Development of understanding and measuring the structure of the defense skills and the psychological characteristics in order to protect from undue psychological manipulation.

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24530797
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social psychology
• Research Institution: Rissho University
• Principal Investigator: NISHIDA Kimiaki 立正大学, 公私立大学の部局等, 教授 (10237703)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: マインド・コントロール / 欺瞞的説得 / カルト / 詐欺 / 悪質商法

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The personal interviews were examined nine subjects for the purpose of the grasp of damages by undue psychological manipulation. As the results, They were revealed 1) the practical harmful problems, 2) the initial approach methods to them, 3) psychological process of influence, and 4) their reflections. Also on the other hand, the questionnaire surveys were administrated to the 95 fraud victims and 168 non-victims. As the results, they were showed 1) their damages of the current situation, 2) psychological distress after damage, 3) psychological strategy of deceptive persuasion, 4) personal characteristics of the victim. From these results, it revealed the structures of defensive skills and psychological characteristics in order to protect from the undue influence.

Free Research Field

社会心理学