Changes in the Psychological Features of Suicide Survivors Over Time

• Project/Area Number: 26380972
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Koyasan University
• Principal Investigator: MORISAKI Masayoshi 高野山大学, 文学部, 准教授(移行) (00581159)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: 自死遺族 / 複雑性悲嘆 / 日本語版ITG / 日本版MMPI / 半構造化面接 / MMPI新日本版 / 二次的受傷

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to examine how the psychological features of suicide survivors changed over the passage of time.
Psychological examinations suggested that the degree of grief gradually decreased with the passage of time, and that the alleviation of grief was associated with a convergence of emotional confusion and a decrease in depression. An interview survey demonstrated the process of reintegration with daily life over the passage of time even while still bearing the pain of sadness.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では、経年とともに自死遺族の悲嘆の程度が軽減し、悲嘆が強い場合には、抑うつ感や思考の不調、自尊感情の低さなどの心理的特徴がみられること、また、強い悲嘆の中にあっても、罪悪感や自責の念はあるものの、経年とともに自身の生きる意味や目的を見出すような心理的変化がみられることを検証したことに意義がある。上記の点を念頭に置きながら個々人の状態にあわせた配慮を行うことが、悲嘆の中にある遺族へのよりよい支援につながるものと思われる。