• Search Research Projects
  • Search Researchers
  • How to Use
  1. Back to previous page

A longitudinal twin study on the development of empathy

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K03229
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 10020:Educational psychology-related
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

Takahashi Yusuke  京都大学, 教育学研究科, 准教授 (20615471)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Keywords共感性 / 向社会行動 / 縦断研究 / 双生児 / 行動遺伝学 / 冷淡さ / 無感情性 / 認知的共感 / 情動的共感 / 縦断データ
Outline of Research at the Start

共感性は,人間においても他の動物種においても向社会行動の基盤である(de Waal, 2008)。既に先行研究によって示されている共感性の予測的妥当性と変容可能性の高さを考慮に入れながら,双生児の縦断調査研究を本邦においても実施し,遺伝と環境の交絡を解くために必要不可欠な基礎的な実証データを適切に蓄積する。本研究課題は,実証に基づく発達支援を志向し,発達行動遺伝学の視点から,子どもの共感機能の発達と適応・不適応について体系的に研究することが主たる目的である。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Although empathy is one of the human capitals indispensable for human adaptive behavior, the structure of empathy in childhood and adolescence and its predictive validity for several important outcome variables remain largely unexplored. In this research project, clarifying the structure and developmental dynamics of empathy in childhood and adolescence, we have examined how it influences social adjustment and maladjustment through behavioral genetic analysis using the twin method, and in particular, using data from the UK, we have clarified aspects of the development of callous and unemotional traits, which are the dark side of empathy, and using data from Japan, we reported on the specific etiological relationship between two types of empathy (i.e., cognitive and affective empathy) and autistic and psychopathic tendencies.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究課題は,人間においても他の動物種においても通底して観測される向社会行動への誘因たる共感性の発達基盤について実証的な検証を行った。共感性は適応行動に欠かすことのできないスキルのひとつでありながら,幼児期・児童期における共感性の構造と結果変数に対する予測的妥当性については未解明の部分が多かった。そこで,本研究課題は共感性を主軸として,その発達の個人差の様相を遺伝と環境の観点から統計的に読み解き,その結果,調和性・自閉傾向・サイコパシー傾向などとも関連性が認められたことから,隣接他分野への学術的波及効果も大きく,ある程度の社会的インパクトも在ったと考えられる。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (27 results)

All 2022 2021 2020 2019 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (3 results) Journal Article (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Peer Reviewed: 7 results,  Open Access: 6 results) Presentation (16 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 7 results,  Invited: 4 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Kings College London(英国)

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign(米国)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University College London/King's College London(英国)

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] The relationship between achievement goals and meaningful work2022

    • Author(s)
      市村賢士郎,河村悠太,枡田恵,伊川美保,高橋雄介,楠見孝
    • Journal Title

      The Japanese journal of psychology

      Volume: 93 Issue: 1 Pages: 51-57

    • DOI

      10.4992/jjpsy.93.20333

    • NAID

      130008159091

    • ISSN
      0021-5236, 1884-1082
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Etiological pathways of depressive and anxiety symptoms linked to personality traits: A genetically-informative longitudinal study2021

    • Author(s)
      Takahashi, Y., Yamagata, S., Ritchie, S. J., Barker, E. D., & Ando, J.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Affective Disorders

      Volume: 291 Pages: 261-269

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.jad.2021.05.004

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Genetic and environmental architecture of conscientiousness in adolescence2021

    • Author(s)
      Takahashi, Y., Zheng, A., Yamagata, S., & Ando, J.
    • Journal Title

      Scientific Reports

      Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Pages: 3205-3205

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41598-021-82781-5

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] EDITORIAL: INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN PERSONALITY TRAITS AND EMOTIONS2020

    • Author(s)
      Takahashi, Y.
    • Journal Title

      PSYCHOLOGIA

      Volume: 62 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-3

    • DOI

      10.2117/psysoc.2020-B001

    • NAID

      130007945156

    • ISSN
      0033-2852, 1347-5916
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] MODERATING EFFECTS OF RELIGIOSITY IN THE GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETIOLOGY OF THE BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS IN ADULTHOOD2020

    • Author(s)
      Yamagata, S., & Takahashi, Y.
    • Journal Title

      PSYCHOLOGIA

      Volume: 62 Issue: 1 Pages: 77-89

    • DOI

      10.2117/psysoc.2020-B006

    • NAID

      130007945155

    • ISSN
      0033-2852, 1347-5916
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Genetic and environmental influences on the developmental trajectory of Callous-Unemotional traits from childhood to adolescence2020

