表題番号：2018A-005
日付：2019/03/31
研究課題武道の熟達による心身変容の心理学的基礎
| 研究者所属（当時） | 資格 | 氏名 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| （代表者） | 文学学術院 文化構想学部 | 准教授 | 宮田 裕光 |
| （連携研究者） | 文学学術院 文化構想学部 | 教授 | 村松 聡 |
| （連携研究者） | 文学学術院 文化構想学部 | 専任講師 | 小村 優太 |
| （連携研究者） | 文学学術院 文化構想学部 | 助手 | 石川 遥至 |
| （連携研究者） | 文学学術院 文化構想学部 | 助手 | 丸山 貴彦 |
- 研究成果概要
- Martial arts refer to the physical/mental practices based on the historical combat techniques of Japan. The present study examined psychological status and interoceptive awareness (preliminary experiments) in practitioners of martial arts based on Japan’s traditions. In Study 1, a questionnaire survey was conducted to assess whether practitioners of martial arts show enhanced mindfulness and relevant psychological traits. Participants included thirty-three practitioners of martial arts whose practice period ranged from 0.6 to 35.0 years, and 66 non-practitioners as controls. Compared with the non-practitioners, the practitioners self-reported significantly higher scores on mindfulness and subjective well-being and significantly lower scores on depression. Among the practitioners, period of practice was significantly correlated positively with scores of mindfulness and well-being and negatively with those of depression. These data are consistent with those previously obtained for Japanese yoga practitioners (Miyata et al., 2015), and support the view that continued training in various Eastern traditional mind-body practices can cause desirable changes to the psychological status. In Study 2, a preliminary investigation of interoceptive awareness was conducted by involving university students. Heartbeat detection task and an original breath counting task were introduced, which could be used in the forthcoming experiments to compare practitioners and non-practitioners of martial arts.