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{"title":"Stress Mindset and University Students' Mental Health in Japan During the COVID‐19 Pandemic: A Mediating Model1,2","authors":"Yanyan Liu, Aya Saito, S. Matsumoto, Naomi Yoshitake, Masumi Sugawara","doi":"10.1111/jpr.12488","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpr.12488","url":null,"abstract":"The coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) has caused social isolation and loneliness among Japanese university students. Stress mindset, namely, beliefs about stress and its consequences, is related to mental health through emerging evidence. This study investigated the relationship between stress mindset and mental health during the COVID‐19 pandemic and assessed the mediating effect of coping behaviors. An online survey was conducted in mid‐October 2021 with 4,120 university students from 47 prefectures in Japan. Stress mindset (stress‐is‐enhancing and stress‐is‐debilitating mindsets), coping behaviors, and mental health (loneliness and depression) were measured. The results showed that the positive path from a stress‐is‐debilitating mindset to depression and loneliness, and the negative path from a stress‐is‐enhancing mindset to loneliness, were significant. Furthermore, the stress‐is‐enhancing mindset was mediated by vaccination status, inducing a decrease in loneliness; the stress‐is‐debilitating mindset was mediated by a decrease in part‐time jobs and extracurricular activities, and inducing an increase in loneliness and depression. Current findings indicate that stress mindset may influence the behavioral tendencies and mental health of Japanese university students during COVID‐19, comprising an internal resource to protect their mental health.","PeriodicalId":46699,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Psychological Research","volume":"42 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139208380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Development and Validation of the Japanese Version of the Langer Mindfulness Scale","authors":"Fan Yang, Nanami Sawada, Atsushi Oshio","doi":"10.1111/jpr.12490","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpr.12490","url":null,"abstract":"Measures for meditative mindfulness have been developed and validated. However, relatively little attention is paid to a socio‐cognitive definition of mindfulness, also known as Langerian mindfulness. Socio‐cognitive mindfulness is an indispensable perspective for studying mindfulness within a social context. In this research, we conducted one pilot and two formal studies online, with a total of 831 Japanese participants, to develop and validate the Japanese version of the Langer Mindfulness Scale (LMS‐J). In the pilot study, we confirm the dimensionality via exploratory factor analysis. In Study 1, confirmatory factor analysis and test–retest reliability based on a 4‐week interval were performed. In Study 2, convergent and discriminant validity were tested by examining the relationships between Langerian and meditative mindfulness, Big Five personality traits, and life satisfaction. Overall, the results suggest that the factor structure of the LMS‐J is similar to its original version, and the LMS‐J is a reliable and valid measure. Therefore, the LMS‐J can be used to measure Langerian mindfulness in the Japanese population, especially for research in individual development within a social context.","PeriodicalId":46699,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Psychological Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139248854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessment of Construct Validity of Recovery Measures through Theoretical Formulations as Applied to Cardiovascular Parameters","authors":"Yukihiro Sawada","doi":"10.1111/jpr.12492","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpr.12492","url":null,"abstract":"The recovery period is generally excluded under stress testing, despite its importance, because recovery measures lack information on construct validity. The smaller the carryover effect, the higher the construct validity. Theoretical formulae were derived for three recovery measures (i.e., total carryover [TCO], mean recovery rate [MRR], and area under the curve [AUC]) to assess to what extent this criterion is fulfilled. The cardiovascular parameters (particularly blood pressure [BP] and heart rate [HR]) were targeted. After applying this criterion to theoretical formulae and previous experimental findings, the three recovery measures were ordered as follows: MRR for BP (highly valid) > AUC for both BP and HR (moderately valid) > MRR for HR and TCO for both BP and HR (slightly valid). The unexpected finding of MRR for HR was due to the invisible carryover effect of vagal rebound on HR. The implication of the sharp contrast in MRR for BP versus HR is discussed, indicating their qualitative differences as cardiovascular parameters.","PeriodicalId":46699,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Psychological Research","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139246903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Achievement Goal Impacts Students' Preferences for “Personalized Problems” in Computer-Adaptive Tests1","authors":"Takayuki Goto,&nbsp;Kei Kano,&nbsp;Takayuki Shiose","doi":"10.1111/jpr.12485","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jpr.12485","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The contemporary development of psychometric theories and information technologies enables students to work on algorithm-based personalized tests in classroom settings. This study aims to investigate the relationship between students' achievement goals and what they prefer as “personalized problems” in computer-adaptive tests. We theoretically contrast achievement goals with developing competency through mastery and demonstrating competency through performance goals. We asked elementary and secondary school students to work on a computer-adaptive test and to complete questionnaires about what they prefer as “personalized problems” in computer-adaptive tests. The results revealed that while mastery goals positively predicted preference for challenging problems, performance goals positively predicted preference for problems that guaranteed students’ success. Moreover, only the preference for challenging problems positively predicted the intention to take computer-adaptive tests in the future. These results suggest that simply introducing a computer-adaptive test into the classroom may not be effective. We discuss how educational technologies should be integrated into human teaching activities.