Japanese version of Guided Autobiography: A program evaluation through mixed methods

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23530793
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: Mukogawa Women's University
• Principal Investigator: NAKAO Kayoko 武庫川女子大学, 文学部, 准教授 (90584988)
• Research Collaborator: ENDO Yoshie ; MATSUZAKI Akiyo ; YAMADA Yoshiko
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 回想法 / 高齢者 / ライフ・レビュー / 社会福祉 / ガイデッド・オートバイオグラフィー / エリクソン / PTSD / 人生

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study assesses the effects of the Japanese version of Guided Autobiography (GAB) for community-dwelling older adults in Japan. The study recruited 11 participants in total for two 10-session GAB courses in Hyogo Prefecture and 8 participants for a one time talk-session in Fukushima Prefecture. A series of repeated ANOVAs indicated that neither Hyogo nor Fukushima groups’ participants showed significant differences between pre- and post-measurements of their biopsychosocial well-being, Erikson’s developmental stage level, life satisfaction, and post-traumatic stress disorder. In addition, qualitative analysis revealed that the GAB approach was well-perceived by the participants once they assured themselves that others were observing confidentiality. Compared to the one time talk-session, the 10-session process appears to provide the participants with increasing opportunities of self-disclosure exchange, which ultimately made them becoming a lifelong group of comrades.

Free Research Field

社会福祉