2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The effect of dividing-attention distraction on attentional focus and rumination
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20K14197
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 10030:Clinical psychology-related
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| Research Institution | Waseda University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | 気晴らし / 反すう / 抑うつ / 注意制御 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Distraction improves one’s mood by interrupting rumination (negative repetitive thought). However, it is also suggested that distraction increases depression in long term by preventing from facing the problem. This study examined the effect and the mechanism of “dividing-attention distraction” in which one engages in distraction while deliberately recalling his/her negative problem. Results showed that although dividing-attention distraction was less effective in reducing negative mood than the usual distraction in short term, it attenuated the increase of negative mood when rumination re-activated and promoted discovering strategies to cope with the problem.
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| Free Research Field |
臨床心理学，感情心理学，健康心理学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
本研究の成果は，これまで不快な思考を遠ざけることでネガティブな気分を一時的に改善するものとして捉えられてきた気晴らしを，積極的に不快な対象と向き合い，受け入れることで，長期的にネガティブな気分や反すうを緩和する方略として使用できる可能性を示すものである。学術的観点からは，本知見は気晴らしの作用機序や反すうのメカニズムに関する研究の発展に寄与しうると考えられる。また社会的意義としては，日常生活の中で容易に実施可能な新たな反すうへの対処方法を提唱し，その有効性を確認したことで，抑うつをはじめとした精神的健康に関する問題の改善に貢献しうることが挙げられる。
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