2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Developing the scale for the psychological sensitivity of infant crying
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26590179
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Experimental psychology
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| Research Institution | Iwate Prefectural University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | 乳児の泣き声 / 不快度 / 共感性 / 情動伝染 / 認知的評価 / 生理的反応 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Psychological scale for positive and negative sensitivities of infant crying was developed.Although the Discomfort Scale of Infant Crying (DSIC) was a measure which focused on the negative sensitivity to the infant cry, the degree of the discomfort to the infant cry was found to be estimated from the personal traits of emotional contagion and multiple aspects of empathy, suggesting that it reflected both negative sensitivities (i.e. anger and personal distress) and positive sensitivities (i.e. happiness and empathic concern). Furthermore, because the discomfort level in the restraint environment measured by the DSIC was consistent with the degrees of unpleasantness, empathy, and cognitive appraisal of an actual infant cry, it was indicated to be able to use the DSIC as the simple measure with which the sensitivity to the baby's cry is gauged.
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| Free Research Field |
認知心理学
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