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Why do people experience loneliness while using social media? Reviewed International journal

Xu, W., ＆ Takai, J.

Intercultural Communication Studies Vol. 29 ( 2 ) page： 99 - 115 2020

Authorship：Last author Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies

The Cognitive Discrepancy Model of Loneliness (CDML) postulates that people experience loneliness when they perceive a difference between their desired (or expected) and actual levels of social relationships. Although the model has been widely cited, only a few empirical studies support this statement in Face-to-Face context. In the present study, we re-evaluate and expand the CDML in the digital context in two representative East Asian countries, Japan and China. The results partially support the idea of CDML that besides quantity and quality of SNS social activities, the self-defined and socially defined cognitive discrepancies are also potential predictors of feelings of satisfaction and loneliness, but the patterns may differ depending on communication purposes and cultural orientations.

Better than average effect regarding altruism for stranger, friend and family member

Terashima Yuto, Takai Jiro

The Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association Vol. 83 ( 0 ) page： 3C-012 - 3C-012 2019.9

Interpersonal Duty as a Tool for Managing Uncertainty: Uncertainty Threat Changes Negative Affect Reaction Toward Duty Adherence/Violation

Yuto Terashima, Jiro Takai

Current Psychology Vol. 38 ( 3 ) page： 836 - 845 2019.6

Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：SPRINGER

© 2017, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. We investigated changes in negative affect reactions toward interpersonal duty violation/adherence under uncertainty which we refer to as uncertainty threat. One’s feelings of duty and obligation toward the partner may induce him/her to act in accordance to the partner’s expectations, and this functions to free the relationship of uncertainty. However, if the partner fails to conform to his/her duty, we may become uncertain about the future of the relationship, and consequently, experience negative affect, including anger, contempt, and disappointment. We hypothesized that uncertainty threat leads to such negative affective arousal. Uncertainty threat motivates individuals to reduce uncertainty, and hence make them more sensitive toward the source of uncertainty, above and beyond the specific context in which it poses a threat. A series of three experiments were conducted, in which we manipulated uncertainty threat through priming and a distractor task. Participants then read a short scenario in which duty violation or adherence were described, and rated negative affect toward it. Results generally indicated significant interaction effects across the experiments. The effects of scenario manipulation on negative affect reaction were more acute under uncertainty threat than when no threat was present. The present study indicated that duty was not only beneficial for social coordination, but also vital to mask uncertainty and insecurity regarding relationships.

DOI： 10.1007/s12144-017-9660-2

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Prosocial behavior and well-being in different cultures

Gherghel, C., & Takai, J.

Bulletin of the Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Nagoya University (Psychology and Human Development Sciences) Vol. 66 page： 17 - 30 2019.3

With or Without Empathy: Primary Psychopathy and Difficulty in Identifying Feelings Predict Utilitarian Judgment in Sacrificial Dilemmas Reviewed

Reina Takamatsu, Jiro Takai

Ethics and Behavior Vol. 29 ( 1 ) page： 71 - 85 2019.1

Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

© 2018, Copyright © 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Drawing from research on moral judgment and affective dysfunction, we examined how trait psychopathy and alexithymia, which are characterized as empathic deficits, relate to utilitarian moral judgments in sacrificial dilemmas. As predicted, primary and secondary psychopathy traits and alexithymia were associated with reduced empathic concern. However, primary psychopathy and difficulty identifying feelings (one of three alexithymia traits), but not secondary psychopathy and other two alexithymia traits, were associated with utilitarian judgments. Moreover, hierarchical regression analysis showed that primary psychopathy, difficulty identifying feelings, and empathic concern made unique contributions to the prediction of direct harm on the victim, whereas alexithymia traits made weaker contributions. Although the lack of affective empathy is found in psychopathy and alexithymia, the process through which the two traits lead to utilitarian judgment in sacrificial dilemmas may be distinct. The present findings add to the growing literature, contributing to a fuller picture of the relationship between empathy, trait psychopathy, and alexithymia.

DOI： 10.1080/10508422.2017.1367684

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Emotional competence, conflict management styles, and relational factors: Cross-cultural comparison between Japan and Myanmar. Reviewed

Min, M. C., & Takai, J.

