2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A social psychological field research on urban communities of home people in old age and home-oriented mentality
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21530652
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Social psychology
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| Research Institution | Ibaraki University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | コミュニティ / 同郷 / 母村と都市 / 中年・老年期 / つながり / 老いへの対応 / 心理的回帰 / 笑いの効用 |
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| Research Abstract |
During postwar rehabilitation in Okinawa, many villagers came to urban area in search of jobs and settled down. As a result of participant observation in two urban communities of old-age women from a same village, I find three features of their interaction.(1) Members adjust to aging, making reference to other members' coping style.(2) They talk about their childhood and share home-oriented mentality.(3) Laughter relaxes tension and delivers them from daily anxiety.
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