The interpretation of the network for meaning making in stressful experiences

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17H07072
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Tokyo Seitoku University
• Principal Investigator: Kamijo Namiko 東京成徳大学, 応用心理学部, 助教 (80800862)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-08-25 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: 意味づけ / ストレス / ネットワーク

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study tried to reveal the structure of meaning making processes following stressful experiences from the view point of "network" by depicting the network chart. In Study 1, 121 men and women who ranged from 20's to 60's depicted the network chart of their past stressful experience. As a result, the person who replied "I made meaning" pictured a process before the event leading to solution and tended to include the node of positive contents.In Study 2, we examined the influence of the description of the network chart on meaning making for a total of 404 men and women who ranged from 20's to 60's. The experimental group, which was requested to depict the chart, was compared between control group, but the effect of the description was not seen.

Free Research Field

社会心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では，ストレスフルな体験に直面した当事者が，その出来事について「○○という点で意味があった」と解釈するに至るまでに，どのような苦悩があり，どのような感情を抱え，どのような考えを持ったのか，その過程と背景を目に見える形で表現し理解する方法を探索した。その表現方法として「ネットワーク図」を取り入れ，その出来事がどのような構造の中で起こり，当事者はどのような理解をしているのか可視化した。その結果，その出来事によって派生して起こるトラブルや当事者の人間関係の中で苦悩が生まれていることが明らかになった。