2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Basic study on the effects of EMDR for depression and PTSD

Research Project

Project/Area Number	18530535
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Clinical psychology
Research Institution	Hyogo University of Teacher Education
Principal Investigator	ICHII Masaya Hyogo University of Teacher Education, 大学院・学校教育研究科, 教授 (10267445)
Project Period (FY)	2006 – 2009
Keywords	EMDR / RDI / BDI / POMS / 心拍数 / 抑うつ / PTSD / 認知的再構成 / 両側性刺激 / アナログ研究
Research Abstract	Comparing perceptual/sensitive and conceptual recalling as method of recalling positive imagery, more decrease in negative feeling and more increase of positive feeling were observed in perceptual/sensitive recalling than conceptual one. And improvement observed in depressive group was superior to that of non-depressive group. Recalling positive memory or imagery can ameliorate negative feeling as cognitive reconstructuring can. But, effect of adding eye movement to recalling was not clear in depressive undergraduate students. Adding eye movement to recalling positive and negative memory can decrease heart rate, while significant correlation with improvement of feeling was observed in only negative memory in normal undergraduate students.