Masakuni Tagaki
Biographic Data
| ID | 785553 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Masakuni Tagaki |
| GIVEN NAMES | Masakuni |
| FAMILY NAME | Tagaki |
| SIGNATURE | TAGAKI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Osaka Prefecture University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0586-1486 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Changing Process of Disability Identity: A Trajectory Equifinality Model Analysis of Japanese with Physical Disabilities
This study examines the development of disability identity in Japan’s disability community. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with three Japanese participants with physical disabilities who had active interaction with others with disabilities. The interview transcription was analyzed using the KJ method and the Trajectory Equifinality Model developed in Japan. The analysis showed that the participants coped with a sense of isolation from …
The meanings of disability-related activities and disability identities: A qualitative analysis of narratives of people with physical disabilities in Japan
The study examines the meanings of disability-related activities narrated by people with physical disabilities in Japan based on the narrated disability identity. Semi-structured interviews are conducted with 11 Japanese participants with physical disabilities. The interview transcription is analyzed with a qualitative analysis method developed in Japan, and six categories are obtained. The participants narrate their daily disability-related expe…
The meanings of Covid-19 pandemic for people with disabilities in Japan: A qualitative analysis of diverse disability narratives
This study examines what the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic means for people with disabilities in Japan. The target data were the narratives from a discussion on the pandemic at a residents' meeting, presided over by the author. The data was qualitatively analyzed. Participants reported that their lives did not change as their daily activities were already limited before the outbreak of COVID-19. Online devices were convenient for t…
The Narratives of a Researcher with Disability as Interventions in Local Disability Policy-making
Action Research on Meaning‐Making at Residents' Meetings for Local Disability Policy 1
This is the third in a series on residents' meetings (RMs) for municipal disability policymaking in Japan; members included people with disabilities (PWDs). I focused on members' meaning‐making process for three community organizational goals: task, process, and relationship. Action research was employed in all three studies during my participation in RMs, which began in 2002. The present study is a follow‐up on the meetings' development and cove…
Meaning of Disability and Management of its Visibility: A Review of a Qualitative Inquiry on People with Oligodactyly
Action Research on Drafting Municipal Policies for People With Disabilities in Japan
This study describes a series of regularly scheduled residents' meetings (RMs) on local disability policy during a 15-year period. The study employed an action research analytical method using data gathered in Yao city in western Japan. From 2002 to 2007, I participated in the meetings as an advisor-overseeing two focus groups, each with six key informants who actively managed the meetings. According to the results, the meetings occurred in three…
Research Development from Acceptance to the Meaning of Acquired Disability in People with Impaired Mobility in Japan
Japanese studies examining psychosocial issues in people with acquired mobility‐related disabilities have been developed under the influence of rehabilitation psychology theories, such as the theory of value change and stage theory, established in the U nited S tates. In J apan, the combination of disability acceptance and stage theory is distinctive, focusing on the occurrence of depression. These psychosocial studies have been criticized, becau…
Narratives of Ambivalent Meanings of Acquired Physical Disability in Japan
Experiences of people with disabilities cannot be simply examined from positive aspects or negative ones; both aspects are required. This study examines the ambivalent meanings of acquired disability through a qualitative analysis of the life stories of Japanese men with spinal cord injuries. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 men who had sustained the injury over 10 years ago, at around the age of 20. The participants valued job a…
The meanings of Covid-19 pandemic for people with disabilities in Japan: A qualitative analysis of diverse disability narratives
This study examines what the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic means for people with disabilities in Japan. The target data were the narratives from a discussion on the pandemic at a residents' meeting, presided over by the author. The data was qualitatively analyzed. Participants reported that their lives did not change as their daily activities were already limited before the outbreak of COVID-19. Online devices were convenient for t…
The Narratives of a Researcher with Disability as Interventions in Local Disability Policy-making
Action Research on Drafting Municipal Policies for People With Disabilities in Japan
This study describes a series of regularly scheduled residents' meetings (RMs) on local disability policy during a 15-year period. The study employed an action research analytical method using data gathered in Yao city in western Japan. From 2002 to 2007, I participated in the meetings as an advisor-overseeing two focus groups, each with six key informants who actively managed the meetings. According to the results, the meetings occurred in three…
Research Development from Acceptance to the Meaning of Acquired Disability in People with Impaired Mobility in Japan
Japanese studies examining psychosocial issues in people with acquired mobility‐related disabilities have been developed under the influence of rehabilitation psychology theories, such as the theory of value change and stage theory, established in the U nited S tates. In J apan, the combination of disability acceptance and stage theory is distinctive, focusing on the occurrence of depression. These psychosocial studies have been criticized, becau…
Narratives of Ambivalent Meanings of Acquired Physical Disability in Japan
Experiences of people with disabilities cannot be simply examined from positive aspects or negative ones; both aspects are required. This study examines the ambivalent meanings of acquired disability through a qualitative analysis of the life stories of Japanese men with spinal cord injuries. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 men who had sustained the injury over 10 years ago, at around the age of 20. The participants valued job a…
Action Research on Drafting Municipal Policies for People With Disabilities in Japan
This study describes a series of regularly scheduled residents' meetings (RMs) on local disability policy during a 15-year period. The study employed an action research analytical method using data gathered in Yao city in western Japan. From 2002 to 2007, I participated in the meetings as an advisor-overseeing two focus groups, each with six key informants who actively managed the meetings. According to the results, the meetings occurred in three…
Action Research on Meaning‐Making at Residents' Meetings for Local Disability Policy 1
This is the third in a series on residents' meetings (RMs) for municipal disability policymaking in Japan; members included people with disabilities (PWDs). I focused on members' meaning‐making process for three community organizational goals: task, process, and relationship. Action research was employed in all three studies during my participation in RMs, which began in 2002. The present study is a follow‐up on the meetings' development and cove…
Meaning of Disability and Management of its Visibility: A Review of a Qualitative Inquiry on People with Oligodactyly
The Narratives of a Researcher with Disability as Interventions in Local Disability Policy-making
The meanings of disability-related activities and disability identities: A qualitative analysis of narratives of people with physical disabilities in Japan
The study examines the meanings of disability-related activities narrated by people with physical disabilities in Japan based on the narrated disability identity. Semi-structured interviews are conducted with 11 Japanese participants with physical disabilities. The interview transcription is analyzed with a qualitative analysis method developed in Japan, and six categories are obtained. The participants narrate their daily disability-related expe…
The meanings of Covid-19 pandemic for people with disabilities in Japan: A qualitative analysis of diverse disability narratives
This study examines what the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic means for people with disabilities in Japan. The target data were the narratives from a discussion on the pandemic at a residents' meeting, presided over by the author. The data was qualitatively analyzed. Participants reported that their lives did not change as their daily activities were already limited before the outbreak of COVID-19. Online devices were convenient for t…
The Changing Process of Disability Identity: A Trajectory Equifinality Model Analysis of Japanese with Physical Disabilities
This study examines the development of disability identity in Japan’s disability community. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with three Japanese participants with physical disabilities who had active interaction with others with disabilities. The interview transcription was analyzed using the KJ method and the Trajectory Equifinality Model developed in Japan. The analysis showed that the participants coped with a sense of isolation from …
Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Disability Rights and Representation (5 works) · Narrative (5 works) · Qualitative research (5 works) · Social science (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Disability studies (3 works) · Family and Disability Support Research (3 works)