Research Project
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Social capital is known to be the social resource that shows the social connection between people, such as trust in organizations and communities. In this study, we focused on the contagion of happiness that arises from the connection between people, and indicated the association between abilities of empathy and happiness contagion in young adults and childhood family environment. It was also found that happiness contagion required activity in brain regions related to the theory of mind (the ability to estimate and understand the mind of others), and several genes modified its function. Furthermore, it was found that the influence of genes on happiness contagion differed depending on the culture such as collectivism and individualism.
現代社会はストレス社会であり、仕事での悩み、人間関係での悩みなど日常生活で悩みやストレスを国民の半数が感じている。ストレスに対応し心身の健康を維持・増進させるために、最近、人と人との社会的なつながりを示すソーシャル・キャピタルという資源が注目を集めている。社会的なつながりがなく、孤独感を感じていると、喫煙、飲酒、運動不足、肥満などよりも健康に悪影響を及ぼすことが示されているからである。人と人との社会的なつながりを強化し、ソーシャル・キャピタルを豊かにすることで心身の健康が増進され、様々な疾病発症リスクの低下が期待できる。
All 2019 2018 2017 Other
All Int'l Joint Research (6 results) Journal Article (9 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results, Peer Reviewed: 9 results, Open Access: 5 results) Presentation (15 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results, Invited: 1 results) Book (3 results)
Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume: 249 Pages: 385-393
10.1016/j.jad.2019.02.031
PLoS One.
Volume: 13 Issue: 12 Pages: e0209552-e0209552
10.1371/journal.pone.0209552
120006549197
Behav Sci (Basel).
Volume: 8 Issue: 11 Pages: 102-102
10.3390/bs8110102
Personality and Individual Differences
Volume: 121 Pages: 193-199
10.1016/j.paid.2017.03.011
120006380396
Evolution and Human Behavior
Volume: 39 Issue: 2 Pages: 249-256
10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2018.01.004
Frontiers in Neuroscience
Volume: 11 Pages: 718-718
10.3389/fnins.2017.00718
PLoS One
Volume: 12(11) Issue: 11 Pages: e0187480-e0187480
10.1371/journal.pone.0187480
Aging Ment Health
Volume: 22 Issue: 12 Pages: 1-13
10.1080/13607863.2017.1379048
Volume: 12(7) Issue: 7 Pages: e0180391-e0180391
10.1371/journal.pone.0180391
120006358594