The development of the Japanese version of well-being measure and research on actual conditions of well-being in Japanese people

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K04121
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Nagoya Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: Sumi Katsunori 名古屋工業大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (70242906)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: well-being / ウェルビーイング / 幸福感 / 測定尺度 / 日本語版 / 日本人

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research project was to fully understand the actual conditions of well-being among Japanese people by using the newly developed Japanese version of the measures of components of well-being, which has been internationally used. The measures allowed us to assess the principal components of well-being: life satisfaction, positive emotions, negative emotions as a hedonic aspect of well-being, and psychological flourishing as an eudaimonic aspect of well-being. We also developed the Japanese version of measures of gratitude and purpose in life, which are closely related to well-being. As a result of the analysis of the data obtained from the questionnaires, the actual conditions of well-being among university students and workers (20s to 60s) were shown.

Free Research Field

応用心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

さまざまな調査によって日本人の幸福・幸福感など，well-beingが把握されてきているが，本研究は現在のwell-being研究に基づいて，その各構成要素に関する把握の試みである．独自に開発した，国際的に利用されているwell-being尺度を用いた．調査の結果，大学生と就労者（20歳から60歳台）の実態を把握することができた．また，中国人留学生との比較，感謝，人生の目的，学習動機づけとwell-beingの関係把握も行った．