The effects of assessment and support for the children in a Children's Self-Reliance Support Facility for juvenile delinquents

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25870304
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Clinical psychology; Special needs education
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: MOCHIZUKI Naoto 大阪大学, キャンパスライフ支援センター, 特任准教授(常勤) (20572283)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 発達障害 / 虐待 / トラウマ / 非行 / 逆境的体験 / 児童自立支援施設

Outline of Final Research Achievements

It has been pointed out there is influence of the developmental disorder on the anti-social behaviors of children. This study was conducted on the children in a Children’s Self-reliance Support Facility(CSSF) for juvenile delinquents, to explore if they had the developmental disorder tendencies and/or the adversity experiences such as abuse. It was shown that about 75% children had behavioral trait of ASD and/or ADHD, and about 96% had experienced adversity. In addition, some children were manifesting clinical-level psychiatric symptoms: trauma symptoms were approximately 20%; dissociation symptoms were about 15%.
The results showed that the children in CSSF presented complex trait that was influenced by secondary damage though adversity such as abuse, rather than simply influenced by developmental disorders. It meant that those children need very careful support.

Free Research Field

臨床心理学・発達障害・発達心理学