    • Author(s)
      Takahashi, Y., Pease, C. R., Pingault, J-B., Viding, E.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

      Volume: in press Issue: 4 Pages: 1-1

    • DOI

      10.1111/jcpp.13259

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Phenotypic and aetiological architecture of depressive symptoms in a Japanese twin sample2019

    • Author(s)
      Takahashi, Y., Pingault, J-B., Yamagata, S., & Ando, J.
    • Journal Title

      Psychological Medicine

      Volume: in press Issue: 8 Pages: 1-1

    • DOI

      10.1017/s0033291719001326

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 青年期初期の創造性の発達軌跡と養育態度との関連―混合軌跡モデリングを用いた検討―2022

    • Author(s)
      澤田和輝,高橋雄介,野村理朗
    • Organizer
      日本認知心理学会第19回大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Conscientiousness and self-perceived and calculated life expectancy2021

    • Author(s)
      Takahashi, Y., & Kusumi, T.
    • Organizer
      36th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Genetic and environmental etiology of individual differences in personality traits and psychopathology2021

    • Author(s)
      Takahashi, Y.
    • Organizer
      80th Fujihara Seminar
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 経済的な成功とパーソナリティ特性2020

    • Author(s)
      高橋雄介
    • Organizer
      日本心理学会第84回大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 顔特性推論の極端さはステレオタイプ化傾向と関連する2020

    • Author(s)
      鈴木敦命・塚本早織・高橋雄介
    • Organizer
      日本心理学会第84回大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Relationships of Face-Based Trait Inference with Face Emotion Recognition Ability and Stereotype Endorsement2020

    • Author(s)
      Suzuki, A., Tsukamoto, S., & Takahashi, Y.
    • Organizer
      Virtual Psychonomics 2020 Annual Meeting
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 指定討論: 我々は「自尊感情の向上」を教育目標にするべきなのか?2020

    • Author(s)
      高橋雄介
    • Organizer
      日本青年心理学会第28回大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] パーソナリティ特性と個人収入・個人金融資産の関連の性差と年齢層差: 日英大規模データの比較から2020

    • Author(s)
      高橋雄介・星野崇宏
    • Organizer
      行動経済学会第14回大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] パーソナリティ特性と精神病理的な傾向の行動遺伝学2020

    • Author(s)
      高橋雄介
    • Organizer
      日本双生児研究学会第35回学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Moderating effects of religiosity in the genetic and environmental etiology of the big five personality traits in adulthood2020

    • Author(s)
      Yamagata, S., & Takahashi, Y.
    • Organizer
      Society for Personality and Social Psychology 2021 Virtual Convention
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 子ども期の精神病理的な傾向における共有環境効果を考える. [発達行動遺伝学の展開: 共有環境の影響はあるのかないのか].2020

    • Author(s)
      高橋雄介.
    • Organizer
      日本発達心理学会第31回大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Genetic and environmental influences on the developmental trajectory of Callous-Unemotional traits from childhood to adolescence.2019

    • Author(s)
      Takahashi, Y., Pingault, J-B., & Viding, E.
    • Organizer
      Annual Conference of the British Society for the Psychology of Individual Differences
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] How are personality traits linked to psychopathology and academic performance? Using a genetically informative design.2019

    • Author(s)
      Takahashi, Y.
    • Organizer
      A century of friendship and collaboration: A jubilee twin research symposium to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of diplomatic relationships between Japan and Finland
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] パーソナリティ特性の発達や変化に関する概観. [自主企画シンポジウム: 生涯発達とパーソナリティ--成人期以降の諸課題への適応にパーソナリティはどう関わるのか]2019

    • Author(s)
      高橋雄介.
    • Organizer
      日本心理学会第83回大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Differences in pubertal status in genetic and environmental influences on social support and depression among Japanese adolescents.2019

    • Author(s)
      Tanaka, M., & Takahashi, Y., & Sugawara, M.
    • Organizer
      49th Behavior Genetics Annual Meeting
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 母親の抑うつが子どもの自己制御と双極性障害傾向に及ぼす影響:子どものADHD傾向の有無による違い.2019

    • Author(s)
      田中麻未・高橋雄介.
    • Organizer
      日本心理学会第83回大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Book] フィールド分析法2021

    • Author(s)
      守屋 和幸、守屋 和幸、高橋 雄介、山内 裕、平本 毅、村上 陽平
    • Total Pages
      176
    • Publisher
      共立出版
    • ISBN
      4320006046
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report

URL: 

Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2023-01-30  

Information User Guide FAQ News Terms of Use Attribution of KAKENHI

Powered by NII kakenhi