The Study about Stress Regulation and Psychological Coping System in Social welfare support workers by Action research

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K03359
• 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: Mukogawa Women's University
• Principal Investigator: SATO Yasuko 武庫川女子大学, 心理・社会福祉学部, 教授 (60388212)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 松端 克文 武庫川女子大学短期大学部, 心理・人間関係学科, 教授 (90280247)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 福祉専門職 / ストレスマネジメント / ダイナミクス / 性差 / cobid-19 / バーンアウト / エンパワメント / レジリエント

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Welfare professionals controlled stress through the dynamics of changing psychological resource relationships. Gender and social environment greatly influenced this dynamics.
In normal times, women dealt with stress by building communities and self-disclosure, but no specific psychological resources were found to suppress stress. On the other hand, for men, confidence in their physical strength suppressed their stress. However, after the spread of covid-19 infection, men's confidence in their physical strength decreased, pride in their work and physical condition management conflicted, and women's ability to cover their poor physical condition decreased. In this way welfare professionals adapted resiliently from social adversity.

Free Research Field

臨床心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

臨床心理学と社会福祉学の融合領域において，ストレス制御の仕組みを心理資源間の関係を変化させ続けるダイナミクスの視点から福祉専門職のバーンアウト防止とエンパワーに寄与する基礎的研究を行った。対人援助職者のストレスの制御の仕組みは職種間，性別，環境でどのように異なるのか明らかにした。こうした違いがあることを前提に対人援助職者へのストレスマネジメント介入を行う示唆を得た。