Development and Evaluation of Intergenerational Program Using Go

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K12736
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Childhood science (childhood environment science)
• Research Institution: Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology
• Principal Investigator: Kuraoka Masataka 地方独立行政法人東京都健康長寿医療センター(東京都健康長寿医療センター研究所), 東京都健康長寿医療センター研究所, 研究員 (50596848)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): FUJIWARA Yoshinori 地方独立行政法人東京都健康長寿医療センター(東京都健康長寿医療センター研究所), 東京都健康長寿医療センター研究所, 研究部長 (50332367) ; SUZUKI Hiroyuki 地方独立行政法人東京都健康長寿医療センター(東京都健康長寿医療センター研究所), 東京都健康長寿医療センター研究所, 研究員 (90531418)
• Research Collaborator: IIZUKA Ai ; UCHIYAMA Aiko ; NAGAHATA Moe ; MURAKAMI Fukashi ; MINAMI Ushio
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 世代間交流 / 囲碁 / 学童保育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is the development and implementation of an intergenerational program using GO game as well as the multifaceted evaluation of its effects. We developed an intergenerational program named “iGO-kochi” with GO game, which aims to create an educational and cultural environment for children and health promotion for the elderly. It also aims to examine the effects of the program on improving children’s communication ability and cognitive function as well as the psychosocial aspects in the elderly. This program consisted of lectures, games (individual and team competitions), and exercise (tasks that elderly participants and children were required to challenge together). The findings revealed that children improved their respect and compassion for the elderly. Furthermore, the program may improve attention, executive function and generativity of the elderly.

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