Practical Research on Effectiveness of Support Proguram for Participants in Hikikomori Parents' Group

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26463511
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Gerontological nursing
• Research Institution: Niigata Seiryou University
• Principal Investigator: Saito Masako 新潟青陵大学, 看護学部, 教授 (50440459)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): Sato Toru 新潟青陵大学, 大学院臨床心理学研究科, 准教授 (20380131)
• Research Collaborator: 小林 理恵 新潟青陵大学, 看護学部
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: ひきこもり親の会 / 支援プログラムの評価 / パフォーマンス評価 / ルーブリック / ひきこもり経験者の体験 / 親との関係

Outline of Final Research Achievements

A support program was put in place for participants in a Hikikomori Parents’ Group and the effectiveness of this program was examined. Interview-questionnaires were carried out with 28 people in different areas who had hikikomori experience, in order to shed light on how their experience had developed.The results showed that from the time the parents’ response changed and they became more understanding, the hikikomori became able to live peacefully at home and this in turn provided them with a basis for changing. The Parents’ Group program was devised using this information with the aim of changing parents’ response so that they became more understanding.The program was put into practice with 13 participants recuited in Niigata Prefecture.The evaluation method was performance evaluation using a rubric carried out by a quantitative questionnaire. A certain improvement was seen in all participants, but on the other hand it seems that individual support is also needed.

Free Research Field

医歯薬学