Yuji Sakano

Biographic Data

ID242884
NAMEYuji Sakano
GIVEN NAMESYuji
FAMILY NAMESakano
SIGNATURESAKANO Y
AFFILIATIONSHealth Sciences University of Hokkaido
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS19
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT19
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1994
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX1

  • Differences in the association between avoidance and environmental rewards by three symptoms of depression

    Open AccessShuntaro Aoki, Satomi Doi et al.ARTICLECurrent Psychology2023

  • Impact of sleep debt, social jetlag, and insomnia symptoms on presenteeism and psychological distress of workers in Japan: A cross-sectional study

    Open AccessYuta Takano, Rui Ibata et al.ARTICLEBioPsychoSocial Medicine2022

    BACKGROUND: Presenteeism is an indicator of productivity loss and the risk of absence from work due to mental health problems. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of sleep debt, social jetlag, and insomnia symptoms on presenteeism and psychological distress. METHODS: The participants were 351 Japanese workers (271 males, 79 females, and one of other gender, with a mean age of 49 ± 9.49 years). The eligibility criteria for this s…

  • Dysfunctional Cognition and the Mental Health of Substance Abusers’ Family Members

    Yui Tsuji, Shuntaro Aoki et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Family Therapy2021

    Background Substance abusers’ family members tend to have a unique dysfunctional cognition, which may affect mental health. Objectives: This study investigated dysfunctional cognition’s effects on mental health in a sample of substance abusers' family members. Methods: A survey questionnaire was completed twice to obtain data on mental illness, wellbeing, and dysfunctional cognition. A hierarchical linear regression analysis tested the relationsh…

  • A systematic review of the effect of sleep interventions on presenteeism

    Open AccessYuta Takano, Suguru Iwano et al.ARTICLEBioPsychoSocial Medicine2021

  • Cognitive behavioral therapy for psychosomatic problems in dental settings

    Open AccessHirofumi Matsuoka, Itsuo Chiba et al.ARTICLEBioPsychoSocial Medicine2017

    Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has been applied for various problems, including psychiatric diseases such as depression and anxiety, and for physical symptoms such as pain. It has also been applied for dental problems. Although the effect of CBTs on temporomandibular disorders and dental anxiety are well documented, its effectiveness on other types of oral symptoms remain unclear. Little information comparing the different types of CBTs in th…

  • Self-efficacy, pros, and cons as variables associated with adjacent stages of change for regular exercise in Japanese college students

    Open AccessSatoshi Horiuchi, Akira Tsuda et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2017References: 16

    This study examined self-efficacy (confidence to exercise), pros (exercise’s advantages), and cons (exercise’s disadvantages) as variables associated across the transtheoretical model’s six stages of change in 403 Japanese college students. A series of logistic regression analyses were conducted. Results showed that higher pros and lower cons were associated with being in contemplation compared to precontemplation. Lower cons were associated with…

  • Validation of the Japanese Version of the Body Vigilance Scale

    Open AccessTatsuo Saigo, Yoshitake Takebayashi et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports2016

    The Body Vigilance Scale is a self-report measure of attention to bodily sensations. The measure was translated into Japanese and its reliability, validity, and factor structure were verified. Participants comprised 286 university students (age: 19 ± 1 years). All participants were administered the scale, along with several indices of anxiety (i.e., Anxiety Sensitivity Index, Short Health Anxiety Inventory Illness Likelihood Scale, Social Interac…

  • Anger tendency may be associated with duration of illness in panic disorder

    Open AccessNagisa Sugaya, Eiji Yoshida et al.ARTICLEBioPsychoSocial Medicine2015

    BACKGROUND: Several studies have reported an increased tendency towards anger in patients with panic disorder (PD). If this propensity for anger arises from the pathological process of PD, it may be associated with the duration of the illness. The present study therefore examined the relationship between duration of PD and the personality tendency to experience anger in PD patients. METHODS: Participants were 413 patients (132 men and 281 women; …

  • The effect of cognitive appraisal for stressors on the oral health-related QOL of dry mouth patients

    Open AccessHirofumi Matsuoka, Itsuo Chiba et al.ARTICLEBioPsychoSocial Medicine2014

