A study of clinical psychological interventions in a collaboration between picture books and jazz, using physiological indices

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K13495
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan University
• Principal Investigator: MASUDA Rika 立命館大学, 応用人間科学研究科, 教授 (70409316)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 絵本の読み合わせ / JAZZのリズム / 視覚的刺激 / 聴覚的刺激 / 生理学的指標 / 中枢神経系 / 自律神経系 / 心の健康

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Using a live event that combined reading picture books together and performing jazz, I conducted an action research to scientifically verify how visual and auditory stimulations, a sense of novelty and extraordinariness, and the direct feeling of coming in contact with live performances, affected the recovery, maintenance and boosting of the mental health of subjects who experienced listening to, and seeing, performers read various picture books together and play musical instruments.
By analyzing the accumulated research data, I was able to show, using physiological indices, that reading picture books together and listening to the music of jazz helped to restore the listeners’ mental health and ease their stress. I was also able to present these research findings at academic meetings and lectures held both in Japan and overseas.

Free Research Field

臨床心理学