2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
"Biased views" in small, aging communities:"Works" guiding to a health action
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23530942
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Clinical psychology
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| Research Institution | Kochi University |
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Principal Investigator |
YANO Hiromitsu 高知大学, 教育研究部人文社会科学系, 准教授 (90299363)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MURAKAMI Hideaki 桐蔭横浜大学, 法学部, 教授 (30257422)
NAKAZAWA Ken 会津大学, コンピュータ理工学部, 准教授 (30254105)
MARUYAMA Yuji 聖カタリナ大学, 人間健康福祉学部, 准教授 (70587930)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 高齢者 / 小規模コミュニティ / 超高齢地域 / 健康行動 / 運動ステージ |
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| Research Abstract |
In small remote islands where aging progresses remarkably, strong social supports form a closed environment with a state of mutual surveillance, and they also reinforce an exclusive and unhealthy beliefs. Being taken a health action (i.e. walking) by a member of the community is accused because of a judgment against taking the action not being associated with a practical working in spite of having much free time. This results in a fear of peer adverse criticism and impairs practice in a health action.
Therefore, we tried to set up a situation where the people took the health action easily without being affected by interference of the community and feeling the stress [Walking Campaign (WC) and Walking Event (WE) which provide the incentive]. As a result, 2 years later during WC, stress responses of the participants became lowest, doing something other than work was not so frequently criticized and their stages of the exercise were developed.
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