Development of engineering model of 'encouragement': Evaluation of physiological psychological effects of 'encouragement'

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K12051
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Cognitive science
• Research Institution: Aoyama Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: NOZAWA Akio 青山学院大学, 理工学部, 教授 (70348465)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 岩城 達也 広島国際大学, 総合リハビリテーション学部, 教授 (70341229) ; 石川 智治 宇都宮大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (90343186)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 勇気づけ / 質的研究 / メッセージング / 血行動態 / 自律神経系 / 行動変容 / M-GTA

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The objective of this study was to develop the engineering methodology of 'encouragement.' First, Interviews were conducted with college students to survey on 'encouragement' based on the qualitative study. The process of 'encouragement' was generated by using Modified Grounded Theory Approach (M-GTA). Two processes, which were 'revival' process and 'forward-going' process, and factors, which had two-dimentional structure of 'subject' and 'cause' of 'encouragement, were revealed. 'Subject' consisted of 'oneself' and 'other person', and 'cause' had 'direct,' 'indirect' and 'environmental.' Secondly, 'encouraging' messages were created from the 'encouragement' keywords obtained through the interview on qualitative analysis. Physiological and Psychological effects were evaluated with presenting 'encouraging' messages to subjects. As a result, the messages modified behaviors and stress-coping response on complicated task.

Free Research Field

生体計測工学，生体情報工学，感性工学