Akira Asayama
Biographic Data
| ID | 8247906 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Akira Asayama |
| GIVEN NAMES | Akira |
| FAMILY NAME | Asayama |
| SIGNATURE | ASAYAMA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tsukuba |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5849-7257 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Can persistence improve creativity? The effects of implicit beliefs about creativity on creative performance
Prior research suggests that people have implicit beliefs about creativity that are often incomplete and may not be consistent with current empirical evidence. We conducted four studies to examine whether recognizing the importance of persistence in creativity leads to better creative performance. First, in a pilot study, a questionnaire survey of 199 people showed that people value flexible but not persistent thinking in creativity. In Studies 1…
Development of Past Self-Continuity Scale from Narrative and Essentialist Perspectives
It is essential to understand the perception of self-continuity across time to understand the nature of personal identity and its development. To fill a gap in existing psychological research, this study introduces a novel scale designed to measure past self-continuity from narrative and essentialist perspectives. We developed and validated the Past Self-Continuity Scale through four studies involving Japanese university students, adults, and hig…
Two Aspects of Past Self-Continuity from Narrative and Essentialist Perspectives
Self-continuity, the sense of connection between one's past and present self, is at the core of identity. However, differences between two perspectives on self-continuity, the narrative perspective and the essentialist perspective, remain unexplored. This study investigates whether these two perspectives represent distinct facets of past self-continuity. We examined the relationship between self-continuity and factors such as acceptance of the pa…
The Effect of Episodic Future Thinking on Learning Intention
We examined the effects of episodic future thinking related to achieving important learning goals on university students' learning intentions. Japanese university students ( N = 70) participated in this experiment. Participants in the episodic future thinking condition were asked to imagine and describe events they would experience if they achieved their goals. In the semantic future thinking condition, we asked participants to describe their fut…
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The Effect of Episodic Future Thinking on Learning Intention
We examined the effects of episodic future thinking related to achieving important learning goals on university students' learning intentions. Japanese university students ( N = 70) participated in this experiment. Participants in the episodic future thinking condition were asked to imagine and describe events they would experience if they achieved their goals. In the semantic future thinking condition, we asked participants to describe their fut…
Can persistence improve creativity? The effects of implicit beliefs about creativity on creative performance
Prior research suggests that people have implicit beliefs about creativity that are often incomplete and may not be consistent with current empirical evidence. We conducted four studies to examine whether recognizing the importance of persistence in creativity leads to better creative performance. First, in a pilot study, a questionnaire survey of 199 people showed that people value flexible but not persistent thinking in creativity. In Studies 1…
Development of Past Self-Continuity Scale from Narrative and Essentialist Perspectives
It is essential to understand the perception of self-continuity across time to understand the nature of personal identity and its development. To fill a gap in existing psychological research, this study introduces a novel scale designed to measure past self-continuity from narrative and essentialist perspectives. We developed and validated the Past Self-Continuity Scale through four studies involving Japanese university students, adults, and hig…
Two Aspects of Past Self-Continuity from Narrative and Essentialist Perspectives
Self-continuity, the sense of connection between one's past and present self, is at the core of identity. However, differences between two perspectives on self-continuity, the narrative perspective and the essentialist perspective, remain unexplored. This study investigates whether these two perspectives represent distinct facets of past self-continuity. We examined the relationship between self-continuity and factors such as acceptance of the pa…
Identity, Memory, and Therapy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Essentialism (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research (2 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (1 work) · Cognitive psychology (1 work) · Connection (principal bundle (1 work) · Creativity (1 work)