    BACKGROUND: Dry mouth is very common symptom, and psychological factors have an influence on this symptom. Although the influence of emotional factor related to patients with oral dryness has been examined in previous studies, the cognitive factors have not been examined thus far. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of cognitive factors on patients with oral dryness. METHODS: The participants were 106 patients compla…

  • Preliminary Assessment of the Behavioral Activation Model in Japanese Undergraduate Students

    Open AccessKoki Takagaki, Isa Okajima et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports2013

    Many studies have reported that behavioral activation is an effective intervention for depression. The behavioral activation model is based on several formulations. For example, depressive mood leads to avoidant behaviors, avoidance negatively affects social contacts, decreased socialization lessens opportunities for positive reinforcement, and a decrease in positive reinforcement results in more depressive mood. The purpose of this study was to …

  • A Parental Report of Children’s Anxiety Symptoms in Japan

    Open AccessShin-ichi Ishikawa, Shin‐ichi Ishikawa et al.ARTICLEChild Psychiatry & Human…2013

  • Taijin Kyofusho and Social Phobia Symptoms in Young Adults in England and in Japan

    Open AccessCecilia Ahmoi Essau, Satoko Sasagawa et al.ARTICLEJournal of Cross-Cultural…2012Cited by: 1References: 30

    The main aims of the present study were to compare the frequency of social phobia and taijin kyofusho symptoms among young adults in Japan and in England and to examine the role of family environment in the development of these two conditions. A total of 927 young adults (462 in England and 465 in Japan) between the ages of 19 and 24 were investigated. They completed a set of questionnaires that were used to measure social phobia and taijin kyofu…

  • The Effects of Video and Nonnegative Social Feedback on Distorted Appraisals of Bodily Sensations and Social Anxiety

    Open AccessYoshihiro Kanai, Junwen Chen et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports2011

    The effects of video feedback and nonnegative feedback from other people were examined as possibly ameliorating distorted appraisals of bodily sensations, as well as subjective and physiological anxiety in socially anxious individuals. Nonnegative feedback from a confederate emphasized the absence of negative outcomes (e.g., did not seem to tremble) rather than the presence of positive outcomes (e.g., looked calm). Socially anxious students were …

  • Effects of Safety Behaviour On the Maintenance of Anxiety and Negative Belief Social Anxiety Disorder

    Open AccessIsa Okajima, Yoshihiro Kanai et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Social…2009

    Background: Safety behaviour plays an important role in the maintenance of social anxiety disorder (SAD). SAD patients engage in various safety behaviours in social situations in order to decrease the risk of negative evaluations from others. Aims: The present study examined the effect of safety behaviour on the maintenance of anxiety and negative belief in SAD by using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). Methods: Participants were a healthy gro…

  • Cultural differences in perceived social norms and social anxiety

    Open AccessNina Heinrichs, Ronald M Rapee et al.ARTICLEBehaviour Research and Therapy2006

  • The acquisition of cultural values in Japanese returnee students

    Open AccessSatoko Sasagawa, Hideki Toyoda et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2006References: 18

  • Reliability and Validity of a Japanese Version of the Eating Disorder Inventory

    MIDORI SHIMURA, Harumi Horie et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports2003

    The rapid increase of patients with eating disorders in Japan has made necessary the reliable and valid measurement of psychological factors in eating disorders. The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the Eating Disorder Inventory. 766 females without eating disorders and 139 female patients with eating disorders responded to the Eating Attitude Test and the Eating Disorder Inventory. Prin…

  • Adolescent Reinforcement Survey Schedule: Summary of Research and Future Directions

    Open AccessGeorge R Holmes, Joseph R Cautela et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1996

    Three completed studies with the Adolescent Reinforcement Survey Schedule are reviewed and further studies are discussed

  • Japanese High School and College Students' Responses to the Adolescent Reinforcement Survey Schedule

    Open AccessGeorge R Holmes, Yuji Sakano et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1994

    Factor-analyzed correlations among items of the Japanese Adolescent Reinforcement Survey Schedule by Japanese high school students (N = 939) and college students (N = 500) were compared to investigate the changes in reinforcers between mid- and late adolescence, gender differences, and the specific groupings of reinforcers which suggest certain interventions for either or both groups of adolescents. The factor analysis yielded ten interpretable f…