Research on the Correlation between Empathized Experience and Relevant Factors in Neurotic Child

2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

• Project/Area Number: 13672496
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Clinical nursing
• Research Institution: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY (2004); Yamagata University (2001-2003)
• Principal Investigator: SHIWAKU Hitoshi Tohoku University, School of Medicine, Professor, 医学部, 教授 (50250808)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): ENDO Yoshiko Miyagi University, School of Nursing, Assistant Professor, 看護学部, 助教授 (20299788) ; SATO Yukiko Yamagata University, School of Medicine, Professor, 医学部, 教授 (30299789)
• Project Period (FY): 2001 – 2004
• Keywords: neurosis / child / empathy / alexithymia / parent-child relation / nurturing / intergenerational transmission

Research Abstract

It was proven that the tendency of alexithymia of the parent was greatly concerned as the factor which is related to the neurotic child.
The tendency of alexithymia of the parent decreases the empathy experience of themselves. The poor of empathy experience of the parent inhibits the emotional interaction with the other of the child. It can be considered that these become risk factor in the neurosis of the child.
Then, these relations may be the intergenerational transmission.