Jiro Takai
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 761333 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Jiro Takai |
| PRENOMES | Jiro |
| SOBRENOME | Takai |
| ASSINATURA | TAKAI J |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Nagoya University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9566-0831 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 22 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 101 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1992 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Intragroup status, perceived discrimination and mental health among Japanese sexual and gender minorities
Although research on the mental health of sexual and gender minorities (SGM) in Japan remains limited, existing studies suggest that many experience psychological distress due to societal stigma. However, little work has examined these experiences within a cultural framework that considers intragroup dynamics and social identity processes. This study addressed this gap by testing the cross‐cultural applicability of the Intragroup Status and Healt…
The impact of study abroad social interactions on post-return relationships with international students
Previous research has focused on how students adapt to the host country during study abroad. However, less is known about how these experiences influence students’ social engagement upon returning home. This study explores how Japanese students’ social interactions abroad influence their relationships with international students in Japan after their return. Using a qualitative approach based on grounded theory, semi-structured interviews were con…
Media channels and the secondary transfer effect
This study examines the Secondary Transfer Effect (STE) in a non-Western context by investigating how Japanese university students' contact with immigrants and LGBTQ individuals relates to their willingness to interact with Asian international students. Using data from 299 Japanese undergraduates and path analyses, we assessed four contact channels: direct interactions, traditional mass media, recreational media, and social media. Findings show t…
The durability of imagined contact on intergroup attitudes and prejudice
Imagined contact is a promising method for reducing intergroup prejudice with potential merits in terms of ease of application, among other features. However, little is known about whether its mitigating effects go beyond the laboratory and how long such effects might endure. This study investigated the use of imagined contact and its durability in the Japanese context, a setting in which this method has not been widely explored. Eighty participa…
Investigating Japanese university students’ intercultural behavioral intent
Although intercultural communication competence (ICC) scales are widely used, research has seldom examined the antecedent traits and mediating processes shaping Japanese undergraduates’ intercultural development. This longitudinal study applied a Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) model to investigate Japanese university students’ (N = 155) intercultural behavioral intent during a short-term study-abroad (STSA) program. The study hypothesized predi…
Intergroup contact in Japan
This study explored relationship between intergroup contact and willingness to interact with each other among Japanese and international students in Japan, focusing on three contact modalities: direct, E-contact, and mass-mediated contact, from perspectives of both groups. The research identified unique relationships between contact types and intergroup anxiety and common ingroup identity as mediating variables. Key findings include (1) divergent…
Affective and Motivational Accounts of Moralizing Covid-19-Preventive Behaviors
The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of perceived vulnerability to disease, emotions (disgust, anger), and perceived norms in predicting moral judgments of anti- COVID -19-preventive behaviors in US and Japan. A total of 442 Japanese and 365 American participants completed an online survey. Disgust and anger mediated the link between perceived vulnerability to disease (germ aversion) and moral judgments of preventive behaviors ac…
Media Exposure and Risk Perception as Predictors of Engagement in Covid-19 Preventive Behaviors
An International Comparison of Factors Related to Long Work Hours 1
This study aimed to examine psychosocial factors related to working long hours, which causes depression, anxiety, and so forth, including karoshi [work to death] . In particular, the issue of working very long hours and its impacts on employees is seen as an urgent issue in Japan, and by clarifying the factors associated with this phenomenon, we aim to contribute to efforts to identify appropriate mitigation measures. We proposed a model of facto…
Moralization of Japanese cultural norms among student sojourners in Japan
Social Projection to Outgroups
This study focused on social projection (SP) to outgroups. Two studies were conducted to show that SP to outgroups was greater than to ingroups when an issue is more relevant to the outgroup than to the ingroup and vice versa. These experiments were conducted for students of different schools ( N 1 = 92, N 2 = 203). The results confirmed that students overestimated agreement with working adults when the topic was more relevant to working people. …
The Effect of Intimacy and Status Discrepancy on Salient and Non-Salient Conflict Strategies of Japanese