</p>","PeriodicalId":46699,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Psychological Research","volume":"66 2","pages":"154-165"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jpr.12485","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139247154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Psychometric Examination of the Japanese Version of the Emotion Beliefs Questionnaire1234","authors":"M. Kashimura, K. Ishizu, Rodrigo Becerra","doi":"10.1111/jpr.12491","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpr.12491","url":null,"abstract":"Emotion beliefs include beliefs regarding usefulness and controllability of emotions, and they play an important role in emotion regulation. This study developed a Japanese version of the Emotion Beliefs Questionnaire (EBQ‐J) and examined its reliability and validity. A total of 317 participants were surveyed (212 women, 98 men, 7 not indicated; mean age: 20.06 ± 2.84 years). A preliminary survey was conducted with 23 undergraduate students to develop a draft of the Japanese version. The results confirmed the face validity of the measurement. The first cross‐sectional survey examined descriptive statistics, structural validity, internal consistency, construct validity, and gender differences in measurement scores. The second, short‐term longitudinal and cross‐sectional survey evaluated the test–retest reliability and construct validity. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the EBQ‐J had a four‐first‐order‐factor and two‐second‐order‐factor structure. The results were consistent with the original EBQ. The measurement demonstrated good internal consistency, moderate to excellent test–retest reliability, and partially verified construct validity. The EBQ‐J could assess emotion beliefs across positive and negative emotions and explain emotion regulation processes.","PeriodicalId":46699,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Psychological Research","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139247201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Approach–Avoidance Responses to Affective Facial Expressions and Bodily Posture1,2","authors":"Shinnosuke Ikeda","doi":"10.1111/jpr.12487","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jpr.12487","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Human beings perceive the emotions of others through various cues, such as facial expressions, voice, and bodily posture. These social signals have been acquired evolutionarily, and reports suggest that emotions are recognized to some extent in a culturally universal pattern. It has also been suggested that an observer's approach or avoidance responses toward the expressor occur at the initial stage of emotion perception. However, such approach–avoidance reactions have hitherto been examined mainly in response to facial expressions and not bodily postures. Therefore, this study examined approach–avoidance responses to anger and fear as visualized through facial expressions and bodily postures. The study sample comprised 58 university students. The results showed that, as in a previous study, approach responses to fear and avoidance responses to anger were dominant in both facial expression and bodily posture conditions. This suggests that bodily posture and facial expression are social signals that can elicit an approach–avoidance response from the observer.</p>","PeriodicalId":46699,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Psychological Research","volume":"66 4","pages":"454-461"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jpr.12487","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139260113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Relation between Motivation and Goal Attainment: A Correlational Meta-Analysis","authors":"Ahlam Lee","doi":"10.1111/jpr.12486","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jpr.12486","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This meta-analysis investigated the strengths of the relationship between various types of motivations and accompanying future outcomes that individuals intend to change, based upon 337 effect sizes from 62 studies. Considerable variation exists within and between the effect sizes of the 14 types of motivations, ranging from a small negative effect size, <i>r</i> = −.13, <i>I</i>² = 93.85% (<i>k</i> = 13), to a medium positive effect size, <i>r</i> = .38, <i>I</i>² = 0.0% (<i>k</i> = 3). The following factors moderated some of the 14 summary effect sizes: (a) the type of assessment data (self-report vs. physical data); (b) the type of future outcomes (physical behavior, psychological state, and intellectual ability); (c) the use of a motivational intervention; (d) the use of a longitudinal design; and (e) the time period between the point that measured motivation and future outcomes. The moderating effects suggest that the effect size of motivations may fluctuate across various domains, while future outcomes may be almost unaffected or even affected negatively by particular types of motivations, although certain other types of motivations play positive roles.