{"title":"Investigating the Relationship Between Guilt and Self-control Using Experience Sampling Method in Japan: Replication of Hofmann & Fisher (2012) and Additional Investigations","authors":"Yoshiya Furukawa","doi":"10.1111/jpr.70014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpr.70014","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We conducted a preregistration study (https://osf.io/apsvr) to examine the relationship between guilt and self-control via the experience sampling method (ESM) in Japan. In addition to replicating Hofmann and Fisher's results (2012), we also examined whether cultural factors moderated the effects of self-conscious emotions on subsequent self-control, whether deservingness mediated the negative relationship between guilt and behavioral inhibition, and whether guilt increased initiatory self-control. We recruited 211 participants and sent them seven ESM signals per day, for seven consecutive days over a 14-h period. Participants answered questions regarding their current state of desire, self-control process variables (goal importance, conflict, resistance, and inhibiting desire), and emotional state when they noticed the signals. We collected 9,737 available responses, of which 68.7% indicated desire experiences. Multilevel path analyses revealed that previous guilt for self-control failure indirectly impacted the inhibition of subsequent desire. The potential mechanisms and implications of these findings are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":46699,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Psychological Research","volume":"68 1","pages":"71-91"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jpr.70014","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145891450","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":"Regulation of Positive Emotions in Daily Life: An Experience Sampling Study","authors":"Kazuaki Yoshino, Makiko Tomida","doi":"10.1111/jpr.70013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpr.70013","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The instrumental model of emotion regulation suggests that emotional preferences influence the selection of emotion regulation strategies, as individuals choose strategies that help attain their preferred emotional states. An empirical gap exists in whether such preferences prospectively predict subsequent emotion regulation strategy use. This study employed the Experience Sampling Method (ESM) to explore the prospective relationship between emotional preference for positive emotions and the subsequent use of emotion regulation strategies. This study also examined positive emotion regulation characteristics of individuals with varying levels of depression severity. The sample comprised nonclinical undergraduate and graduate students (<i>N</i> = 108, 72.22% female, <i>M</i> = 20.54 years, <i>SD</i> = 4.84 years) who reported their momentary preferences for positive emotions and use of emotion regulation strategies four times a day over 10 days in their daily lives. Results indicated that a stronger momentary preference for positive emotions predicted greater subsequent use of emotion-focused positive rumination. No significant association was found with self-focused positive rumination or dampening. Elevated depression severity was associated with greater overall use of dampening and less use of self-focused and emotion-focused positive rumination. These findings suggest that individuals regulate positive emotions in alignment with the hedonic principle, seeking to maximize positive emotional experiences. However, individuals with elevated depression severity displayed a distinct pattern of emotion regulation characterized by increased downregulation and decreased upregulation of positive emotions.</p>","PeriodicalId":46699,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Psychological Research","volume":"68 1","pages":"92-106"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jpr.70013","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145887400","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 Different Role of Subjective and Objective Attentional Control in Improving Well-Being Among High Worriers: Experience Sampling Study","authors":"Minori Machida, Jun Tayama, Kenji Sato","doi":"10.1111/jpr.70003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpr.70003","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Individuals with generalized anxiety disorder and high worriers often engage in maladaptive cognitive attentional syndrome (CAS), such as worry and threat monitoring, which can impair psychological well-being (PWB). This study examined whether attentional control, both ability (objective) and beliefs (subjective), moderates the negative effects of CAS on state PWB in daily life. Twenty-three high worriers completed psychological measures, performed a dichotic listening task, began a 7-day experience sampling the next day, and completed the measures again the day after the final sampling day. Model comparison via leave-one-out cross-validation indicated that moderation models better explained the data for both CAS components. For worry strategy, individuals with higher attentional control beliefs and faster reaction times experienced less negative impact. In contrast, threat monitoring negatively affected PWB across all profiles, though the magnitude varied depending on attentional control levels. These findings suggest that attentional control moderates the link between CAS and state PWB in a strategy-specific manner. Enhancing attentional control beliefs may mitigate the negative impact of worry strategy, while interventions targeting situational attentional strategies may be necessary for threat monitoring.