Mechanism and adaptive function of self-regulation in social context

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25780380
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Social psychology
• Research Institution: Meijo University
• Principal Investigator: Harada Chika 名城大学, 人間学部, 准教授 (00632267)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 自己制御 / 自己主張 / 自己抑制 / 社会化 / 社会的適応 / 発達 / 社会的感受性 / 小集団

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, we studied the developmental changes in the early adolescent years and the self-regulating function working within the group, focusing on social self-regulation, which is the ability to assert and inhibit self in social situations. As results of studies and analyses, (1) self-assertion and self-inhibition increased linearly over 1 to 3 years of junior high school, especially during the first year of junior high school, which is the environmental transition period; Warm relationships with parents and teachers promoted self-inhibition, (2) the interaction with parents, local residents, and teachers had a synergistic positive influence on child's self-inhibition ability, (3) the high group value of emotion reading ability and social self-regulation contributed the collective performance and the satisfaction.

Free Research Field

社会心理学