It has been claimed that Japanese people prefer passive forms of conflict strategies to preserve interpersonal harmony. This study aimed to identify some conditions in which such passive strategies are used. The effects of target intimacy and status discrepancy on the intent and use of salient and non-salient conflict strategies were examined, along with respondent sex differences. Questionnaires were collected from 205 Japanese university studen…
Effects of Anonymity on Antisocial Behavior Committed by Individuals
The present study examined association between anonymity and antisocial individual behavior without any influence from the presence of others. Anonymity was operationally defined as consisting of two components, nonidentifiability and nonaccountability. Antisocial behavior was defined as rule-breaking behavior seeking a monetary reward. It was hypothesized that anonymity would increase antisocial behavior among individuals. Undergraduate students…
A Further Test of Immediacy-Learning Models
The present study was designed to test and compare the four existing immediacy-learning models, namely the learning model, the motivation model, the affective learning model, and the integrating model, in US, Chinese, German, and Japanese college classrooms. Altogether 695 college students from the four cultures completed the questionnaire, and the results from structural equation modeling indicate that the integrating model produces the best fit…
Reliability and Validity of the Parenting Scale of Inconsistency
Attitudes Toward African–American Vernacular English
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to examine attitudes towards African–American vernacular English (AAVE) in a setting outside of the USA. Because foreign attitudes toward AAVE can serve as an indirect assessment of a society's racial prejudice, we decided to explore these attitudes in Japan: a country with an intriguing mix of ties that are both close (i.e. politically and economically) and distant (i.e. culturally) vis-à-vis…
Gender differences in social network development via mobile phone text messages
We examined the development of face-to-face (FTF) social networks and mobile/cell phone text message (MPTM)-mediated social networks, and gender differences in the social network structure of 64 male and 68 female first-year undergraduate students. Social network analysis showed that MPTM social networks consisted of dyadic relationships, and its growth was slower than FTF social networks. The intimacy of friends who communicate via both FTF and …
Face and facework in conflict
The purpose of the current study was to investigate face and facework during conflicts across four national cultures: China, Germany, Japan, and the United States. A questionnaire was administered to 768 participants in the 4 national cultures, in their respective languages, to measure 3 face concerns and 11 facework behaviors. The major findings of the current study are as follows: (a) self-construals had the strongest effects on face concerns a…
A Cross-cultural Analysis of Age Identity in Japan and the United States
Age identity (Garstka et al., 1997) was examined with regard to its structure in Japan and the United States. Factor analysis confirmed the validity of a one-factor structure in both countries. Cluster analysis suggested a three-cluster solution in both Japan (ingroup identification and significance, sense of similarity, ingroup positive evaluation) and the USA (ingroup orientation, age centrality, ingroup positivity). In Japan, age-group pride a…
Effects of social networks on cross‐cultural adjustment
A total of 221 responses were obtained from a survey of international students in Japan, regarding the facilitative effects of social network formation on their adjustment. Regression analyses were conducted to explore the relationships among four types of adjustment revealed in a preceding study (“general adjustment,”“self‐control,”“affiliative” and “dependent”), network size, demographic variables, expected social support, etc. For each adjustm…
Adjustment patterns of international students in Japan
Training effects on the divergent thinking attitudes of Japanese managers
Face and facework in conflict
The purpose of the current study was to investigate face and facework during conflicts across four national cultures: China, Germany, Japan, and the United States. A questionnaire was administered to 768 participants in the 4 national cultures, in their respective languages, to measure 3 face concerns and 11 facework behaviors. The major findings of the current study are as follows: (a) self-construals had the strongest effects on face concerns a…
Gender differences in social network development via mobile phone text messages
We examined the development of face-to-face (FTF) social networks and mobile/cell phone text message (MPTM)-mediated social networks, and gender differences in the social network structure of 64 male and 68 female first-year undergraduate students. Social network analysis showed that MPTM social networks consisted of dyadic relationships, and its growth was slower than FTF social networks. The intimacy of friends who communicate via both FTF and …
Adjustment patterns of international students in Japan
Attitudes Toward African–American Vernacular English
