著者

杉本 早奈美 Sanami Sugimoto

出版者

金城学院大学大学院人間科学研究科

雑誌

金城学院大学大学院人間生活学研究科論集 = Annual report of Graduate School of Human Ecology Kinjo Gakuin University (ISSN:1346597X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.22, pp.21-30, 2022-03-17

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The purpose of this study was to examine how obsessive-compulsive tendencies, social skills, and difficulties in controlling emotion impact the process of private speech expression in adults. A questionnaire survey was conducted in 182 university students. To examine private speech in a broader sense, items regarding thinking process and unpleasant emotions were added to the speech tendency scale. Correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis of the results found that self-control, which is a subfactor of social skills, has negative impacts on all factors in private speech tendency. Private speech appeared to be the outcome of interactions among obsessive-compulsive tendencies, social skills, and difficulty controlling emotion. These results suggest that private speech is influenced by one’s emotional awareness and degree of control. Private speech tends to occur when one is unable to control oneself while thinking about something or does not have sufficient skills to do so. Therefore, private speech in adults is not only related to thinking but also has emotional and intellectual aspects. This suggests that there are various types and functions of private speech depending on the behavioral and emotional aspects.