表題番号:2020C-782 日付:2021/04/07
研究課題嗜癖の問題における「刺激」と「行動」の結びつきを測定する潜在的指標の開発
研究者所属(当時) 資格 氏名
(代表者) 人間科学学術院 人間科学部 教授 嶋田 洋徳
(連携研究者) 大学院人間科学研究科 大学院生 石川 満里聖
(連携研究者) 大学院人間科学研究科 大学院生 浅見 祐香
研究成果概要
This study sought to empirically examine the maintenance mechanism of those who repeat stealing behavior from the viewpoint of the strength of the connection between stimulus and behavior – as based on findings from the field of behavioral science. We created a cognitive task to measure the connection between the stimulus which evokes stealing and the stealing behavior, and conducted an experiment on seven patients with kleptomania and 43 university students. As a result of the data analysis, the stronger the connection between the stimulus and the stealing behavior, the weaker the degree of reformative self-control among the student group. On the other hand, in the patient group, the completion rate of cognitive tasks was low, making it difficult to compare it with the student group. Therefore, as a result of an examination which included the data of those who did not complete the tasks, those with strong connection may have less self-control and may be affected by a higher degree of severity. The results of this study suggest that those who have stronger connections between stimulus evoking stealing and stealing behavior have a tendency of selecting the stealing behavior.