2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Elucidation the Generation and Maintenance Mechanisms of Social Exclusion and Exploration of Inhibiting Factors

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Project/Area Number	20H01757
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Review Section	Basic Section 10010:Social psychology-related
Research Institution	Otemon Gakuin University
Principal Investigator	URA Mitsuhiro 追手門学院大学, 教授 (90231183)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	増井啓太追手門学院大学, 心理学部, 准教授 (00774332) 柳澤邦昭神戸大学, 人文学研究科, 准教授 (10722332) 中島健一郎広島大学, 人間社会科学研究科(教), 教授 (20587480)
Project Period (FY)	2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Keywords	社会的排除 / 社会的孤立・孤独 / 生起・維持メカニズム / スティグマ化 / 排除の連鎖 / 抑制要因
Outline of Final Research Achievements	To elucidate the mechanisms that generate and maintain social exclusion and to search for inhibiting factors, we undertook several steps. First, we clarified the characteristics of stigmatization towards individuals who are often the targets of exclusion. Second, we empirically described the chain process of social exclusion and isolation. Third, we identified the environmental factors within groups and organizations, as well as social environmental factors, that inhibit social exclusion. Fourth, we examined the effects of loneliness and experiences of exclusion on antisocial behaviors among individuals with dark personality traits. Fifth, we investigated the possibility that individuals who tend to be excluded may be more likely to be accepted under certain circumstances, while conversely, those who tend to be accepted may be more likely to be excluded under other circumstances. Finally, we explored environmental factors that contribute to the prevention of isolation and loneliness.
Free Research Field	社会心理学
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	これまで多くの研究によって、他者との関係が奪われることによって社会的痛みや孤独感がもたらされること、そして社会的痛みや孤独感が人の心身の健康を悪化させ、社会のアノミー化を促進することなどが示されてきた。本研究ではこのような社会的排除や社会的孤立・孤独の生起・維持メカニズムの解明と抑制要因の探究に取り組んだ。社会的排除の抑制や孤立・孤独対策は現代の重要な社会課題であるが、従来の研究は排除や孤立・孤独の悪影響の抑制に力点が置かれ、排除や孤立・孤独そのものを抑制することにはあまり力点が置かれてこなかった。本研究はこの課題に取り組んだものであり、学術的意義のみならず社会的意義も大きい。