2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Examination of support methods to encourage help-seeking from single older men in poverty and social isolation
| Project/Area Number |
19H01604
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 08020:Social welfare-related
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology |
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Principal Investigator |
Murayama Yoh 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 (90727356)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
山崎 幸子 文京学院大学, 人間学部, 准教授 (10550840)
長谷部 雅美 聖学院大学, 心理福祉学部, 准教授 (70773505)
高橋 知也 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 (90813098)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
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| Keywords | 単身男性高齢者 / 援助要請 / 貧困 / 社会的孤立 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study aimed to clarify support methods for encouraging help-seeking from single older men in poverty or social isolation. As a result, single older men who had experienced hardships such as isolation or poverty during middle or older adulthood were not thinking about the future despite facing severe difficulties in everyday life. Furthermore, it was shown that poor economic status was associated with high resignation to the future which was particularly higher among men with a poorer current economic status, which suppressed help-seeking. These findings suggest that it is important that single older men need to be encouraged to begin planning for their future at an earlier stage, before older adulthood. Based on the above findings, support measures have been proposed to encourage help-seeking from single older men in poverty and social isolation from an interdisciplinary perspective.
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| Free Research Field |
社会心理学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
単身高齢者の生活困窮者支援を行っている施設や団体との協同により、孤立や貧困状態にある単身男性高齢者を対象に調査を行ったことで、単身男性高齢者どのようなライフコースを経て貧困や孤立状態に陥り、それにどのように対処したのか明らかにした。さらに、地域在住の単身高齢者を対象に質問紙調査を行い、援助要請の促進要因と阻害要因を見出し、それをもとに単身男性高齢者の援助要請を促すための具体的な支援方法について提案することができた。
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