Japanese version of Guided Autobiography: A program evaluation through mixed methods

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23530793
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Social welfare and social work studies
Research Institution	Mukogawa Women's University
Principal Investigator	NAKAO Kayoko 武庫川女子大学, 文学部, 准教授 (90584988)
Research Collaborator	ENDO Yoshie MATSUZAKI Akiyo YAMADA Yoshiko
Project Period (FY)	2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help	¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Keywords	回想法 / 高齢者 / ライフ・レビュー / 社会福祉 / ガイデッド・オートバイオグラフィー / エリクソン / PTSD / 人生 / Guided Autobiography / 福島 / ライフレビュー / 震災 / 自記式 / 回顧法
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This study assesses the effects of the Japanese version of Guided Autobiography (GAB) for community-dwelling older adults in Japan. The study recruited 11 participants in total for two 10-session GAB courses in Hyogo Prefecture and 8 participants for a one time talk-session in Fukushima Prefecture. A series of repeated ANOVAs indicated that neither Hyogo nor Fukushima groups’ participants showed significant differences between pre- and post-measurements of their biopsychosocial well-being, Erikson’s developmental stage level, life satisfaction, and post-traumatic stress disorder. In addition, qualitative analysis revealed that the GAB approach was well-perceived by the participants once they assured themselves that others were observing confidentiality. Compared to the one time talk-session, the 10-session process appears to provide the participants with increasing opportunities of self-disclosure exchange, which ultimately made them becoming a lifelong group of comrades.