表題番号：2025C-329
日付：2026/04/03
研究課題現代人の生活世界におけるウェルビーイングの促進に関する研究
| 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 | 教授 | 宮田 裕光 |
| （連携研究者） | 大学院文学研究科心理学コース | 修士課程2年生 | 林 千優 |
| （連携研究者） | 大学院文学研究科心理学コース | 修士課程2年生 | 細淵 翔子 |
| （連携研究者） | 大学院文学研究科心理学コース | 修士課程2年生 | 山崎 果歩 |
- 研究成果概要
- Well-being, as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), refers to a desirable state that involves physical, mental, and social dimensions, and has become a central concept across contemporary academic disciplines. One promising approach to enhancing well-being in modern populations involves introducing traditional and accessible mind-body practices into everyday life, as well as to elucidate mechanisms underlying changes induced by such practices. The present study aimed to empirically examine the impacts of mind-body practices, as well as the psychological and behavioral mechanisms underlying them, by employing an approach that combined questionnaire surveys, behavioral experiments, and intervention studies. First, a two-week intervention based on the Three Good Things practice, in which participants recorded three positive events from their day before going to sleep, was conducted by involving university students. The findings indicated that participants who engaged in the intervention exhibited significant psychological improvements from pre- to post-intervention, including a decreased tendency to suppress positive emotions, reduced perceived stress, and increased self-esteem. These results suggest that brief, structured reflection on positive daily experiences can potentially facilitate adaptive emotional and cognitive changes. Second, to investigate mechanisms underlying eating disorder tendencies among contemporary young adults, a cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted. The results suggested that both passive and active forms of social media use are associated with increased eating disorder tendencies, which might be mediated by heightened social comparison tendencies and decreased body satisfaction. These findings highlight the importance of multiple socio-cognitive factors in understanding the impact of digital environments on mental health. Third, an online behavioral experiment involving university students examined the effects of wearing masks on facial emotion recognition, as well as the potential roles of interoceptive awareness in this relationship. The results suggested that wearing masks may deteriorate the accuracy of facial emotion recognition, whereas greater interoceptive awareness may partially buffer this non-desirable effect. Taken together, these findings provide empirical evidence that accessible, everyday practices and contextual factors may play significant roles in shaping well-being. The outcomes of the present research were disseminated through presentations at Japanese and international conferences, as well as through the publication and preparation of journal articles.