Emiko Taniguchi-Dorios
Biographic Data
| ID | 913333 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emiko Taniguchi-Dorios |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emiko |
| FAMILY NAME | Taniguchi-Dorios |
| SIGNATURE | TANIGUCHI-DORIOS E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8375-5027 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Parent-Child Affectionate Communication Across Cultures
The current study examines affectionate communication between young adult children and their parents across cultures. Participants ( N = 716) from China ( n = 201), Saudi Arabia ( n = 171), South Korea ( n = 159), and the U.S. ( n = 185) reported their perceptions of parents’ affectionate communication in verbal, nonverbal, and supportive aspects; their own affectionate communication toward parents; and relational closeness. The main findings are…
Development and Initial Assessment of an Emotional Support Provision Training Intervention for Interpersonal Support Providers in the Context of Chronic Illness
This study reports on the development and pilot testing of an emotional support provision training intervention for interpersonal support providers to those with chronic illnesses. Using findings from a needs assessment in combination with existing theory and research, we created a training framework consisting of verbal person-centered message design, empathic listening, and communicated perspective-taking. Then, we recruited 282 individuals to …
Relational uncertainty and relationship satisfaction in a romantic relationship
Testing a Model of Disclosure, Perceived Support Quality, and Well-Being in the College Student Mental Illness Context
Prominent disclosure models elucidate decisions to disclose health information, yet explanations for disclosure consequences remain underdeveloped. Drawing on Chaudoir and Fisher's disclosure process model, this study aims to advance understandings of how disclosure to a parent contributes to well-being for college students with mental illness. We tested a mediational model in which, at the within-person level, perceived support quality explains …
People who help people
Social support during an ongoing illness has been shown to be beneficial for both the provider and the receiver, but people often struggle with offering effective, appropriate support. There is a lack of communication‐focused training not specifically tied to caregiving or training that is designed for all social network members of a person experiencing a chronic illness, which we call interpersonal support providers (ISPs). We conducted a concur…
Further examination of the support quandary hypothesis
This study further examines a difficult experience for support providers in close relationships that we are calling the social support quandary hypothesis: Mental illness uncertainty simultaneously increases fear/anxiety and decreases supportive communication efficacy. In turn, fear/anxiety motivates support provision, but supportive communication efficacy is needed to provide support and for support to be of quality. Undergraduate students (N = …
Mental illness disclosure from confidants’ perspective within romantic relationships
This study aimed to validate and extend the disclosure quality model (DQM) in the context of mental illness disclosure in romantic relationships. Participants (N = 217) were individuals who received a disclosure of mental illness from their romantic partner within the past year. The results provided validation of the DQM: greater openness (access to information and candor) in mental illness disclosure was related to higher ratings of disclosure q…
Reactions to depression disclosure on Facebook
Computer-mediated communication is becoming an increasingly popular medium for mental illness self-disclosure. However, little is known about how observers respond to such disclosures (e.g., support or rejections). Using Facebook as a medium of communication, we experimentally examined how different depression disclosure posts can lead to different reactions from observers. In two experimental studies, we examined how (a) the self-presentation us…
Effects of Physical Appearance Social Comparisons and Perceived Attainability of an Ideal Body on Body Dissatisfaction and Weight‐Management Behaviors Among Young Japanese Women
This study was designed to test a model in which tendencies to engage in physical appearance social comparisons and perceived ideal body attainability interact to predict body dissatisfaction, and are associated with weight‐control behaviors (WCBs) as past studies have rarely examined perceived attainability in their analytic models. College women ( N = 297) from two universities in Japan completed a paper‐and‐pencil survey. A path analysis revea…
Young Women’s Sex Talk Online
In this study, we examined the roles of anonymity and social closeness in predicting young women’s perceptions of “sex talk” (i.e., communication about sexual interests, enjoyment, and experiences) and intentions to post such content in cyberspace. We also examined cultural differences among Asian, Latina, and European Americans. A total of 466 undergraduate women from the three cultural groups participated in the online experiment. Participants …
Loneliness and inducing incremental theories of social interactions to produce adaptive change
