The association between parental response tendencies to rewards and punishments and children's adjustment: validation with paired data and development of intervention methods.

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K14221
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 10030:Clinical psychology-related
• Research Institution: Nishikyushu University Junior College
• Principal Investigator: Shimizu Haruka 西九州大学短期大学部, その他部局等, 講師(移行) (30851414)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 親子関係 / 報酬感受性 / 罰感受性 / ペアデータ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to estimate parent-child response tendencies to reward and punishment based on a reinforcement learning model and to determine how these tendencies relate to the psychological adjustment of each parent and child.
The results of several surveys and experiments with parents and children suggest that more careful consideration of appropriate model selection is needed in estimating children's propensity to respond to rewards and punishments. They also indicated that parent-child response tendencies to reward and punishment are similar and that parental response tendencies to punishment may be linked to the intensity of psychological stress in children.

Free Research Field

臨床心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

報酬と罰への反応傾向は、様々な心理的適応と関連することが示されてきた。本研究では、中高生の子どもの心理的ストレスが、本人の罰への反応傾向だけでなく、親の反応傾向からの影響も受ける可能性を示した。また本人の反応傾向自体も、親の養育行動によって変化する可能性も示唆された。以上の成果は、養育者の反応傾向や養育行動への介入が、子どもの様々な心理的適応の改善につながることを示す基礎的な資料として学術的・社会的意義があると考えられる。