Relationship between coping strategies for age-related hearing loss and mental health

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25590194
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Josai International University
• Principal Investigator: Sano Tomoko 城西国際大学, 福祉総合学部, 准教授 (50348455)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MORITA Keiko 日本医療科学大学, 保健医療学部, 教授 (60369345) ; OSADA Hisao 桜美林大学, 自然科学系, 教授 (60150877)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 加齢性難聴 / 難聴ストレス / コーピング・ストラテジー / 精神的健康 / 簡易聴力検査

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We investigated how people with age-related hearing loss notice their hearing difficulty, how they cope with it, and the relationship between coping strategies for age-related hearing loss and mental health. First, we developed finger rub-finger tap auditory screening test and a coping strategies scale. We conducted our research with using these, as well as other questionnaires, including a stress check test regarding hearing loss and SF-8, to explore the relationship among stress regarding hearing loss, coping strategies and mental health. We compared older adults (aged over 65 years) with younger adults (aged between 20 and 64 hears). Factors affecting mental health were found to be different between these two groups.

Free Research Field

臨床心理学