ABO-incompatible living-donor pediatric kidney transplantation in Japan

The Japanese ABO-Incompatible Transplantation Committee officially collected and analyzed data on pediatric ABO-incompatible living-donor kidney transplantation in July 2012. The age of a child was defined a

周囲の他者の表情が初対面の相手の印象形成に及ぼす効果

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of both the facial expressions and the number of surrounding others on the initial impression formation of someone, by referencing Nunoi and Yoshikawa (2016) to take into consideration the evaluators\u27 gender. The study examines three hypotheses. Hypothesis 1 is that the impression of someone will be positive, if surrounding others display expressions of joy, but that the impression will be negative, if surrounding others have expressions of disgust. Hypothesis 2 is that more support for Hypothesis 1 would be observed when there are two surrounding others, rather than a single other person. Hypothesis 3 is that female evaluators are more susceptible to both the expressions and the number of others compared to male evaluators. Although the results of the study do not support these three hypotheses, a contrast effect is observed

感謝感情と負債感情の共起が第三者への向社会的行動に及ぼす影響

In this experimental study, we seek to elucidate the effects of both emotional gratitude and emotional indebtedness on prosocial behavior towards outsiders. The participants (N = 54) were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: a gratitude condition, where participants were induced to experience considerable emotional gratitude and minimal emotional indebtedness; an indebtedness condition, where participants were induced to experience both considerable emotional gratitude and emotional indebtedness; and a neutral condition, where participants were not induced to experience either emotional gratitude or indebtedness. All participants were then requested by a confederate to complete a questionnaire as indicator of prosocial behavior. The results revealed no significant differences between and no interactions among the three conditions. These findings highlight the need to reconsider both the validity of any manipulations of emotional gratitude and indebtedness and how to measure prosocial behavior towards outsiders

感謝体験の想起に伴う“申し訳なさ”が感謝介入の肯定的効果を妨げる現象

This study examined how feeling sorry upon recalling the experiences of gratitude interferes with the positive effects of gratitude intervention. The present study modified the gratitude intervention developed by Aikawa, Yada, and Yoshino in 2013. There were 88 undergraduate students who joined the gratitude intervention. Participants were asked to recall a certain event in which they felt very grateful. This was done every after two days for four consecutive weeks. Results showed that "expectation for future living" in comprehensive well-being was influenced by feeling sorry upon recalling the gratitude experiences. Future researchers are recommended to carefully design the methodology of gratitude intervention

Effluent Markers Related to Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition with Adjusted Values for Effluent Cancer Antigen 125 in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

Objectives. Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) is important for peritoneal deterioration. We evaluated the association between peritoneal solute transport rate (PSTR) and effluent markers related to EMT with adjusted values for effluent cancer antigen 125 (CA125). Methods. One hundred five incident peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients on PD for 25 (12–68) months with biocompatible solutions were included in the study. Fast peritoneal equilibration test was used to evaluate PSTR. Effluent hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), bone morphogenic protein-7 (BMP-7), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and CA125 at 4 h were measured. Results. Patients with dialysate/plasma creatinine ≧0.82 showed significantly higher effluent HGF (240 versus 133 pg/mL, P < .001), VEGF, IL-6, and IL6/CA125 levels than the others but no significant differences in effluent HGF/CA125, BMP-7, and BMP7/CA125 were observed. Conclusion. Increase in the effluent HGF levels as a compensatory mechanism is a marker of peritoneal deterioration, but controversy remains regarding adjusted value for CA125

小学校におけるソーシャルスキル教育を中心とした心理教育の縦断実践研究 : 行動的機能への介入効果を考慮した三水準モデルの検証

本研究は、学校適応アセスメントの三水準モデルについて、行動的機能への介入効果が時間経過後に学業的機能・社会的機能・学校適応感に現れることを考慮し、共分散構造分析によって検証した。小学校１～６年生の児童に対し、平成26年５月及び平成27年３月に三水準モデルの各因子に関わる質問紙を実施した。なお、質問紙調査とともに、行動的機能の因子の一部である「感謝」「聴き方・話し方」「あいさつ」については、学級単位のソーシャルスキルトレーニングが実施されている。分析の結果、①行動的機能と学業的機能・社会的機能・学校適応感の間に時間差があり、②引っ込み思案行動を社会的機能に位置づけ、③学校適応感から学業的機能へのパスを追加した場合に、適合度の良い結果が得られた。したがって、行動的機能への介入効果が時間を置いて現れることや、引っ込み思案行動と社会的機能及び、学校適応感と学業的機能には、何らかの影響関係があることが考えられた

小学校におけるソーシャルスキル教育を中心とした 心理教育の縦断実践研究 : 三水準モデルにおける行動的機能の変化の影響

本研究は、大対・大竹・松見（2007）によって提案された学校適応アセスメントのための三水準モデルの検証を行うため、モデルの中の行動的機能の変化パターンによって、学業的機能・社会的機能・学校適応感がどのように変化するのかを明らかにした。小学校１～６年生の児童を対象に、平成26年5月及び平成27年3月に三水準モデルの各因子に関わる質問紙を実施した。なお、質問紙調査とともに、行動的機能の因子の一部である「感謝」「聴き方・話し方」「あいさつ」については、ソーシャルスキルトレーニングが実施されている。クラスター分析により、調査を実施した２時点で行動的機能が向上した群と低下した群に児童を分類して比較検討した。行動的機能向上群が149名、行動的機能低下群が195となった。行動的機能向上群は、学業的機能・社会的機能・学校適応感のうち、「運動」を除いた他の因子に向上がみられていたため、三水準モデルと概ね一致する結果となった