2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development of a "co-carer" model in which couples work together to provide double care (childcare and nursing care).

Research Project

PDF

Project/Area Number	19K11098
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Review Section	Basic Section 58070:Lifelong developmental nursing-related
Research Institution	Teikyo University
Principal Investigator	Terada Yukiko 帝京大学, 助産学専攻科, 講師 (40738019)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	吉沢豊予子関西国際大学, 保健医療学部, 教授 (80281252)
Project Period (FY)	2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Keywords	ダブルケア / 育児と介護 / ケアリングマスキュリニティ / 男性の育児と介護 / 女性の就労継続 / 夫婦協働 / 男性のセルフケア / ジェンダー平等
Outline of Final Research Achievements	In Japan, women who double-care for their families bear a heavy burden, and this is due to the social issue of men's reluctance to participate proactively and actively in their care. Therefore, we conducted a study focusing on a new theory called "Caring Masculinity," which is used in Europe as a measure to encourage men to participate in care. We developed a new scale (questionnaire) to measure masculinity called "Caring Masculinity. We also clarified the relationship between Caring Masculinity and men's health and self-care. With regard to Double Care, we used these research findings to actively engage in support activities in the support groups we sponsored. In addition, we worked to promote awareness of double care among health care professionals and the general public.
Free Research Field	看護学
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	男性が積極的にケアにかかわる要因として、Elliott(2016)のケアリング・マスキュリニティに着目した。理論をもとに、男性がどのくらいケアリング・マスキュリニティという男性性（男らしさ）を持っているかを調べるための質問紙を開発した。また、ケアリング・マスキュリニティを高くもつ男性は健康にも良い影響を与えていることも明らかにし、男性が積極的に他者のケアに関わることは、自分自身の健康にも良いことを示した。男性自身も「男は仕事、女は家庭」という従来の性別役割分業を越えて育児や介護に参画することは、ケア負担の重い女性の助けになるだけではなく、男性自身にとってもメリットが大きいことが示された。