The impact of community on couple relationships: An international comparative study

• Project/Area Number: 20K03325
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 10020:Educational psychology-related
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University of Education
• Principal Investigator: ASAI Keigo 北海道教育大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (40776655)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 平泉 拓 宮城大学, 看護学群, 准教授 (00760828) ; 兪 キョン蘭 宮城学院女子大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (00802133) ; 若島 孔文 東北大学, 教育学研究科, 教授 (60350352)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000); Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2021: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2020: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
• Keywords: カップル / 夫婦 / 家族 / コミュニティ / 国際比較

Outline of Research at the Start

本研究は，コミュニティ(地域社会)が夫婦・カップルに与える影響を明らかにする。特に，夫婦・カップルの関係満足度を促進する要因と阻害する要因に注目する。アメリカとの国際比較調査を行うことにより，促進要因・阻害要因について文化の影響を受けない普遍的な要素と日本独自の要素を明らかにする。得られた結果は，コミュニティ(地域社会)からのカップルへの効果的な支援につながる基礎的知見につながることが期待できる。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we investigated the impact of community on interpersonal relationships between couples, focusing on the facilitating and inhibiting factors in couples from diverse cultural backgrounds, specifically Japan and the United States. The results revealed that a positive perception of the community serves as a facilitating factor in couple relationships in both Japan and the United States. Conversely, the individual's anxious/avoidant attachment styles were identified as inhibiting factors that impede the maintenance of these relationships in both Japan and the United States.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の学術的・社会的意義は，夫婦・カップル関係という二者関係を捉えるのに当事者以外からの変数を想定した点である。DV，虐待など問題やその疑いが発生した際には，夫婦・カップル以外の者が介入することは決して珍しくない。 本研究の結果から得られた知見は，カップルの良好な関係維持という視点や児童虐待の防止に寄与することはもちろんであるが，国際比較を行ったことで，文化的影響を受けにくい普遍的な要素を明らかにし，文化圏の異なるカップルや国際結婚したカップルの支援にも活用することができるだろう。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Relationship Between Caregivers’ Tendency to Show Humility by Deprecating Their Child and the Child’s Focus on Their Own Strengths (2023)
  • Author(s): 野澤 朋未、浅井 継悟
  • Journal Title: Japan Journal of Educational Technology Volume: 47 Issue: 1 Pages: 171-179
  • DOI: 10.15077/jjet.46048
  • ISSN: 1349-8290, 2189-6453
  • Year and Date: 2023-01-20
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Therapeutic assessment with brief therapy: A single case study of an elementary student’s school refusal (2023)
  • Author(s): Asai Konomi、Asai Keigo
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Brief Therapy and Family Science Volume: 13 Pages: 43-49
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Fear of COVID-19 infection and related factors in Japan: A comparison of college students, pregnant women, hospital nurses and the general public (2022)
  • Author(s): Koiwa Kohei、Wakashima Koubun、Ikuta Michiko、Asai Keigo、Takagi Gen
  • Journal Title: PLOS ONE Volume: 17 Issue: 7 Pages: e0271176-e0271176
  • DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271176
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Japanese version of the Brief Sense of Community Scale: construct validity and reliability (2022)
  • Author(s): Yu Kyung-Ran、Asai Keigo、Hiraizumi Taku、Wakashima Koubun
  • Journal Title: BMC Psychology Volume: 10 Issue: 1 Pages: 301-301
  • DOI: 10.1186/s40359-022-01017-x
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] The relationship between family variables and family social problems during the COVID-19 pandemic (2022)
  • Author(s): Kamoshida Saeko、Nihonmatsu Naoto、Takagi Gen、Wakashima Koubun
