Mechanisms of action in EMDR

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26380927
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Hyogo University of Teacher Education
• Principal Investigator: Ichii Masaya 兵庫教育大学, 学校教育研究科, 教授 (10267445)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 吉川 久史 浜松医科大学, 医学部, 特任助教 (30610852)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): Tomoda Akemi 福井大学, 子どものこころの発達研究センターAge2企画部門, 教授 (80244135) ; Ueda Eiichirou 大阪医科大学, 医学部, 准教授 (40360036) ; Yoneda Hiroshi 大阪医科大学, 医学部, 教授 (30140148) ; Kanazawa Tetsufumi 大阪医科大学, 医学部, 助教
• Research Collaborator: Nakajima Takahito 警視庁 ; Itoh Jun 医療法人碧江会影山メンタルクリニック千里リワークセンター ; Leeds Andrew M. 個人開業
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: EMDR / 眼球運動 / RDI / 触覚刺激 / 両側性刺激 / 閉眼 / サッケード / パーシュート

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Whether using bilateral stimulations to positive targets are effective or not is controversy. In experiment 1, all of three conditions: REM (Rapid eye movement), SEM (Slow eye movement), EF (Eye fixation), were assigned to thirty undergraduate and graduate students. All of conditions increased vividness and emotional intensity.　Focus attention to external stimulation could be minimized for good result. In experiment 2, all of three conditions: SEM (Slow eye movement), STEC (Slow tactile with eyes closed), IEC (Imagery with eyes closed), were assigned to thirty undergraduate and graduate students. In results, all of conditions increased vividness and emotional intensity. Both results are different from the Holnsveld et al.(2011). Procedural differences such as how to deal with fading imagery could be contributed to.

Free Research Field

臨床心理学