Development of program for mild and moderate hearing-impaired people to treat stress events

2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23730669
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Aoyama Gakuin University (2012-2013); Bunkyo Gakuin University (2011)
• Principal Investigator: KATSUYA Noriko 青山学院大学, 社会情報学部, 助教 (90598658)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2013
• Keywords: 難聴 / 聴覚障害 / 軽中度難聴者 / ストレス / ストレス対処 / 精神的健康

Research Abstract

We conducted research to create a program that helps persons with mild to moderate hardness of hearing and those with post-lingual hearing loss cope with stress. First, we held hearings where a number of persons who are hard of hearing voiced their opinions. We examined their experiences of stress related to hearing, their ways of coping with the stress, what are easily misunderstood with regards to hardness of hearing and persons with hardness of hearing, and their feelings of not being understood. Based on the content of the hearings, we conducted workshops to consider ways to cope with stress associated with hearing. In addition, we investigated the effects of presenting knowledge about hardness of hearing to hearing persons. We also developed a scale to measure the stress experience related to hardness of hearing. Using this scale, we conducted a survey of persons who are hard of hearing, and studied the relationship between their state of hearing and mental and physical health.

Research Products

• [Presentation] 難聴者を対象にしたストレス対処ワークショップ (2014)
  • Author(s): 勝谷紀子
  • Organizer: 特殊教育学会第52回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 高知大学朝倉キャンパス(発表予定)
  • Year and Date: 20140920-22
• [Presentation] 難聴者のメンタルヘルスについて考える (2013)
  • Organizer: 日本心理学会第77回大会公募シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 札幌コンベンションセンター(企画者・話題提供者を担当)
  • Year and Date: 2013-09-19
• [Presentation] Characteristics of stress life events on hard-of-hearing people (2013)
  • Author(s): Katsuya, N
  • Organizer: The 4th Asian Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Teikyo Heisei University
  • Year and Date: 2013-08-23
• [Presentation] 難聴者の心理学的問題を考える2-コミュニケーションの配慮について考える- (2012)
  • Organizer: 日本心理学会第76回大会自主ワークショップ
  • Place of Presentation: 専修大学生田キャンパス(企画者・話題提供者を担当)
  • Year and Date: 2012-09-11
• [Presentation] 難聴者の心理学的問題を考える (2011)
  • Organizer: 日本心理学会第75回大会自主ワークショップ
  • Place of Presentation: 日本大学文理学部(企画者・司会者・話題提供者を担当)
  • Year and Date: 2011-09-16
• [Presentation] 「難聴」のしろうと理論(2)-「難聴の人々」についての検討- (2011)
  • Author(s): 勝谷紀子
  • Organizer: 日本心理学会第75回大会発表
  • Place of Presentation: 日本大学文理学部
  • Year and Date: 2011-09-15
• [Remarks] 神奈川県聴覚障害者福祉センター主催の平成26年度要約筆記者養成講習会において、講義を1回担当した(講義内容「対人援助I(中途失聴・難聴者の臨床心理、体験談など)」)(2014/6/11)
• [Remarks] 横浜市中途失聴・難聴者協会主催の平成25年度横浜市要約筆記者養成講習会において、講義を1回担当した(講演内容「中途失聴・難聴者の臨床心理」「カウンセリングの基礎理論」)(2013/9/5)