- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides
- Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Estrogen and related hormone effects
- Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Bee Products Chemical Analysis
- Bone health and osteoporosis research
- Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
- Mind wandering and attention
- Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
- Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
Aichi University of Education
2024-2025
IRYO Sosei University
2020-2023
Wilfrid Laurier University
2020
University of Tsukuba
2014-2020
Hirosaki University
2020
Health Sciences University of Hokkaido
2013
The University of Tokyo
1991-1993
Abstract Aim The threats of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) have caused fears worldwide. Fear COVID‐19 Scale (FCV‐19S) was recently developed to assess the fear COVID‐19. Although many studies found that FCV‐19S is psychometrically sound, it unclear whether invariant across countries. present study aimed examine measurement invariance eleven Design Cross‐sectional study. Methods Using data collected from prior research on Bangladesh ( N = 8,550), United Kingdom 344), Brazil 1,843),...
In the context of global outbreak COVID-19, there is an urgent need to explore effects this pandemic on mental health adolescents. The present study aims adapt and validate a Japanese-version Fear COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) with sample adolescent students from Japan. To end, FCV-19S, Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale (GAD-7), Patient Health Questionnaire for Adolescents (PHQ-A), Perceived Vulnerability Disease (PVDS) were administered Japanese adolescents in schools. results...
In the context of global outbreak COVID-19, there is an urgent need to explore effects this pandemic on mental health adolescents. The present study aims adapt and validate a Japanese-version Fear COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) with sample adolescent students from Japan. To end, FCV-19S, Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale (GAD-7), Patient Health Questionnaire for Adolescents (PHQ-A), Perceived Vulnerability Disease (PVDS) were administered Japanese adolescents in schools. results...
Background Depression, a widespread mental health issue, is often marked by impaired cognitive control, particularly in managing proactive and reactive processes. The Dual Mechanisms of Control (DMC) framework differentiates between these two modes control: control involves sustained goal maintenance, while more stimulus-driven transient. Stress, known to exacerbate dysfunction depression, may influence the balance processes, though specific effects remain poorly understood. This study aimed...
Background: Depression is a prevalent, debilitating disorder marked by low mood and cognitive biases. Within the Dual Mechanisms of Control (DMC) framework, proactive control—entailing anticipatory maintenance goal-relevant information—has been implicated in depressive symptoms. Although prior research has emphasized hot cognition, role control cold cognition its stress interaction remains underexplored.Methods: A three-wave longitudinal study was conducted with 195 participants recruited...
COVID-19 has been a global challenge ever since its emergence, with reports suggesting negative effects on the mental health and well-being of people. We investigated associations socioeconomic changes driven by pandemic, illness, well-being, fear in Japan. Totally, 565 Japanese individuals completed an online survey, including questions their self-restraint changing incomes, Fear Scale; Depression, Anxiety, Stress present, past, future life satisfaction scale. Analysis using structural...
Abstract Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the mental health of people worldwide. Psychological resilience been shown to buffer against threat (i.e., fear) and sustain health. extent which psychological factors impact maintenance, however, is unclear, given broad differences in infection rates, prevention approaches, government interventions across different cultures contexts. Our study examines how they protect individuals from COVID-19-related fear their Data description were...
We investigated the effects of oral intake Lactobacillus helveticus-fermented milk whey on intact and sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS)-exposed skin Hos:HR-1 hairless mice. The mice were allowed to drink 10% L. in distilled water ad libitum for 5 weeks. SDS solution was topically applied dorsal at 4 weeks, leading development dermatitis. moisture content, transepidermal loss, sizes dermatitis areas periodically measured. Compared with alone, containing weeks significantly lowered loss from skin,...
Background This study examines mediation models in which behavioral inhibition and activation systems (BIS/BAS) impact internet addiction through mental health the moderating roles of innate acquired resilience models. Methods The data set used this was a cross-sectional survey among 952 adolescents July 2021. Internet Addiction Test, Fear COVID-19 Scale, BIS/BAS scales, Depression Self-Rating Scale were for analysis. After controlling gender, moderated examined. Results results revealed...
Extensive literature revealed the relations of depression with behavioral inhibition system (BIS) and activation (BAS) as vulnerability resilience separately. Besides, concept is still broad ambiguous. Thus, this study aimed to reveal mediation two aspects resilience: trait process, in BIS BAS among adolescents.
An underlying concern about the COVID-19 pandemic is decline of children’s mental health. The present study aimed to investigate whether a single school-based intervention, including self-monitoring and psychoeducation for COVID-19, effectively achieved its aim promote was conducted in junior high school. We assigned third grade as intervention group, second announcement first control group. hypothesized that group would experience improved health reduced fear compared groups. Interaction...
Major depression is one of the most common mental health problems worldwide. More than one-third patients suffer from treatment-resistant (TRD). In this study, we explored feasibility group compassion-focused therapy (CFT) for TRD using a randomized controlled trial with two parallel groups. Eighteen participants were randomly allocated to intervention (CFT and usual care) control (usual care alone) participant in each withdrew. Participants received 1.5-h session every week 12 weeks. The...
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been a global challenge ever since its emergence, with reports suggesting negative effects of the pandemic on mental health and well-being people worldwide. Thus, in this study, we investigated associations among socioeconomic changes driven by pandemic, health, life satisfaction (past, present, future), fear COVID-19 Japan. In total, 560 Japanese individuals took an online survey that included questions their self-restraint changing incomes Fear...