  • Journal Title: PLOS ONE Volume: 17 Issue: 6 Pages: e0270210-e0270210
  • DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270210
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] 公安職における新型コロナウィルスへの不安と対処行動の関連 (2021)
  • Author(s): 二本松直人・斎藤昭宏・若島孔文・浅井継悟
  • Journal Title: 東北大学大学院教育学研究科臨床心理相談室紀要 Volume: 19 Pages: 45-56
• [Journal Article] Determinants of nurses’ fear of COVID-19 in Japan (2021)
  • Author(s): Koiwa Kohei、Wakashima Kobun、Asai Keigo、Takagi Gen、Yoshii Hatsumi
  • Journal Title: The Japanese journal of psychology Volume: 92 Issue: 5 Pages: 442-451
  • DOI: 10.4992/jjpsy.92.20048
  • NAID: 130008134530
  • ISSN: 0021-5236, 1884-1082
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Fear of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) among pregnant and infertile women in Japan (2021)
  • Author(s): Asai Keigo、Wakashima Koubun、Toda Sayaka、Koiwa Kohei
  • Journal Title: Journal of Affective Disorders Reports Volume: 4 Pages: 100104-100104
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.jadr.2021.100104
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] A pilot study to assess positive and negative post-divorce parental disclosures (2021)
  • Author(s): Asai Konomi、Asai Keigo
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Brief Therapy and Family Science Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Pages: 14-25
  • DOI: 10.35783/ijbf.11.1_14
  • NAID: 130008021698
  • ISSN: 2435-1172
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Fear of COVID‐19 Scale (FCV‐19S) across countries: Measurement invariance issues (2021)
  • Author(s): Lin Chung‐Ying、Hou Wen‐Li、Mamun Mohammed A.、Aparecido da Silva Jos?、Broche‐P?rez Yunier、Ullah Irfan、Masuyama Akihiro、Wakashima Koubun、Mailliez M?lody、Carre Arnaud、Chen Yu‐Pin、Chang Kun‐Chia、Kuo Yi‐Jie、Soraci Paolo、Scarf Damian、Brostr?m Anders、Griffiths Mark D.、Pakpour Amir H.
  • Journal Title: Nursing Open Volume: 00 Issue: 4 Pages: 1-17
  • DOI: 10.1002/nop2.855
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the active-emphatic listening scale (2020)
  • Author(s): Asai Keigo、Hiraizumi Taku、Hanzawa Reino
  • Journal Title: BMC Psychology Volume: 8 Issue: 1 Pages: 59-59
  • DOI: 10.1186/s40359-020-00422-4
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] The Japanese version of the Fear of COVID-19 scale: Reliability, validity, and relation to coping behavior (2020)
  • Author(s): Wakashima Koubun、Asai Keigo、Kobayashi Daisuke、Koiwa Kohei、Kamoshida Saeko、Sakuraba Mayumi
  • Journal Title: PLOS ONE Volume: 15 Issue: 11 Pages: 0241958-0241958
  • DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241958
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Presentation] Family Changes in the COVID-19 Pandemic. (2022)
  • Author(s): Wakashima Koubun、Ikuta Michiko、Kamoshida Saeko、Kobayashi Daisuke、Asai Keigo、Koiwa Kohei
  • Organizer: The 9th Conference of International Academy of Family Psychology
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 地方の臨床と家族ー心理支援における地方モデルの模索ー (2022)
  • Author(s): 浅井 継悟、浅井 このみ
  • Organizer: 日本家族心理学会 第39回大会
• [Presentation] へき地校における教員とSCの連携・協働 (2022)
  • Author(s): 宮尾 賢子・浅井 継悟
  • Organizer: 日本教育支援協働学会第４回研究大会
• [Presentation] 学校適応はどのようにとらえられるのか（13）―縦断研究による適応プロセスの検討― (2021)
  • Author(s): 岡田 有司・ 大久保 智生・半澤 礼之・鈴木 美樹江・Hou Yuejiang・浅井 継悟・都筑 学
  • Organizer: 日本教育心理学会第63回総会
• [Presentation] 東日本大震災から10年―東北大学P T Gグループの支援活動を振り返る― (2021)
  • Author(s): 浅井 継悟・板倉 憲政・浅井 このみ・小林 智・平泉 拓・兪キョン蘭・野口 修司・若島 孔文
  • Organizer: 日本心理学会第85回大会
• [Book] テキスト家族心理学 (2021)
  • Author(s): 若島 孔文、野口 修司
  • Total Pages: 288
  • Publisher: 金剛出版
  • ISBN: 9784772418386
• [Remarks] 浅井継悟 研究室
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• [Remarks] 浅井継悟 研究室
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