A study of psychological past and future manifesting themselves in social interactions

2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23653174
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Social psychology
• Research Institution: Shukutoku University
• Principal Investigator: OHASHI Yasushi 淑徳大学, 社会学部, 教授 (70233244)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2012
• Keywords: 時間的展望 / 社会的相互作用 / ディスコース分析 / ディスコース心理学 / 占い

Research Abstract

Social interactions between fortune-tellers and clients were analyzed for revealing dynamic process of producing psychological past and future. After preliminary study, scenes in which fortune-tellers told their clients’ fortune were recorded with IC recorders and video cameras. The audio and visual data were analyzed with techniques of discourse analysis and conversation analysis. The analysis revealed that the fortune-tellers indicated their specialized nature, authenticity and authority to their clients who entrusted their hands to the fortune-tellers and that the fortune-tellers attributed contents of told stories to their clients’ hands in the end

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Self-identity, authenticity and the Other: The spirits and audience management in stage mediumship (2013)
  • Author(s): Wooffitt, R., Jackson, C., Reed, D., Ohashi, Y. & Hughes, I
  • Journal Title: Language & Communication Volume: 33 Pages: 93-105
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Discourse, culture, and extraordinary experiences: Observations from a comparative, qualitative analysis of Japanese and UK English accounts of paranormal phenomena (2013)
  • Author(s): Ohashi, Y., Wooffitt, R., Jackson, C. & Nixon, Y
  • Journal Title: Western Journal of Communication Volume: 77(4) Pages: 466-488
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 世界の時間的展望研究の動向-国際時間的展望学会(2012 in ポルトガル)をもとに語り合おう- (2013)
  • Author(s): 大橋靖史
  • Organizer: 国際時間的展望学会(1stInternational Conference on Time Perspective)の特徴 日本発達心理学会第24回大会ラウンドテーブル
  • Place of Presentation: 明治学院大学
  • Year and Date: 2013-03-17
• [Presentation] A study of psychological past and future manifesting themselves in social interactions (2012)
  • Author(s): Ohashi, Y
  • Organizer: 1st International Conference on Time Perspective
  • Place of Presentation: Coimbra, Portugal
  • Year and Date: 2012-09-07
• [Presentation] 『個性』の質的研究 -個をとらえる、個をくらべる、個とかかわる- (2011)
  • Author(s): 大橋靖史
  • Organizer: 日本質的心理学会第8回大会シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 安田女子大学
  • Year and Date: 2011-11-27