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to examine attitudes towards African–American vernacular English (AAVE) in a setting outside of the USA. Because foreign attitudes toward AAVE can serve as an indirect assessment of a society's racial prejudice, we decided to explore these attitudes in Japan: a country with an intriguing mix of ties that are both close (i.e. politically and economically) and distant (i.e. culturally) vis-à-vis…
A Cross-cultural Analysis of Age Identity in Japan and the United States
Age identity (Garstka et al., 1997) was examined with regard to its structure in Japan and the United States. Factor analysis confirmed the validity of a one-factor structure in both countries. Cluster analysis suggested a three-cluster solution in both Japan (ingroup identification and significance, sense of similarity, ingroup positive evaluation) and the USA (ingroup orientation, age centrality, ingroup positivity). In Japan, age-group pride a…
Investigating Japanese university students’ intercultural behavioral intent
Although intercultural communication competence (ICC) scales are widely used, research has seldom examined the antecedent traits and mediating processes shaping Japanese undergraduates’ intercultural development. This longitudinal study applied a Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) model to investigate Japanese university students’ (N = 155) intercultural behavioral intent during a short-term study-abroad (STSA) program. The study hypothesized predi…
Training effects on the divergent thinking attitudes of Japanese managers
Training effects on the divergent thinking attitudes of Japanese managers
Adjustment patterns of international students in Japan
Effects of social networks on cross‐cultural adjustment
A total of 221 responses were obtained from a survey of international students in Japan, regarding the facilitative effects of social network formation on their adjustment. Regression analyses were conducted to explore the relationships among four types of adjustment revealed in a preceding study (“general adjustment,”“self‐control,”“affiliative” and “dependent”), network size, demographic variables, expected social support, etc. For each adjustm…
A Cross-cultural Analysis of Age Identity in Japan and the United States
Age identity (Garstka et al., 1997) was examined with regard to its structure in Japan and the United States. Factor analysis confirmed the validity of a one-factor structure in both countries. Cluster analysis suggested a three-cluster solution in both Japan (ingroup identification and significance, sense of similarity, ingroup positive evaluation) and the USA (ingroup orientation, age centrality, ingroup positivity). In Japan, age-group pride a…
Face and facework in conflict
The purpose of the current study was to investigate face and facework during conflicts across four national cultures: China, Germany, Japan, and the United States. A questionnaire was administered to 768 participants in the 4 national cultures, in their respective languages, to measure 3 face concerns and 11 facework behaviors. The major findings of the current study are as follows: (a) self-construals had the strongest effects on face concerns a…
Gender differences in social network development via mobile phone text messages
We examined the development of face-to-face (FTF) social networks and mobile/cell phone text message (MPTM)-mediated social networks, and gender differences in the social network structure of 64 male and 68 female first-year undergraduate students. Social network analysis showed that MPTM social networks consisted of dyadic relationships, and its growth was slower than FTF social networks. The intimacy of friends who communicate via both FTF and …
Reliability and Validity of the Parenting Scale of Inconsistency
Attitudes Toward African–American Vernacular English
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to examine attitudes towards African–American vernacular English (AAVE) in a setting outside of the USA. Because foreign attitudes toward AAVE can serve as an indirect assessment of a society's racial prejudice, we decided to explore these attitudes in Japan: a country with an intriguing mix of ties that are both close (i.e. politically and economically) and distant (i.e. culturally) vis-à-vis…
A Further Test of Immediacy-Learning Models
The present study was designed to test and compare the four existing immediacy-learning models, namely the learning model, the motivation model, the affective learning model, and the integrating model, in US, Chinese, German, and Japanese college classrooms. Altogether 695 college students from the four cultures completed the questionnaire, and the results from structural equation modeling indicate that the integrating model produces the best fit…
Effects of Anonymity on Antisocial Behavior Committed by Individuals
The present study examined association between anonymity and antisocial individual behavior without any influence from the presence of others. Anonymity was operationally defined as consisting of two components, nonidentifiability and nonaccountability. Antisocial behavior was defined as rule-breaking behavior seeking a monetary reward. It was hypothesized that anonymity would increase antisocial behavior among individuals. Undergraduate students…
The Effect of Intimacy and Status Discrepancy on Salient and Non-Salient Conflict Strategies of Japanese
