Study on a Group Meeting of Parents with school refusal or Hikikomori Children, and Codependent Characteristics of Parents

Research Project

Project/Area Number	25870646
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Childhood science (childhood environment science) Sociology of education
Research Institution	Fukuoka Prefectural University
Principal Investigator	Shinohe Tomoaki 福岡県立大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (70347186)
Project Period (FY)	2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help	¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Keywords	ひきこもり / 不登校 / 共依存 / 親の共依存的態度 / 自助グループ / 当事者の親 / グループ・ミーティング / 不安感 / 自助
Outline of Final Research Achievements	A civil support group for parents of school refusal and hikikomori children in Fukuoka, which the author is involved in, holds a self-help group meeting that allows parents to talk about their own experiences. The parents participating in this group meeting over four years between October 2010 and September 2014 were studied. A total of 482 people (74 male, 408 female) participated in the meeting, and the average age of the parents was 65.7 (SD 7.33). Furthermore, the parents’ codependency characteristics that were observed in the group meeting were divided into five major categories and analyzed. These are named, in order, “Obsessive Attitude”, “Splitting Attitude”, “Denial Attitude”, “Controlling Attitude”, and “Self-Other Boundary Confusion Attitude”. In addition, methods were suggested on how to correct these parents’ codependent attitudes through the group meeting.