Improving firefighters' immunity against stress

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K13491
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Seitoku University
• Principal Investigator: SUGANUMA Kenji 聖徳大学, 心理・福祉学部, 教授 (10118713)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 吉澤 英里 環太平洋大学, 次世代教育学部, 講師 (80616029)
• Research Collaborator: KUBOTA Shintaro ; YAJIMA Arata
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: セルフ・コンパッション / 金魚鉢方式のロールプレイング / 惨事ストレスケア / 消防職員 / 心理学的介入 / アサーション

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Firstly, Fishbowl role-playing (FBR) was conducted with healthy adults, and assertion was assessed before and after FBR. Moreover, differences in training effects were examined among three types of roles; (1) people that took part in role-playing in leading or supporting roles, (2) observers, and (3) facilitators. The results indicated that assertion improved after FBR regardless of the role type. Secondly, FBR was conducted with firefighters, and self-compassion was compared between before and after FBR. Results indicated that self-compassion increased after FBR, regardless of the role types. Thirdly, bibliotherapy was conducted with firefighters, and the effects were examined. The results suggested that especially self-compassion might improve by bibliotherapy.

Free Research Field

臨床心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

研究期間中、より多くの消防職員に対して実施できる、簡単で効果の高いトレーニング・プログラムの開発を目指してきた。一連の研究を通して、消防職員のストレス免疫能力を向上するための効果的なトレーニング・プログラムを検討することができた。この成果を発信することで、消防職員の惨事ストレスケアに貢献できると考える。