2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Psychological support model for persons driven from their hometown by complex of natual and man-made disasters

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Project/Area Number	19K03289
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Review Section	Basic Section 10030:Clinical psychology-related
Research Institution	Fukushima Medical University
Principal Investigator	Hidaka Tomoo 福島県立医科大学, 医学部, 講師 (70644110)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	鈴木祐子 (佐倉祐子) 東京医療学院大学, 保健医療学部, 准教授 (90791830)
Project Period (FY)	2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Keywords	deep experiencing / 記号 / ライフ / 自己 / 迷惑施設 / 構造的喪失 / 故郷喪失
Outline of Final Research Achievements	The hometown loss experience through the construction of an interim storage facility (ISF) for radioactive waste in Okuma town, Fukushima, should be described as a 'structural hometown loss'. It was an unprecedented experience, a ‘deep experiencing’, in which the connection between life and time within the self was undermined. The residents of Okuma town had a strong desire to prevent their hometown from becoming a final disposal site and called for a broad discussion to be provoked throughout Japan. The only way to achieve this wish was to get communities other than Okuma to accept radioactive waste. However, the residents of other communities would strongly oppose the construction of such a site. In addition, given the principle of centralised storage of radioactive waste, it would not be appropriate to move the waste from the Okuma ISF. Unless this dilemma is resolved, the psychological distress of Okuma residents may continue.
Free Research Field	文化心理学
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	本研究の学術的意義は、記号論的文化心理学の諸概念を用いて、実際的な社会問題の解決あるいはその基盤となる示唆の獲得に寄与したことにある。故郷喪失は人間の経験する苦痛の中でも極めて激しいものの一つとされるが、本研究の成果はその内実について「自己の中のライフ（生命・生活・人生）と時間の繋がりが損なわれている状態」として心理学的な定位と接近を行った。社会的意義は、「中間貯蔵施設の建設による故郷喪失」という事態が進行していることを発信するとともに、その対策について他・多分野との連携の中で検討した点にある。復興の陰でむしろ故郷喪失が進んでしまった福島県大熊町民の現状を社会に向けて発信する機会を構築できた。