Elucidation of relation between psychological effect and structure of video-mediated co-eating aiming at improvement of elderly parent's subjective well-being

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K00887
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Eating habits
• Research Institution: Tokyo Denki University
• Principal Investigator: TOKUNAGA Hiroko 東京電機大学, システムデザイン工学部, 研究員 (00747321)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 秋谷 直矩 山口大学, 国際総合科学部, 講師 (10589998)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MUKAWA Naoki 東京電機大学, システムデザイン工学部, 教授 (20366397)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 共食 / コミュニケーション支援 / 高齢者 / 主観的幸福感 / 映像会話システム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this paper, we clarify the effects of video-mediated co-eating experiences between elderly parents and their independent families and whether they can improve parents’ subjective well-being. We recruited three pairs of families living apart to participate in remote co-eating conversation experiments for two months. Videos of regular remote co-eating were recorded, then, interviewed conversations, and questionnaires of everyday subjective well-being, such as "distinctive mood" "physical condition" "motivation for tomorrow" on elderly parents were evaluated. From the results, we propose a cognitive structural model that shows how distant co-eating helps elderly parents achieve self-fulfillment and self-affirmation and strengthens their relationships with their children, affecting subjective well-being.

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