Effects of social bonds in parents'group meeting on their parent-child relationships and its modification

2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 22530692
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Educational psychology
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: SHOJI Ichiko 筑波大学, 人間系, 教授 (40206264)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SUGIMOTO Kie 目白大学, 人間学部, 講師 (90508045) ; NAKAI Daisuke 郡山女子短期大学部, 幼児教育学科, 講師 (20550643) ; TOMARU Keiko 聖徳大学, 心理・福祉学部, 講師 (40463822)
• Project Period (FY): 2010 – 2012
• Keywords: 対人関係 / 社会的絆 / 子育て支援

Research Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of parents’ groupmeetings for the parents who have difficulties with child- rearing, and to clarify how “social bonds” improve parent-child relationships and influence parents themselves. 107 parents participated in monthly meetings for one year, and they were asked to complete the questionnaire before the beginning of the program and after the one-year program. The result showed a significant decrease in negative feelings towards child-rearing after the one-year program. Among those who initially showed a higher degree of anxiety related to child abuse, the result also showed a significant decrease in anxiety related to child abuse.This study suggests that it is important to obtain the feelings of “Ibasho” in the group meetings for those parents to develop “social bonds”, and “social bonds” could have a positive effect on parent-child relationships and on parents themselves.

Research Products

• [Presentation] MCG による子育て支援の実践と効果の検討-2 年間の実践を通して- (2013)
  • Author(s): 庄司一子
  • Organizer: 日本発達心理学会第24回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京
  • Year and Date: 2013-03-24
• [Presentation] Analysis of abuse anxiety and child-rearing anxiety of mothers who attend mother's group meeting (2012)
  • Author(s): Shoji, I., Nakai, D., Tomaru, K., Sugimoto, K., & Esumi, S.
  • Organizer: The 2012 Annual Conference of Korean Psychological Association
  • Place of Presentation: Chuncheon, Korea
  • Year and Date: 2012-08-24
• [Presentation] 子育て支援 効果の検証-そのキーワードはなにか?- (2011)
  • Author(s): 庄司一子
  • Organizer: 日本教育心理学会第22回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京
  • Year and Date: 2011-03-27
• [Presentation] Effect of the support group for mothers who need help with their child-rearing. (2010)
  • Author(s): Shoji,I, Sugimoto, K., Nakai, D., & Tomaru, K.
  • Organizer: The 2010 Annual Conferece of Korean Psychological Association
  • Place of Presentation: Seoul, Korea
  • Year and Date: 2010-08-20
• [Book] 社会性発達支援のユニバーサルデザ イン (2012)
  • Author(s): 庄司一子
  • Total Pages: 300, 33-45
  • Publisher: 金子書房