| Budget Amount *help |
¥5,330,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,230,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study investigates the formation of community attachment and develops a scale to measure it. We focused on elderly participants of health promotion activities in Japanese rural communities.
We conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews with the participants of health promotion activities regarding their feelings towards their communities. We then analyzed the data using the constant comparative method. We identified a cyclical and spiral process of forming attachments to their communities, which was nurtured by the interaction between the “life in the community” and “connections with people.”
Subsequently, we developed a scale to measure community attachment. The scale included three sub-scales －“bonds of safety,” “swelling feelings towards the community and its people,” and “a beloved community like no other”― comprising 15 items in total.
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