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2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Mechanism and role of emotion regulation in end of life.

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 19H01755
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 10020:Educational psychology-related
Research InstitutionKobe University

Principal Investigator

Masumoto Kouhei  神戸大学, 人間発達環境学研究科, 准教授 (20402985)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 佐藤 幸治  神戸大学, 人間発達環境学研究科, 准教授 (20584022)
塩崎 麻里子  近畿大学, 総合社会学部, 准教授 (40557948)
原田 和弘  神戸大学, 人間発達環境学研究科, 准教授 (50707875)
Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Keywords感情調整 / 加齢 / 精神的健康 / 認知機能 / 遺伝
Outline of Final Research Achievements

A series of experiments and surveys suggested that the use of emotion regulation strategies in older age is less affected by age-related decline in cognitive function in the healthy range, and that the quality of information processed (positive or negative information) affects emotion regulation and emotions more than cognitive performance. It was also suggested that the type of emotion regulation strategy used was related to social connectedness and loneliness. On the other hand, the use of others for emotion regulation decreased with age, and emotion regulation used by spouses who had lived together for a long time did not predict their own mental health, suggesting that emotion regulation strategies in old age may be completed within the individual.

Free Research Field

高齢者心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

感情調整機能は,自立した生活が困難となる人生の最終段階である約10年間(エンド・オブ・ライフ)の心理的安寧や生活の質(QOL)を左右する最も重要な機能の一つである。身体的,認知的機能の多くは加齢とともに低下するが,感情のコントロールを担う感情調整機能は加齢による低下がみられずむしろ向上する。well-being(年齢に関係なく病気や障害があっても幸福を実感できる良い状態であること)の実現の基盤となる心理的機能が,高齢期に保たれているとする本研究の結果は,超高齢社会におけるwell-beingの実現に資する重要な結果であると考えられる。

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Published: 2023-01-30  

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