College students ( n = 388) participated in a two‐part online study (a survey and an experiment) examining the role of implicit theories in the experience of loneliness. Survey results revealed that lonely people tend to endorse entity theories of social competence and friendship. Experimental results showed that inducing an incremental theory of social competence reduced communication apprehension and increased social engagement among individual…
Family Communication and Body Dissatisfaction among Young Adult Females
Although the link between family-of-origin environments and body dissatisfaction among daughters is well-documented, the mechanisms through which family factors influence daughters’ body image concerns have been relatively unexplored. To address this gap, we examine the association between parental communication and young adult females’ body dissatisfaction as mediated by social competence. Female college students (N = 375; M age = 20.19) partici…
Individuals’ perception of others’ self-esteem, psychological well-being and attractiveness
From a cross-cultural perspective, this study investigates how individuals form impressions of others’ self-esteem, psychological well-being, and physical attractiveness as a function of others’ body size as well as messages these others receive from their peers. Mock-up Facebook profile pages in which the body size of the profile owner (thin vs. overweight) and peer-generated messages (accepting vs. thin-encouraging) were manipulated in the stud…
Effects of witnessing fat talk on body satisfaction and psychological well-being
We examined how witnessing fat talk on Facebook influenced the body satisfaction and psychological well-being of Korean and U.S. young women. Korean ( n = 137) and U.S. ( n = 159) women completed an online questionnaire after viewing a randomly assigned mock-up Facebook page where body size of the profile owner and the messages from her peers were manipulated. Findings showed that (a) Koreans witnessing an underweight peer's fat talk reported low…
Cross-Cultural Differences between Japanese and American Female College Students in the Effects of Witnessing Fat Talk on Facebook
This study examined how witnessing fat talk on Facebook affects individuals’ body satisfaction and psychological well-being, and investigated cultural differences in such effects between Americans and Japanese. Multi-ethnic American (N = 96) and Japanese (N = 103) female college students completed an online questionnaire after viewing one of four different Facebook profile mock-ups containing fat talk where the body size of the profile owner (und…
Family Communication and Body Dissatisfaction among Young Adult Females
Although the link between family-of-origin environments and body dissatisfaction among daughters is well-documented, the mechanisms through which family factors influence daughters’ body image concerns have been relatively unexplored. To address this gap, we examine the association between parental communication and young adult females’ body dissatisfaction as mediated by social competence. Female college students (N = 375; M age = 20.19) partici…
Cross-Cultural Differences between Japanese and American Female College Students in the Effects of Witnessing Fat Talk on Facebook
This study examined how witnessing fat talk on Facebook affects individuals’ body satisfaction and psychological well-being, and investigated cultural differences in such effects between Americans and Japanese. Multi-ethnic American (N = 96) and Japanese (N = 103) female college students completed an online questionnaire after viewing one of four different Facebook profile mock-ups containing fat talk where the body size of the profile owner (und…
Effects of witnessing fat talk on body satisfaction and psychological well-being
We examined how witnessing fat talk on Facebook influenced the body satisfaction and psychological well-being of Korean and U.S. young women. Korean ( n = 137) and U.S. ( n = 159) women completed an online questionnaire after viewing a randomly assigned mock-up Facebook page where body size of the profile owner and the messages from her peers were manipulated. Findings showed that (a) Koreans witnessing an underweight peer's fat talk reported low…
Individuals’ perception of others’ self-esteem, psychological well-being and attractiveness
From a cross-cultural perspective, this study investigates how individuals form impressions of others’ self-esteem, psychological well-being, and physical attractiveness as a function of others’ body size as well as messages these others receive from their peers. Mock-up Facebook profile pages in which the body size of the profile owner (thin vs. overweight) and peer-generated messages (accepting vs. thin-encouraging) were manipulated in the stud…
Family Communication and Body Dissatisfaction among Young Adult Females
Although the link between family-of-origin environments and body dissatisfaction among daughters is well-documented, the mechanisms through which family factors influence daughters’ body image concerns have been relatively unexplored. To address this gap, we examine the association between parental communication and young adult females’ body dissatisfaction as mediated by social competence. Female college students (N = 375; M age = 20.19) partici…
Loneliness and inducing incremental theories of social interactions to produce adaptive change
