Cognitive factors related to facilitators and obstacles of managing stress among Japanese workers.

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24530869
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Hyogo University of Teacher Education
• Principal Investigator: Nakamura-Taira Nanako 兵庫教育大学, 学校教育研究科(研究院), 准教授 (80350437)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): IZAWA Shuhei 独立行政法人労働安全衛生総合研究所, 作業条件適応研究グループ, 主任研究員 (00409757) ; YAMADA Chris Kosuke 佐賀大学, 医学部, 助教 (70510741)
• Research Collaborator: KAMEYAMA Rinka ; TANOUE Asuka
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: ストレス・マネジメント / ストレスの過小評価 / 認知 / 労働者 / 縦断研究 / メンタルヘルス・リテラシー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We aimed to clarify the effects of the Japanese workers’ cognitive factor, “stress underestimation”, on their mental health, mental health literacy, and appraisal of mental-health information. In Japanese worker samples, we carried out a cross-sectional survey of 4609 samples, a longitudinal survey of 3235 samples, and an experiment of 400 samples. The results revealed that; 1) male workers showed higher stress underestimation tendency than female workers, 2) high stress underestimation male workers had lower mental-health literacy, 3) baseline levels of “overgeneralization of stress” and “insensitivity to stress” were significantly predicted with new-onset depressive symptoms and antidepressant use, 4) and the relationship between stress underestimation and the workers’ appraisal of mental-health information wasn’t clear. Applying the cognitive factor of “stress underestimation tendency” is expected to enhance the effectiveness of stress-management education in companies.

Free Research Field

臨床心理学