- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Family Support in Illness
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Gender Diversity and Inequality
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Korean Urban and Social Studies
- Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Marriage and Sexual Relationships
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Sleep and related disorders
- Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
- Health, psychology, and well-being
Ibaraki Christian University
2015-2024
Hitachi (Japan)
2022-2024
Tohoku University
2011-2015
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science London
2012-2013
Precarious manhood beliefs portray manhood, relative to womanhood, as a social status that is hard earn, easy lose, and proven via public action. Here, we present cross-cultural data on brief measure of precarious (the Manhood Beliefs scale [PMB]) covaries meaningfully with other cross-culturally validated gender ideologies country-level indices equality human development. Using from university samples in 62 countries across 13 world regions ( N = 33,417), demonstrate: (1) the psychometric...
Social role theory posits that binary gender gaps in agency and communion should be larger less egalitarian countries, reflecting these countries’ more pronounced sex-based power divisions. Conversely, evolutionary self-construal theorists suggest the greater autonomy support flexible self-construction processes present countries. Using data from 62 countries ( N = 28,640), we examine agentic communal self-views as a function of country-level objective equality (the Global Gender Gap Index)...
Abstract The transition from high school to university is characterized by changes in students' social and learning environments, potentially impacting sleep behaviors. To examine the characteristics of students, this study aimed (a) measure a living environment using wearable tracker; (b) use self‐administered questionnaire relationship between objective subjective sleep; (c) how psychological aspects are related sleep. Fifty undergraduate graduate students participated, with 310 records...
Abstract: Collective action is a powerful tool for social change and fundamental to women girls’ empowerment on societal level. towards gender equality could be understood as intentional conscious civic behaviors focused transformation, questioning power relations, promoting through collective efforts. Various instruments measure intentions have been developed, but our knowledge none of the published measures were subject invariance testing. We introduce intention (GECAI) scale examine its...
Couples cope with their stress as a unit rather than two isolated individuals. coping were well examined by the Dyadic Coping Inventory (DCI) in European and American population, but not Asian population. We aim to examine applicability of DCI Japanese married couples. Participants 44 heterosexual couples Japan. They answered marital satisfaction. Results supported generally showed several partner effects. The effects discussed from perspective perceived social support.
We developed the Coparental Regulation Inventory to assess regulatory behavior of mothers in involving fathers with child rearing. translated and modified short form Parental (PRI) for Japanese couples different stages An online questionnaire was conducted (n = 500) whose youngest less than 21-years-old. Exploratory factor analysis identified two factors, which were labeled “encouragement” “criticism”. The resulting (the PRI) had high internal consistency test-retest reliability. construct...
This study elucidated the relationship-focused coping patterns of Japanese child-rearing couples. Participants were 101 couples with at least one pre-school child who was attending four daycare centres. Questionnaires included a version questionnaire, Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale, and WHO-5 Well-Being Index. Cluster analysis revealed three patterns: ‘wife escapes/husband combines’, ‘mutual active relationship maintenance couples’, engages/husband combines’. Our showed that has...
We validated the Japanese version of Multidimensional Stress Questionnaire for Couples (MSQ) and examined construct validity reliability. conducted an online longitudinal survey 300 husbands wives. The MSQ (MSQ-J) had a two-factor structure centred on internal external stressors. internal-stressor factor showed sufficient reliability, indicating its suitability measuring marital external-stressors also acceptable both findings indicate that MSQ-J is suitable research clinical practice.
The purpose of this study was to quantitatively clarify the physical and mental health first year university students whose classes were conducted online due COVID-19. checklist Visual Display Terminal (VDT) syndrome suggested that stress placed mainly on eyes, shoulders, neck, head. In addition, from results Kessler psychological distress scale (K6) scale, higher values obtained than those previous studies, which indicated poor students. Consequently, academics who conduct must consider...
Predictions of marital satisfaction can be used to address individual well-being and family problems. This study investigated the factors predicting from a dyadic perspective. Relational support, relationship-focused coping, internal stressors were independent variables. I conducted cross-sectional postal survey in 2019. In all, 89 heterosexual Japanese couples analyzed. The results indicated that higher relational support lower predicted for respondent but not partner. These findings...
People seek self-verification from others. Previous studies suggest that striving for (e.g., the disclosure of accurate self-information and preservation a sense coherence about oneself in social relationships) functionalizes couple relationships Western cultures. However, there has been little research on couples Asian The aim this study is to address gap by examining 46 heterosexual Japanese couples. Attitudes behaviors regarding self-verification, stress communication, trust marital were...
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働く親の結婚満足度と精神的健康への予測因の検討What predicts marital satisfaction and well-being in working parents?-From the perspective of work to family spillover relationship-focused coping-Tai KUROSAWA 1)2) & Michiyo KATO 1) (