The effect that SOC(Sense of Coherence) of persons with mental disabilities has on deeper social support

• Project/Area Number: 22530612
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• 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, 准教授 (70321677)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YAMZAKI Yoshihiko 日本福祉大学, 社会福祉学部, 教授 (10174666) ; NINOMIYA Kazue 岡山県立大学, 保健福祉学部, 准教授 (70347607)
• Project Period (FY): 2010-04-01 – 2014-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
• Keywords: 精神障害者 / 健康生成論 / SOC / sense of coherence / ソーシャルサポート / 人的資源 / Social Provision Scale / 地域生活支援 / ＳＯＣ / 生きる力 / 自己認知の肯定的な変化 / ストレス対処能力

Research Abstract

The study aims to find suggestions to support the maintenance and improvement of a sense of coherence (SOC as below) which is considered to be a driving force for persons with mental disabilities to cope with stress management. The first half is a study of a salutogenic talk therapy group of persons with mental disabilities which is organized and supervised by Dr. Langeland. It was found the respect for each person's experience in a free atmosphere and the role of a group leader to create an atmosphere for each session are significant.The second half reveals the the characteristic of a life experience in relation to SOC and the relation between SOC and social support by conducting a self-administered questionnaire survey and an interview survey for persons with mental disabilities living in a community.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Perceived Positive Change of Mental Patients Participating in the Salutogenic Salon (2014)
  • Author(s): Sakano J., Yamazaki Y., Ninomiya K., Ota K., Yajima Y.
  • Journal Title: INFORMATION Volume: 17(1) Pages: 305-312
• [Journal Article] Perceived Positive Change of Mental Patients Participating in the Salutogenic Salon (2014)
  • Author(s): Junko Sakano, Yoshihiko Yamazaki, Kazue Ninomiya, Kiyomi Ota, Yuki Yajima
  • Journal Title: INFORMATION-An International Interdisciplinary Journal Volume: 17(1) Pages: 305-312
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 自立支援政策の下でのNPO法人の精神保健福祉活動の進展と課題 (2011)
  • Author(s): 大野若人、坂野純子
  • Journal Title: 日本地域政策学会 Volume: 9 Pages: 81-88
  • NAID: 40018821754
• [Journal Article] Social distance of nursing and social welfare university students to persons with mental disorders and its' relations with contact experience (2011)
  • Author(s): Junko Sakano
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of The 7th International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Engineering, NLPKE&apos Volume: 11 Pages: 430-433
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Perceived Positive Change of Mental Patients Participating in the Salutogenic Salon (2013)
  • Author(s): Junko Sakano
  • Organizer: Information 2013
  • Place of Presentation: Japan
• [Presentation] Relationships of SOC to social environment and subjective health perception among senior citizens (2013)
  • Author(s): Kiyomi Ota
  • Organizer: Information 2013
  • Place of Presentation: Japan
• [Presentation] ストレス対処能力概念SOCと介入研究の動向 (2012)
  • Author(s): 坂野純子、山崎喜比古、笹原信一朗、鈴木舜、大井雄一、友常祐介、松崎一葉
  • Organizer: 日本精神保健福祉学会第一回学術集会
  • Place of Presentation: 札幌(プログラム要旨集, PP24)