The research of an anxiety maintenance process and intervention method corresponding to the difference of social anxiety disorder and taijin kyofusho

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23730652
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Shinshu University
• Principal Investigator: SHIMIZU Kenji 信州大学, 学術研究院人文科学系, 准教授 (60508282)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 社交不安障害 / 対人恐怖 / 森田療法 / 認知行動療法 / 強迫的な構え / 心理学的介入 / 自己愛 / 完全主義

Outline of Final Research Achievements

It has been said that both social anxiety disorder and taijin kyofusho are the pathology of shame. However, recently, it has suggested that the former tends to use avoidance defense style and the latter tends to use the obsessional defense style against stressful situation.　The difference of both defense styles might affect selection of an anxiety maintenance process and intervention method. Therefore, this research performed to explore factors of an anxiety maintenance process, to develop effective intervention method by using the analog type of social anxiety disorder and taijin kyofusho.
As a result, in taijin kyofusho with narcissistic personality trait and having perfectionism cognition, an insufficient possibility was suggested if it was the intervention method of only a cognitive therapy.

Free Research Field

臨床心理学