College students ( n = 388) participated in a two‐part online study (a survey and an experiment) examining the role of implicit theories in the experience of loneliness. Survey results revealed that lonely people tend to endorse entity theories of social competence and friendship. Experimental results showed that inducing an incremental theory of social competence reduced communication apprehension and increased social engagement among individual…
Effects of Physical Appearance Social Comparisons and Perceived Attainability of an Ideal Body on Body Dissatisfaction and Weight‐Management Behaviors Among Young Japanese Women
This study was designed to test a model in which tendencies to engage in physical appearance social comparisons and perceived ideal body attainability interact to predict body dissatisfaction, and are associated with weight‐control behaviors (WCBs) as past studies have rarely examined perceived attainability in their analytic models. College women ( N = 297) from two universities in Japan completed a paper‐and‐pencil survey. A path analysis revea…
Young Women’s Sex Talk Online
In this study, we examined the roles of anonymity and social closeness in predicting young women’s perceptions of “sex talk” (i.e., communication about sexual interests, enjoyment, and experiences) and intentions to post such content in cyberspace. We also examined cultural differences among Asian, Latina, and European Americans. A total of 466 undergraduate women from the three cultural groups participated in the online experiment. Participants …
Reactions to depression disclosure on Facebook
Computer-mediated communication is becoming an increasingly popular medium for mental illness self-disclosure. However, little is known about how observers respond to such disclosures (e.g., support or rejections). Using Facebook as a medium of communication, we experimentally examined how different depression disclosure posts can lead to different reactions from observers. In two experimental studies, we examined how (a) the self-presentation us…
Mental illness disclosure from confidants’ perspective within romantic relationships
This study aimed to validate and extend the disclosure quality model (DQM) in the context of mental illness disclosure in romantic relationships. Participants (N = 217) were individuals who received a disclosure of mental illness from their romantic partner within the past year. The results provided validation of the DQM: greater openness (access to information and candor) in mental illness disclosure was related to higher ratings of disclosure q…
Relational uncertainty and relationship satisfaction in a romantic relationship
Testing a Model of Disclosure, Perceived Support Quality, and Well-Being in the College Student Mental Illness Context
Prominent disclosure models elucidate decisions to disclose health information, yet explanations for disclosure consequences remain underdeveloped. Drawing on Chaudoir and Fisher's disclosure process model, this study aims to advance understandings of how disclosure to a parent contributes to well-being for college students with mental illness. We tested a mediational model in which, at the within-person level, perceived support quality explains …
People who help people
Social support during an ongoing illness has been shown to be beneficial for both the provider and the receiver, but people often struggle with offering effective, appropriate support. There is a lack of communication‐focused training not specifically tied to caregiving or training that is designed for all social network members of a person experiencing a chronic illness, which we call interpersonal support providers (ISPs). We conducted a concur…
Further examination of the support quandary hypothesis
This study further examines a difficult experience for support providers in close relationships that we are calling the social support quandary hypothesis: Mental illness uncertainty simultaneously increases fear/anxiety and decreases supportive communication efficacy. In turn, fear/anxiety motivates support provision, but supportive communication efficacy is needed to provide support and for support to be of quality. Undergraduate students (N = …
Development and Initial Assessment of an Emotional Support Provision Training Intervention for Interpersonal Support Providers in the Context of Chronic Illness
This study reports on the development and pilot testing of an emotional support provision training intervention for interpersonal support providers to those with chronic illnesses. Using findings from a needs assessment in combination with existing theory and research, we created a training framework consisting of verbal person-centered message design, empathic listening, and communicated perspective-taking. Then, we recruited 282 individuals to …
Parent-Child Affectionate Communication Across Cultures
The current study examines affectionate communication between young adult children and their parents across cultures. Participants ( N = 716) from China ( n = 201), Saudi Arabia ( n = 171), South Korea ( n = 159), and the U.S. ( n = 185) reported their perceptions of parents’ affectionate communication in verbal, nonverbal, and supportive aspects; their own affectionate communication toward parents; and relational closeness. The main findings are…
Psychology (14 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (6 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Perception (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Impact of Technology on Adolescents (4 works)