Social provision / 媒介効果 / 認知機能 / 社会資源 / 神経基盤 / 汎抵抗資源 / 社会調査 / ストレス / 健康要因 / 精神的健康 / 人間関係資源 / ストレス緩衝効果 / 認知基盤 / Sense of coherence / ストレス対処力 / 地域支援事業

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Various issues were addressed to verify the applicability of SOC to develop intervention programs for elderly people that can be applied to community support projects and to measure their effects.
As a result, we found that SOC significantly promoted/reduced positive/negative mental health in old age, that social relational resources accounted for positive/negative mental health through SOC, and that SOC reduced psychophysiological reactivity (stress-buffering effect against stress responses).

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

従来、SOCは30代まで発達し高齢期に至るまで安定しているとされていたが、近年、介入研究により高齢期でもSOCが発達する可能性が示唆されている。本研究により、高齢者を対象にSOCあるいは社会関係資源への介入により、高齢期のポジティブな精神的健康の促進、あるいはネガティブな精神的健康の低減を示唆する知見を明らかにできたことから、元気高齢者の介護予防・健康増進を目的とする「生き生きしている・活力のある」といった実存レベルの状態に働きかけるための介入プログラム開発のための示唆を得られたものと考えられる。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Sense of coherence（SOC）における有意味感は高齢者のMental well-beingを促進する (2022)
  • Author(s): 大片久・澤田陽一・矢嶋裕樹・坂野純子
  • Journal Title: 厚生の指標 Volume: 69 Pages: 1-7
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 高齢期の健康的な食関連習慣尺度の妥当性と信頼性の検証 ―健康生成論に基づくアプローチ― (2022)
  • Author(s): 大形篤・澤田陽一・大片久・矢嶋裕樹・坂野純子
  • Journal Title: 岡山県立大学保健福祉学部紀要 Volume: 28 Pages: 57-68
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] ポジティブな精神的健康をとらえる日本語版Mental Health Continuum Short Form（MHC-SF-J）の高齢者における妥当性と信頼性の検証 (2021)
  • Author(s): 大片久・澤田陽一・矢嶋裕樹・坂野純子
  • Journal Title: 老年社会科学 Volume: 43 Pages: 262-273
  • NAID: 40022735365
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Development of a short version of Social Provisions Scale for communitydwelling elderly individuals ：an item response theory approach (2019)
  • Author(s): 大方久・澤田陽一・矢嶋裕樹・矢庭さゆり・坂野純子
  • Journal Title: 岡山県立大学保健福祉学部紀要 Volume: 25 Pages: 27-34
  • DOI: 10.15009/00002270
  • NAID: 120006585522
  • URL: https://oka-pu.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/2299
  • Year and Date: 2019-03-12
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Presentation] Sense of coherence as a mediator between social support and mental well-being amaong Japanese elderly people. (2022)
  • Author(s): Sakano J, Sawada Y, Okata H, Yajima Y
  • Organizer: ISOQOL 29th annual conference 2022
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Higher meaningfulness of sense of coherence (SOC) is associated with better mental well-being of the elderly people. (2021)
  • Author(s): Sakano J, Okata H, Sawada Y, Yajima Y
  • Organizer: ISOQOL 28th annual conference 2021
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 「Salutogenic factors of healthy eating habits in Japanese elderly people: a structural equation modelling approach. (2020)
  • Author(s): Sakano J, Ogata A, Sawada Y, Yajima Y.
  • Organizer: ISOQOL 27th Annual Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Development of a short version of Social Provisions Scale for community-dwelling elderly individuals: an item response theory approach. (2019)
  • Author(s): Junko Sakano, Hisashi Okata, Yoichi Sawada, Yuki Yajima, Sayuri Yaniwa
  • Organizer: ISOQOL 26th Annual Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Does Sense of Coherence buffer acute mental stress in older people? (2018)
  • Author(s): Junko Sakano, Yoichi Sawada, Yuki Yajima, Atsushi Ueda
  • Organizer: The ISOQOL 25th annual conference
• [Presentation] Relationship between sense of coherence and psycho-physiological reactivity to acute mental stress. (2017)
  • Author(s): Junko Sakano, Yoichi Sawada, Yuki Yajima, Hisashi Okata, Atsushi Ueda, Rina Yoneyama
  • Organizer: ISOQOL2017 24th Annual conference
  • Int'l Joint Research