A study of the life-span developmental function on meaning reconstruction in response to loss experience among elderly people and an intervention program to promote this function

• Project/Area Number: 21330164
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: J. F. Oberlin University (2010-2011); Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology (2009)
• Principal Investigator: KAWAAI Chieko 桜美林大学, 加齢・発達研究所, 客員研究員 (00142646)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SASAKI Masahiro 聖心女子大学, 文学部, 教授 (50162384)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2011
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
• Budget Amount: ¥8,320,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,920,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥5,330,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,230,000)
• Keywords: 配偶者との死別 / 介入研究 / 高齢者 / 長期縦断研究 / 悲嘆の回復 / 生命予後 / 人間的成長 / 配偶者の死 / 複雑性悲嘆 / 死別の心理反応尺度 / 意味の再構成 / 介入プログラム / 縦断研究 / 悲嘆感情 / GHQ / 潜在曲線モデル / 生存時間分析 / 回復過程 / 悲嘆からの回復

Research Abstract

Most participants had recovered from grief at the time of the fourth survey in "The Longitudinal study on elderly bereaved spouses", despite about 30 percent of the participants having passed away in the nine years since the first survey. The mortality factors were explained using Cox's Proportional Hazards Model. The intervention program, which involves the bereaved spouse talking about his/her life with the deceased, has been shown to promote personal growth. The program appears to give opportunity for meaning reconstruction after spousal bereavement.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 終末期の心の支援としてのライフストーリーブック-特養入所の98歳女性の事例から- (2009)
  • Author(s): 河合千恵子・高橋龍太郎
  • Journal Title: 板橋区医師会誌 14 Pages: 183-185
• [Presentation] A revised and shortened instrument for measuring psychological response to spousal bereavement among the elderly (2012)
  • Author(s): Chieko Kawaai
  • Organizer: 2ND International Congress on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
  • Place of Presentation: University College of Medical Sciences(Delhi)
• [Presentation] A revised and shortened instrument for measuring psychological response to spousal bereavement among the elderly (2012)
  • Author(s): Chieko Kawaai
  • Organizer: 2^<ND> International Congress on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
  • Place of Presentation: University College of Medical Sciences (Delhi)
• [Presentation] Effects of creating a "Life Story Book" on psychological measures among frail elderly in Japan (2011)
  • Author(s): Chieko Kawaai, Ryotaro Takahashi
  • Organizer: Ninth Asia/Oceania Regional Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics
  • Place of Presentation: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center
• [Presentation] Effects of creating a "Life Story Book" on psychological measures among frail elderly in Japan (2011)
  • Author(s): Chieko Kawaai
  • Organizer: Ninth Asia/Oceania Regional Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics
  • Place of Presentation: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
• [Presentation] 超高齢期における回想と適応に関する検討 (2009)
  • Author(s): 河合千恵子・増井幸恵・権藤恭之・呉田陽一・高山緑・高橋龍太郎
  • Organizer: 日本心理学会第73回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都
• [Book] 病的悲嘆を通して遺された人の心理を知る『心のかたちの探究異型を通して普遍を知る』 (2011)
  • Author(s): 佐々木正宏
  • Publisher: 東京大学出版会