Examining the process by which acceptance coping reduces obsessive-compulsive symptoms

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K03311
• 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: Hiroshima International University
• Principal Investigator: Shimizu Kenji 広島国際大学, 健康科学部, 准教授 (60508282)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 強迫傾向 / アクセプタンス対処 / 認知的統制 / 森田療法 / 反すう / 省察

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The main purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of anxiety control coping and acceptance coping in healthy individuals with obsessive-compulsive tendencies as an analog study. Through research, it has been suggested that anxiety control coping has the effect of increasing rather than reducing obsessive-compulsive tendencies. This suggests that the coping mechanism of trying to calm oneself has the function of postponing anxiety and may have a negative effect. On the other hand, in terms of acceptance coping, immersion in valued activities and attitudes related to mindfulness were seen to be effective in reducing compulsive tendencies. Based on the results of this study, it seems possible to propose that acceptance coping is effective in dealing with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Free Research Field

臨床心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

国内外の研究動向では，精神医学的な見地から強迫症を捉えた研究は数多く存在している。ただし，対象が患者となると絶対数はかなり限られるため（生涯有病率 1.5～2％），一般健常群ではありながらも多数のサンプルを対象とし，多変量解析等を駆使しつつ変数同士の詳細な関係性をあぶり出す強迫症アナログ研究は，国内外においても必ず貴重な存在になり得る。本研究は，現状における研究の停滞を打破し，強迫症に対する予防策提言とともに，治療反応率の向上に対して，新たな可能性を見出すものである。