Intercultural Communication Studies Vol. 28 page： 109 - 131 2019

Effects of relational uncertainty in heightening national identification and reactive approach motivation of Japanese. International journal

Yuto Terashima, Jiro Takai

International journal of psychology : Journal international de psychologie Vol. 53 page： 37 - 45 2018.10

Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

This study investigated whether relational uncertainty poses uncertainty threat, which causes compensatory behaviours among Japanese. We hypothesised that Japanese, as collectivists, would perceive relational uncertainty to pose uncertainty threat. In two experiments, we manipulated relational uncertainty, and confirmed that participants exhibited compensatory reactions to reduce aversive feelings due to it. In Study 1, we conducted direct comparison between relational uncertainty, independent self-uncertainty and control conditions. The results revealed that participants who were instructed to imagine events pertaining to relational uncertainty heightened national identification as compensation than did participants in the control condition, but independent self-uncertainty did not provoke such effects. In Study 2, we again manipulated relational uncertainty; however, we also manipulated participants' individualism-collectivism cultural orientation through priming, and the analyses yielded a significant interaction effect between these variables. Relational uncertainty evoked reactive approach motivation, a cause for compensatory behaviours, among participants primed with collectivism, but not for individualism. It was concluded that the effect of uncertainty on compensatory behaviour is influenced by cultural priming, and that relational uncertainty is important to Japanese.

DOI： 10.1002/ijop.12422

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Cross-cultural comparison of relational values of Asians: Analysing the World Values Survey, International Social Survey Programme, and AsiaBarometer

Min, M. C., & Takai, J.

Bulletin of the Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Nagoya University (Psychology and Human Development Sciences) Vol. 64 page： 87-97 2018.3

The psychology of culture in Japan

Reina Takamatsu, Jiro Takai

Asia-Pacific Perspectives on Intercultural Psychology page： 32 - 52 2018.1

Language：English Publishing type：Part of collection (book) Publisher：Taylor and Francis

Of late, the psychology of culture has been receiving much fanfare in Japan. This was evidenced by the record attendance of 1, 180 participants at the 2016 Conference of the International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology in Nagoya, Japan. That record attendance was largely due to the high number of domestic attendees. This chapter outlines how the psychology of culture has been developed in Japan, beginning with the introduction of psychology as a Western discipline in parallel with industrial, political, and cultural modernisation as the result of the Meiji reform. During the Meiji era of 1868-1912, dramatic changes pertaining to the government of the nation resulted in rapid industrialisation and economic development, opening up Japan’s doors for foreign influence. At the same time militarisation was accelerated, which gave impetus for colonisation of neighbouring lands. This reform began after the end of sakokushugi, the self-induced isolationism of the island nation, which awakened Japanese citizens to their uniqueness relative to foreign people and cultures.

DOI： 10.4324/9781315158358-8

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ユーモア・センスの気質的基盤 ―「状態・特性快活さ尺度 (特性版)」邦訳項目の信頼性・妥当性の検討― Reviewed

鵜子修司、高井次郎

笑い学研究 Vol. 25 page： 120-135 2018

Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)

Ruch, Köhler, & Van Thriel（1996）の作成した状態・特性快活さ尺度（State-Trait-Cheerfulness-Inventory: STCI）は、ユーモア・センスに関連する気質的基盤として快活さ、真剣さ、不機嫌さの３つを、個人の状態ないし特性として測定す
る尺度である。本研究ではSTCIの特性版（STCI-T）について、各項目の日本語訳を新たに作成し、信頼性・妥当性を検証
した。大学生263名を対象にした調査の結果、オリジナルのSTCI-Tを構成する下位特性（facet）モデルは、各下位特性における信頼性の低さから維持されなかった。その代わり、本研究では下位尺度への修正済I-T相関に基づく項目選定から、暫定的なSTCI-T <49>を構成した。このときSTCI-Tにおける、３つの下位尺度の信頼性は.73から.89であり何れも高かった。ま
た各下位尺度とBig Five、及びwell-beingの指標の相関は、先行研究の結果を再現した。以上から、STCI-T<49>はオリジナル
のSTCI-Tに類似した概念を測定する尺度として、ある程度の信頼性・妥当性を有していると結論付けられた。最後に、本研究
でオリジナルのSTCI-Tにおける下位特性・因子構造が再現されなかった結果の説明として、考えられる可能性について検討し、今後の課題についてまとめた。

