The relationships between the emotional labor and mental health of welfare workers

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24730499
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Social welfare and social work studies
Research Institution	Tokoha University Junior College
Principal Investigator	OMURA So 常葉大学短期大学部, その他部局等, 准教授 (70523786)
Project Period (FY)	2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords	社会的相互作用・対人関係 / 感情労働 / 精神的健康 / ケア労働 / 福祉労働 / 感情 / ストレス / 福祉従事者 / 感情コントロール / 欲求不満
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This study examined the relationships between the emotional labor and stress response, job separation, by literature researches and investigations. As a result, there were that welfare workers can't help doing "emotional labor". And there were possible retionships between the emotional labor not to be related to an object cared for but the human relations in the workplace.