Keiko Otake
Biographic Data
| ID | 167959 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Keiko Otake |
| GIVEN NAMES | Keiko |
| FAMILY NAME | Otake |
| SIGNATURE | OTAKE K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tohoku Gakuin University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Assessing and nurturing character strengths among children and adolescents
Character strengths play an important role in the healthy development of children and adolescents. However, assessing and nurturing these strengths in educational settings remain challenging. First, this review addresses the challenges of using scales to assess character strengths in children and adolescents. The currently available scales consist of many items, which makes responding to these scales burdensome for children and adolescents and le…
How Does Gratitude Promote Prosocial Behavior? Developmental Differences in the Underlying Motivation 1
Gratitude promotes prosocial behavior, but the developmental differences in the underlying motivation remain unclear. We investigated whether the effect of gratitude on prosocial behavior is driven by fairness or generosity motivations, and whether the underlying motivation differs by developmental stage. University students (Experiment 1) and elementary school children (Experiment 2) were assigned to either a gratitude or a neutral group. The fo…
Do People From Different Cultures Vary in How Much Positive Emotions Resonate in Day-to-Day Social Interactions? Examining the Role of Relational Mobility
Positivity resonance, defined as a co-experienced kind-hearted positive emotion, is commonly observed to strengthen relationships in the United States. However, it is unclear whether levels of positivity resonance differ across cultures. Prior research suggests that in cultures that are perceived as offering more freedom and choice in social ties (defined as high relational mobility cultures), individuals more frequently engage in adaptive strate…
The meaningful life in Japan and the United States
Happy People Become Happier through Kindness
Relationship Between Stages of Smoking Acquisition and Environmental Factors Among Junior High School Students
To study the relationship of stages of smoking acquisition and environmental factors, 757 Japanese junior high school students (390 boys and 367 girls) anonymously answered a questionnaire regarding the four stages of smoking acquisition (precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, and action stages) and environmental factors of smoking behavior. Analysis showed that the influence of advertising and students' interpersonal situations on smoking…
Validity and Reliability of the Japanese Version of the Emotional Intelligence Scale Among College Students and Psychiatric Outpatients
Association of Emotional Intelligence with Alexithymic Characteristics
We examined the association of emotional intelligence and alexithymic characteristics as the personality trait in cohorts of 267 college students and 398 psychiatric outpatients. Score on the Toronto Alexithymia Scale were significantly correlated with those on the Emotional Intelligence Scale, suggesting that alexithymic characteristics are related to lower emotional intelligence. In conclusion, these data suggest that emotional intelligence ove…
Adopting the Stage Model for Smoking Acquisition in Japanese Adolescents
The purpose of the present study was to apply the stages of change model to smoking acquisition in Japanese adolescents. The participants were 556 senior and 1002 junior high school students who responded anonymously to the questionnaire. The findings of this study confirm that the stage model is indeed applicable to smoking acquisition in Japanese adolescents. It was clearly seen that the process involves four stages: pre-contemplation, contempl…
The meaningful life in Japan and the United States
Do People From Different Cultures Vary in How Much Positive Emotions Resonate in Day-to-Day Social Interactions? Examining the Role of Relational Mobility
Positivity resonance, defined as a co-experienced kind-hearted positive emotion, is commonly observed to strengthen relationships in the United States. However, it is unclear whether levels of positivity resonance differ across cultures. Prior research suggests that in cultures that are perceived as offering more freedom and choice in social ties (defined as high relational mobility cultures), individuals more frequently engage in adaptive strate…
Validity and Reliability of the Japanese Version of the Emotional Intelligence Scale Among College Students and Psychiatric Outpatients
Association of Emotional Intelligence with Alexithymic Characteristics
We examined the association of emotional intelligence and alexithymic characteristics as the personality trait in cohorts of 267 college students and 398 psychiatric outpatients. Score on the Toronto Alexithymia Scale were significantly correlated with those on the Emotional Intelligence Scale, suggesting that alexithymic characteristics are related to lower emotional intelligence. In conclusion, these data suggest that emotional intelligence ove…
Adopting the Stage Model for Smoking Acquisition in Japanese Adolescents
The purpose of the present study was to apply the stages of change model to smoking acquisition in Japanese adolescents. The participants were 556 senior and 1002 junior high school students who responded anonymously to the questionnaire. The findings of this study confirm that the stage model is indeed applicable to smoking acquisition in Japanese adolescents. It was clearly seen that the process involves four stages: pre-contemplation, contempl…
Relationship Between Stages of Smoking Acquisition and Environmental Factors Among Junior High School Students
To study the relationship of stages of smoking acquisition and environmental factors, 757 Japanese junior high school students (390 boys and 367 girls) anonymously answered a questionnaire regarding the four stages of smoking acquisition (precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, and action stages) and environmental factors of smoking behavior. Analysis showed that the influence of advertising and students' interpersonal situations on smoking…
Happy People Become Happier through Kindness
The meaningful life in Japan and the United States
Do People From Different Cultures Vary in How Much Positive Emotions Resonate in Day-to-Day Social Interactions? Examining the Role of Relational Mobility
Positivity resonance, defined as a co-experienced kind-hearted positive emotion, is commonly observed to strengthen relationships in the United States. However, it is unclear whether levels of positivity resonance differ across cultures. Prior research suggests that in cultures that are perceived as offering more freedom and choice in social ties (defined as high relational mobility cultures), individuals more frequently engage in adaptive strate…
Assessing and nurturing character strengths among children and adolescents
Character strengths play an important role in the healthy development of children and adolescents. However, assessing and nurturing these strengths in educational settings remain challenging. First, this review addresses the challenges of using scales to assess character strengths in children and adolescents. The currently available scales consist of many items, which makes responding to these scales burdensome for children and adolescents and le…
How Does Gratitude Promote Prosocial Behavior? Developmental Differences in the Underlying Motivation 1
Gratitude promotes prosocial behavior, but the developmental differences in the underlying motivation remain unclear. We investigated whether the effect of gratitude on prosocial behavior is driven by fairness or generosity motivations, and whether the underlying motivation differs by developmental stage. University students (Experiment 1) and elementary school children (Experiment 2) were assigned to either a gratitude or a neutral group. The fo…
Psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Emotional Intelligence and Performance (3 works) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (3 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (3 works)