Development of a self-stress management education program for expatriates and their families

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K11229
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 58080:Gerontological nursing and community health nursing-related
• Research Institution: Shitennoji University
• Principal Investigator: KAMEI YUKARI 四天王寺大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (90624487)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 濱田 篤郎 東京医科大学, 医学部, 特任教授 (10164906) ; 松永 優子 東京医科大学, 医学部, 兼任講師 (70459204) ; 成瀬 和子 東京医科大学, 医学部, 教授 (70307122) ; 山岡 由実 神戸市看護大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (00326307)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 海外駐在員 / 海外駐在員家族 / メンタルヘルス / セルフケアプログラム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In 2019, we conducted an interview survey of Chinese employees working for Japanese companies in Shanghai. In order to clarify the differences by length of service, we divided them into two groups, those who had worked for less than 10 years and those who had worked for more than 10 years, and analyzed them to extract difficulties and persistence factors in working for Japanese companies. In 2021, we conducted an online survey on the mental health of expatriates during the COVID-19 outbreak. The survey revealed that the spread of the infection had affected the expatriates' physical and mental health, their lives, and their work. About 60% of the expatriates felt comfortable living in their place of residence, suggesting that the Chinese government's response, strict quarantine, thorough testing, and use of corona-tracking apps and other tools provided relief to the expatriates' mental and physical health.

Free Research Field

地域看護学分野

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

海外駐在員と家族のセルフストレスマネジメント教育プログラムを開発することにより，駐在場所においてもそれぞれが，自身のメンタルヘルスのセルフケアを実施することの一助となる．2019年末に中国の武漢で最初のCOVID-19患者が発生し，これ以降COVID-19の感染は拡大し続け，このような状況下においても，中国には日本人駐在員は勤務しており，渡航の制限や外出の自粛などから日常生活へのストレスが増大していることが推察される．本研究の成果物である「海外勤務者ノート」は簡便であり，いつでもどこでも使用できる点がメリットであり，使用することで駐在員自身のメンタルヘルスのセルフケアに貢献が期待できる．