Experiential Harassment Training 'Harassment Zero Card' Reduces Stress, Anger, and Confusion Post-Training

The Japan ABA Management Association announced that an effectiveness survey of its experiential 'Harassment Zero Card Training,' which incorporates the perspective of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), showed that tension, depression, anger, confusion, and fatigue all decreased, while vitality increased following the training.

This training utilizes the 'Harassment Zero Card,' co-developed with Professor Koji Takeuchi of the Meisei University Faculty of Psychology. Through cards and role-playing, participants analyze the functions of behaviors that lead to harassment and consider appropriate alternative ways to interact.

As part of an evaluation of the training's effectiveness, a survey on mood changes was conducted among 24 participants before and after the session using the Temporary Mood Scale (Tokuda, 2007). The results confirmed that tension, depression, anger, confusion, and fatigue decreased, while vitality increased post-training, with statistically significant differences observed across all six mood metrics.

In this training, participants do not passively listen to lectures. Instead, they use cards to experience roles, understand how others perceive their actions, and reflect on more appropriate ways to interact. This participatory and experiential structure is believed to have provided participants with a sense of assurance and achievement, expressed numerically as reduced tension and fatigue and increased vitality.