It has been claimed that Japanese people prefer passive forms of conflict strategies to preserve interpersonal harmony. This study aimed to identify some conditions in which such passive strategies are used. The effects of target intimacy and status discrepancy on the intent and use of salient and non-salient conflict strategies were examined, along with respondent sex differences. Questionnaires were collected from 205 Japanese university studen…
Social Projection to Outgroups
This study focused on social projection (SP) to outgroups. Two studies were conducted to show that SP to outgroups was greater than to ingroups when an issue is more relevant to the outgroup than to the ingroup and vice versa. These experiments were conducted for students of different schools ( N 1 = 92, N 2 = 203). The results confirmed that students overestimated agreement with working adults when the topic was more relevant to working people. …
Moralization of Japanese cultural norms among student sojourners in Japan
Media Exposure and Risk Perception as Predictors of Engagement in Covid-19 Preventive Behaviors
An International Comparison of Factors Related to Long Work Hours 1
This study aimed to examine psychosocial factors related to working long hours, which causes depression, anxiety, and so forth, including karoshi [work to death] . In particular, the issue of working very long hours and its impacts on employees is seen as an urgent issue in Japan, and by clarifying the factors associated with this phenomenon, we aim to contribute to efforts to identify appropriate mitigation measures. We proposed a model of facto…
Affective and Motivational Accounts of Moralizing Covid-19-Preventive Behaviors
The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of perceived vulnerability to disease, emotions (disgust, anger), and perceived norms in predicting moral judgments of anti- COVID -19-preventive behaviors in US and Japan. A total of 442 Japanese and 365 American participants completed an online survey. Disgust and anger mediated the link between perceived vulnerability to disease (germ aversion) and moral judgments of preventive behaviors ac…
Intergroup contact in Japan
This study explored relationship between intergroup contact and willingness to interact with each other among Japanese and international students in Japan, focusing on three contact modalities: direct, E-contact, and mass-mediated contact, from perspectives of both groups. The research identified unique relationships between contact types and intergroup anxiety and common ingroup identity as mediating variables. Key findings include (1) divergent…
The impact of study abroad social interactions on post-return relationships with international students
Previous research has focused on how students adapt to the host country during study abroad. However, less is known about how these experiences influence students’ social engagement upon returning home. This study explores how Japanese students’ social interactions abroad influence their relationships with international students in Japan after their return. Using a qualitative approach based on grounded theory, semi-structured interviews were con…
Media channels and the secondary transfer effect
This study examines the Secondary Transfer Effect (STE) in a non-Western context by investigating how Japanese university students' contact with immigrants and LGBTQ individuals relates to their willingness to interact with Asian international students. Using data from 299 Japanese undergraduates and path analyses, we assessed four contact channels: direct interactions, traditional mass media, recreational media, and social media. Findings show t…
The durability of imagined contact on intergroup attitudes and prejudice
Imagined contact is a promising method for reducing intergroup prejudice with potential merits in terms of ease of application, among other features. However, little is known about whether its mitigating effects go beyond the laboratory and how long such effects might endure. This study investigated the use of imagined contact and its durability in the Japanese context, a setting in which this method has not been widely explored. Eighty participa…
Investigating Japanese university students’ intercultural behavioral intent
Although intercultural communication competence (ICC) scales are widely used, research has seldom examined the antecedent traits and mediating processes shaping Japanese undergraduates’ intercultural development. This longitudinal study applied a Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) model to investigate Japanese university students’ (N = 155) intercultural behavioral intent during a short-term study-abroad (STSA) program. The study hypothesized predi…
Intragroup status, perceived discrimination and mental health among Japanese sexual and gender minorities
Although research on the mental health of sexual and gender minorities (SGM) in Japan remains limited, existing studies suggest that many experience psychological distress due to societal stigma. However, little work has examined these experiences within a cultural framework that considers intragroup dynamics and social identity processes. This study addressed this gap by testing the cross‐cultural applicability of the Intragroup Status and Healt…
Psychology (19 obras) · Social Psychology (17 obras) · Social Psychology (13 obras) · Developmental psychology (10 obras) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (8 obras) · Computer Science (7 obras) · Cultural Differences and Values (7 obras) · Political science (6 obras) · Sociology (6 obras) · Economics (4 obras)