Parent-Child Support for Healthy Development of Children-Effects of Continuous Intervention and Experience Activities-

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24600022
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: 子ども学(子ども環境学)
• Research Institution: Japan Lutheran College
• Principal Investigator: Mami Tazoe ルーテル学院大学, 総合人間学部, 教授 (40459946)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): NARITA Naoko 文教大学, 教育学部, 教授 (40306189)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 体験活動 / 脳機能 / 生活習慣 / 親支援 / 心理検査 / 描画

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research is to explore the factors necessary for health development for children by constructing a continuous training program through experience activities involving staying overnight for children and their parents to promote improvement in the environmental factors and examine the brain function of the children in various parameters during that process. The results are indicated below. It showed effect in promoting the phased brain function development of ASD children. Stimulation to the cerebral cortex from free limbs workout is related to the activation of inhibitory function in the frontal lobe. Increase in positive emotional recollection effectively increases the inhibitory function in the frontal lobe. Parents who have good quality sleep or have improvement tendency showed improvement in their own emotion and anxiety so they have positive attitude toward the emotional behavior of their children. Drawing method is useful in verifying the effect on children.

Free Research Field

臨床心理学