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Self-supportive approach to divorced family

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18530448
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Social welfare and social work studies
Research InstitutionTokyo International University

Principal Investigator

ODAGIRI Noriko  Tokyo International University, department of social welfare and psychology, professor (10316672)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) MURAI Miki  Tokyo International University, department of social welfare and psychology, associate professor (70275808)
Project Period (FY) 2006 – 2007
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2007)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,530,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
Keywordsdivorced family / self-support / child involved in divorce / disclosure of divorce / self-help-group / interpretation to divorce / narrative / 離婚の真実告知 / 親子葛藤
Research Abstract

The purpose of this study is to clarify the psychological effect of divorce on divorced mothers and their children, the tasks of recovery from divorce, and self-supportive approach to divorced family. Subjects are nineteen divorced mothers in parental authority, aged from thirty to sixty-two and their nineteen children aged from fifteen to twenty-seven. The method is the one- to-one interview for ninety minutes. Mothers were asked to answer over ten questions about their present situation such as employment status, dwelling status, childcare payment, child visits to the spouse not in parental authority, relationship with their child and psychological troubles caused by divorce so on. Children answered over ten questions about their feeling of parental divorce, relationship with their parent and friends, their hope for the future so on.
The main results are as follows :
1) The relative factor of psychological well-being after divorce for mothers are the reason of their divorce, their child's problem behavior, mother's self-concept, social support from ex-spouse and their parents, and economic status.
2) The relative factor of psychological well-being after divorce for children are relationship with their parents, adjustment to their school life, and social support from their sibling and their friends.
3) The tasks of recovery from divorce for mothers are keeping adequate distance from their children, disclosure of their divorce to their child and reinterpretation of their divorce.
4) The tasks of recovery from parental divorce for children are psychological independent from their mothers and reinterpretation of parental divorce.
5) It is important for divorced mothers to support them not only as a mother but also as a woman.
6) As the time passes, children look back on the parental divorce, reinterpret it, gain the new understanding and insight, and finally break free from their parental divorce.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2007 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2006 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (7 results)

All 2008

All Journal Article (1 results) Presentation (4 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Child support system2008

    • Author(s)
      Noriko, Odagiri
    • Journal Title

      Introduction to Clinical Psychology(The Open University of Japan Press)

      Pages: 165-176

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] 母親と子どもが離婚を乗り越えるための課題2008

    • Author(s)
      小田切 紀子
    • Organizer
      日本臨床心理学会
    • Place of Presentation
      筑波大学
    • Year and Date
      2008-09-06
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] 「離婚の子ども」とセルフ・ヘルプ・グループの意義-当事者の「語り」による検討2008

    • Author(s)
      村井 美紀
    • Organizer
      日本社会福祉実践理論学会
    • Place of Presentation
      関西学院大学
    • Year and Date
      2008-06-21
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] Psychological well-being of divorced family2008

    • Author(s)
      Noriko, Odagiri
    • Organizer
      Conference of Japanese Clinical Psychology
    • Place of Presentation
      Tsukuba University
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] The importance of the child involved in divorce and Self-help-group2008

    • Author(s)
      Miki, Murai
    • Organizer
      Conference of Japan Society of Social Work Practice
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Kansai Gakuin
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] コミュニティ援助2-子育て支援2008

    • Author(s)
      小田切 紀子
    • Total Pages
      12
    • Publisher
      放送大学教育振興会
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] 心理臨床の基礎14章コミュニティ援助子育て支援2008

    • Author(s)
      小田切 紀子
    • Total Pages
      12
    • Publisher
      放送大学教育振興会
    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2006-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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