Attachment relationships among three generetions: Grandfather,father, and child

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24330192
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Educational psychology
• Research Institution: Ibaraki University
• Principal Investigator: Kazui Miyuki 茨城大学, 教育学部, 教授 (20282270)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 遠藤 利彦 東京大学, 教育学研究科(研究院), 教授 (90242106) ; 北川 恵 甲南大学, 文学部, 教授 (90309360) ; 工藤 晋平 京都大学, グローバル生存学大学院連携ユニット, 准教授 (70435064) ; 福田 佳織 東洋学園大学, 人間科学部, 准教授 (10433682) ; 中島 美那子 茨城キリスト教大学, 文学部, 准教授 (60571289) ; 安藤 みゆき (安藤みゆき) 茨城女子短期大学, 保育科, 准教授 (90612797) ; 西川 陽子 茨城大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (60303004)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: アタッチメント / 男性世代間 / 父方祖父ー父親 / AAI / AQS

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of the present study　was to examine the attachment relationships among father-side grandfather, father, and child. We found adults attachment patterns mediated actual child-rearing behaviors. Although some grandfathers and fathers were experienced abusive parenting, if their AAI pattern was autonomous, they did not rear their sons and children abusively. Most of grandfathers' attachment patterns were suspected to be formed by several significant others like their grandparents, aunts and uncles, older siblings, and next door neighbors in addition to parents. Quite a few were reared by most of the time not by their parents. Those days, most of participants families were rather poor, and parents were too busy to spend time with their children. So children were left to other family members, relatives and neighbors. We could not collect enough numbers to statistically examine the associations between generations.

Free Research Field

教育心理学