</p>","PeriodicalId":46699,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Psychological Research","volume":"66 2","pages":"114-137"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jpr.12486","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139260613","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Do Physical Attractiveness and Personality Traits Predict Romantic Partner Evaluations? A Speed‐Dating Study in Japan1,2","authors":"M. Kito, Toshihiko Souma, Takashi Nishimura, Junko Yamada, Yuji Kanemasa, Junichi Taniguchi, Taishi Kawamoto","doi":"10.1111/jpr.12489","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpr.12489","url":null,"abstract":"The speed‐dating procedure allows researchers to closely investigate relationship‐initiation situations. Although previous speed‐dating studies identified physical attractiveness, earning prospects, and reciprocity as predictors of romantic attraction, few such studies have been conducted outside Europe or North America. The current speed‐dating study examined what factors would predict attraction ratings by potential partners among the Japanese—an understudied sample. Participants included 27 men and 28 women who first completed a questionnaire to measure individual attributes. During each speed‐dating session, 12–15 men and women talked for 3 minutes and evaluated each opposite‐gender participant on attraction and dating intentions. Results of the social relations model showed that men evaluated women who were more physically attractive and achieved higher education as more attractive. These results imply that men tend to generalize their first impressions of women's physical attractiveness to other aspects of the partner, and that Japanese men may consider dual income as a necessity for marriage.","PeriodicalId":46699,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Psychological Research","volume":"63 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139260385","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Japanese Psychological Research","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/jpr.12484","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpr.12484","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Volume 65</b></p><p><b>Original Articles</b></p><p>\u0000 \u0000 </p><p><b>Review</b></p><p>\u0000 \u0000 </p><p><b>Brief Reports</b></p><p>\u0000 \u0000 </p><p><b>Editorial</b></p><p>\u0000 \u0000 </p><p><b>Erratum</b></p><p>\u0000 \u0000 </p><p><b>Announcement</b></p><p>\u0000 \u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":46699,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Psychological Research","volume":"65 4","pages":"400-402"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jpr.12484","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50119104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Editorial: Psychological Science of Interoception","authors":"Keiko Ishii,&nbsp;Hideki Ohira","doi":"10.1111/jpr.12477","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpr.12477","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;Interoception, which denotes the sensory connection between the body and the brain regarding the internal state and visceral organs (Sherrington, &lt;span&gt;1948&lt;/span&gt;), is gaining increasing attention among researchers. It serves a vital role in maintaining homeostatic operations and bodily control while also providing the foundation for mental processes and emotional responses. This underscores the close interconnection and responsiveness among brain function, mental processes, and internal physiological condition (Barrett, &lt;span&gt;2017&lt;/span&gt;; Craig, &lt;span&gt;2015&lt;/span&gt;; Damasio, &lt;span&gt;2018&lt;/span&gt;). Interoception is considered a multidimensional construct that encompasses objective, subjective, and metacognitive aspects. These include interoceptive accuracy, indicated by performance in behavioral tests, such as heartbeat detection; interoceptive sensibility, measured through self-reported questionnaires; and interoceptive awareness, which refers to the alignment between objective interoceptive accuracy and subjective confidence (Garfinkel &amp; Critchley, &lt;span&gt;2013&lt;/span&gt;). Evidence on interoceptive neural circuits at the neuroanatomical and functional levels has been accumulating but remains limited, as highlighted in a recent special issue of &lt;i&gt;Trends in Neurosciences&lt;/i&gt; (“The Neuroscience of Interoception”). For a summary of gaps and challenges in the field, refer to Chen et al. (&lt;span&gt;2021&lt;/span&gt;) in the cited special issue. Additionally, the full impact of recent developments in the understanding of interoception in psychological science is not yet fully elucidated. Hence, the goal of this special issue of &lt;i&gt;Japanese Psychological Research&lt;/i&gt; was to showcase recent empirical and theoretical advancements in psychological research on interoception. Consequently, the three articles featured in this special issue have tackled significant topics concerning the cultural foundations of self, attentional focus, and effortful control.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ubukata et al. (&lt;span&gt;2023&lt;/span&gt;) investigated cultural variations in interoceptive accuracy. Previous findings on these cultural differences were limited and somewhat contradictory: Although some evidence has suggested lower levels of interoceptive accuracy in East Asians and Western Africans compared to European Americans (Chentsova-Dutton &amp; Dzokoto, &lt;span&gt;2014&lt;/span&gt;; Ma-Kellams et al., &lt;span&gt;2012&lt;/span&gt;), another line of research reported no cultural differences (Maister &amp; Tsakiris, &lt;span&gt;2014&lt;/span&gt;). By implementing more refined task instructions aimed at addressing specific measurement issues that affect interoceptive accuracy, Ubukata et al. (&lt;span&gt;2023&lt;/span&gt;) demonstrated that Japanese participants were more skilled at detecting heartbeats than their European counterparts. Grounded in self-construals and the distinct analytic versus holistic thought patterns that characterize various cultures, Ubukata et al. (&lt;span&gt;2023&lt;/span&gt;) would provide insights into the sociocultural factors influencing","PeriodicalId":46699,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Psychological Research","volume":"65 4","pages":"275-276"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jpr.12477","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50119103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}