Investigating mechanisms of toy therapy: From the viewpoint of biological rhythms.

• Project/Area Number: 23653202
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University
• Principal Investigator: HORI tadao 広島大学, 総合科学研究科, 名誉教授 (10020132)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): FUKUDA Kazuhiko 江戸川大学, 社会学部, 教授 (20192726)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): TAKADA Yasutaka 佛教大学, 社会学部, 教授 (40154794) ; FUJIMOTO Kenichi 武庫川女子大学, 生活環境学部, 教授 (00248121) ; SHIGETA Masayoshi 京都大学, 大学院・アジア・アフリカ地域研究研究科, 教授 (80215962) ; TOYODA Yukio 立教大学, 観光学部, 教授 (20197974) ; NAKAGAWA Akira 大阪産業大学, 人間環境学部, 教授 (10207722)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2013
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
• Keywords: 玩具療法 / 睡眠覚醒リズム / 高齢者 / QOL

Research Abstract

A Japanese toy company made dolls,which speak during daytime and sleep during nighttime according to their internal clock. Several anecdotal reports suggested that elderly persons showed better mental states after application of the doll into their daily lives. The results can be explained in terms of psychological mechanisms,however,mental conditions are highly affected by the regularity of sleep and wakefulness rhythms. Their improvements of mental conditions can be caused by the improvement of sleep and wakefulness rhythms of 18 elderly women before and after the application of the doll. During the doll application period,the participants showed more early bedtime,higher activities in the morning,and lower activities in the evening periods. These results suggested that their circadian rhythms are advanced by the application of the doll. Doll therapy may have effects through the regulation of circadian rhythms.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 子どもの健康と睡眠 (2014)
  • Author(s): 福田一彦
  • Journal Title: 保健の科学 Volume: 56 Pages: 318-320
• [Journal Article] IX 睡眠時随伴症候群 通常レム睡眠に伴って起こる睡眠時随伴症 反復性孤発性睡眠麻痺, 悪夢障害.最新臨床睡眠学睡眠障害の基礎と臨床 (2013)
  • Author(s): 福田一彦
  • Journal Title: 日本臨床 Volume: 71巻, 増刊号5 Pages: 448-450
• [Journal Article] 睡眠科学の豆知識 第6 回 保育と睡眠 (2013)
  • Author(s): 福田一彦
  • Journal Title: 睡眠医療 Volume: 7巻, 4号 Pages: 521-523
  • NAID: 40019903239
• [Presentation] DEVELOPMENT OF DIURNAL NAP DURING PRESCHOOL PERIOD : NAP AND DELAYED NOCTURNAL SLEEP (2012)
  • Author(s): Fukuda, K., Asaoka, S
  • Organizer: The 7th Asian Sleep Research Society Congress
  • Place of Presentation: Taipei, Taiwan
• [Book] 応用講座睡眠改善学 (2013)
  • Author(s): 福田一彦
  • Publisher: ゆまに書房
• [Book] 金縛りの謎を解く
  • Author(s): 福田一彦
  • Total Pages: 176
  • Publisher: PHP サイエンスワールド新書
• [Remarks] 江戸川大学睡眠研究所
  • URL: http://www.edogawa-u.ac.jp/sleep/index.html