Influence of 'Persistence' on Changing Moods of Peer Support

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  • ピア・サポートにおける気分変化に及ぼす'固執'の影響について
  • ピア ・ サポート ニ オケル キブン ヘンカ ニ オヨボス'コシツ'ノ エイキョウ ニ ツイテ

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Objectives : Peer-support refers to supports offered to people who have the same problem producing psychological stress. In this study, we examined whether 'persistence' in a person's psychological traits (Cloninger et al.) affects his or her changing moods by performing peer-support. Subjects : Twenty eight undergraduates participated in this study. All of them completed question items of 'persistence' which were parts of Temperament and Character Inventory. Methods : Subjects were assessed them mood using the Profile of Mood State (POMS) before performing peer-support (Baseline). After a week, peer-support had conducted. At the beginning, subjects were remainded of a stress event that they felt stressful. Then, their mood was assessed (Pre-support). The peer-support was conducted for 30 min, and their mood was assessed again (Post-support). Results : The median score for 'persistence' were obtained as a criterion for classing groups. Then, subjects were divided into high or low groups. The mean POMS scores were submitted to tow-way ANOVAs with group and period. In the fatigue factor of POMS, interaction between group and period was found. The high 'persistence' group showed a significant decreasing in POMS score in the post-support condition as a changing mood after performing peer-support. In contrast, the low 'persistence' group did not show such a counseling effect. POMS scores in baseline condition, pre-support condition, and post-support condition were at the same level. Conclusion : The results indicated that changing moods of peer-support were affected by the degree of 'persistence' in a person's psychological traits.

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