DOI： https://doi.org/10.18991/warai.25.0_120

Social projection to outgroups: Japanese students refer to psychologically distant others

Chieko Yoshihara, Reina Takamatsu, Jiro Takai

Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology Vol. 12 2018

Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS

© The Author(s) 2018. This study focused on social projection (SP) to outgroups. Two studies were conducted to show that SP to outgroups was greater than to ingroups when an issue is more relevant to the outgroup than to the ingroup and vice versa. These experiments were conducted for students of different schools (N1 = 92, N2 = 203). The results confirmed that students overestimated agreement with working adults when the topic was more relevant to working people. Also, when the topic was relevant to students, they overestimated agreement of other students relative to the working adults. These results suggested the relevance of the opinion was more important than perceived social distance when Japanese students refer to others.

DOI： 10.1017/prp.2018.17

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Effect of imagined contact in reducing explicit prejudice toward outgroups of Japanese Reviewed

Hu, A., & Takai, J.

Intercultural Communication Studies Vol. 27 page： 00 2018

The effect of emotional competence on relational quality: Comparing Japan and Myanmar Reviewed

Min, M. C., & Takai, J.

Current Psychology 2018

Cross-cultural comparison of university students' emotional competence in Asia Reviewed

Min, M. C., Islam, N. M., Wang, L., & Takai, J.

Current Psychology 2018

Constructing the Social Media Uses and Gratifications Scale on Japanese and Chinese samples: Comparing content to Western conceived scales Reviewed

Xu, W., & Takai, J.

Intercultural Communication Studies Vol. 27 page： 125-144 2018

ユーモア・センスの気質的基盤

鵜子修司, 高井次郎

笑い学研究 Vol. 25 ( 0 ) page： 120 - 135 2018

Language：Japanese Publisher：日本笑い学会

Ruch, Kohler, & Van Thriel（1996）の作成した状態・特性快活さ尺度（State-Trait-Cheerfulness-Inventory: STCI）は、ユーモア・センスに関連する気質的基盤として快活さ、真剣さ、不機嫌さの３つを、個人の状態ないし特性として測定する尺度である。本研究ではSTCIの特性版（STCI-T）について、各項目の日本語訳を新たに作成し、信頼性・妥当性を検証した。大学生263名を対象にした調査の結果、オリジナルのSTCI-Tを構成する下位特性（facet）モデルは、各下位特性における信頼性の低さから維持されなかった。その代わり、本研究では下位尺度への修正済I-T相関に基づく項目選定から、暫定的なSTCI-T 49を構成した。このときSTCI-Tにおける、３つの下位尺度の信頼性は.73から.89であり何れも高かった。また各下位尺度とBig Five、及びwell-beingの指標の相関は、先行研究の結果を再現した。以上から、STCI-T 49はオリジナルのSTCI-Tに類似した概念を測定する尺度として、ある程度の信頼性・妥当性を有していると結論付けられた。最後に、本研究でオリジナルのSTCI-Tにおける下位特性・因子構造が再現されなかった結果の説明として、考えられる可能性について検討し、今後の課題についてまとめた。

DOI： 10.18991/warai.25.0_120

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INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION A JAPANESE PERSPECTIVE

Takai, J

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION page： 53 - 57 2017

Research Trends and Issues in the Study of Identity of Multi-ethnic Persons

TABA, A. &, TAKAI, J.

Bulletin of the Graduate School of Education and Human Development (Psychological Sciences) Vol. 63 page： 93-101 2016.12

Communal identification for uncertainty reduction regarding relationships

Terashima Yuto, Takai Jiro

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY Vol. 51 page： 1099 - 1099 2016.7

Parent's behaviors and ways of thinking about children's' conflict management strategies in China, Japan, and South Korea

Hiroki Maruyama, Tatsuo Ujiie, Jiro Takai, Yuko Takahama, Hiroko Sakagami, Makoto Shibayama, Mayumi Fukumoto, Katsumi Ninomiya, Hyang Ah Park, Feng Xiaoxia, Chie Takatsuji, Miwa Hirose, Rei Kudo, Yoshihiro Shima, Rumiko Nakayama, Noriko Hamaie, Zhang Feng, Satoshi Moriizumi

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY Vol. 51 page： 330 - 330 2016.7

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