</p>","PeriodicalId":46699,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Psychological Research","volume":"68 1","pages":"52-70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jpr.70003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145891335","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":"Associations of the Level and Instability of Self-Esteem with Help-Seeking in Japanese Older Adults","authors":"Jun Nakahara","doi":"10.1111/jpr.70012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpr.70012","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Some older adults do not seek or may even refuse help when it is available and needed. To explore the psychological basis of this phenomenon, this study examined both the level and instability of self-esteem and their association with help-seeking. Data were obtained from 140 older adults aged 65 years and older through a 1-week diary survey using an experience sampling method. Finally, 134 individuals (<i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 73.84 years, <i>SD</i><sub>age</sub> = 6.57 years; 70 females) were analyzed. Multiple regression analysis revealed that older adults with low self-esteem and high instability exhibited increased help-seeking toward family members when all participants were included in the analysis. However, when individuals with outlier values for help-seeking were excluded, the relationships between self-esteem and help-seeking were no longer statistically significant. These results are discussed in relation to the characteristics of older adults and the validity of the help-seeking indicators used.</p>","PeriodicalId":46699,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Psychological Research","volume":"68 1","pages":"107-116"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jpr.70012","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145891119","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 People With Lower Psychological Health Status Have a More Variable Self-Concept? Analyzing Experience Sampling Data With a Mixed-Effects Location-Scale Model","authors":"Osamu Fukushima","doi":"10.1111/jpr.70000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpr.70000","url":null,"abstract":"<p>While unstable and confused self-concepts have been linked to poorer psychological health, less attention has been paid to the reverse direction—namely, whether poorer psychological health contributes to self-concept instability. To address this question, three experience sampling studies were conducted in which university students rated their self-concept approximately every 2–3 days. Variability in self-concept was analyzed using a mixed-effects location-scale model, with both the mean and within-person variance as outcomes. In Study 1, self-concept was assessed using trait-descriptive adjectives, and principal component analysis yielded two evaluative components. Lower psychological health, measured by the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), was associated with greater variability in both components, even after controlling for self-esteem, social acceptance/rejection, and relational context. Study 2, using the Ten-Item Personality Inventory, replicated this effect for the evaluative component of the Big Five, but not for the descriptive one. Study 3, using a similar method, replicated the findings from Study 2 and additionally showed a GHQ effect on variability in the descriptive component. These results suggest that poor psychological health may contribute to self-concept instability and highlight challenges in distinguishing genuine self-concept variability from measurement error.</p>","PeriodicalId":46699,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Psychological Research","volume":"68 1","pages":"7-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jpr.70000","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145887377","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}
Yosuke Hattori, Masanori Kobayashi, Noboru Matsumoto, Jun Kawaguchi
{"title":"How Do Implicit Theories of Mind Wandering Relate to Mind Wandering as Experienced in Everyday Life?","authors":"Yosuke Hattori, Masanori Kobayashi, Noboru Matsumoto, Jun Kawaguchi","doi":"10.1111/jpr.70010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpr.70010","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Studies have revealed that differences in individuals' beliefs about the extent to which mind wandering is controllable (implicit theories of mind wandering) affect the frequency and intensity of emotional responses to mind wandering. However, these associations were observed only when frequency and emotional intensity were assessed using a self-rating scale that asked participants to recall experiences in their daily lives. This study used a smartphone-based experience sampling method to measure the frequency of mind wandering and emotional intensity in everyday life. It examined the relationships between implicit theories of mind wandering, frequency of mind wandering, and emotional intensity. In the pre-survey, participants completed the Japanese version of the Theories of Mind Wandering (TOMW) Scale, which assesses implicit theories of mind wandering. The main survey was conducted the next day, in which participants received eight signals on their registered LINE accounts. Upon receiving the signal, participants answered questions about the frequency of mind wandering and emotional intensity. The results of the multilevel correlation analysis revealed no significant correlation between the TOMW score and the two measures of the frequency of mind wandering. However, the TOMW score positively correlated with the measures of emotional intensity experienced immediately after mind wandering episodes. These results suggest that implicit theories of mind wandering intensify resistance to mind wandering; implications for future research have been discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":46699,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Psychological Research","volume":"68 1","pages":"131-141"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jpr.70010","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145887489","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":"Japanese Psychological Research","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/jpr.12614","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpr.12614","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Volume 67</b></p><p><b>Original Article</b></p><p>Gherghel C. <i>Inferred Social Expectations are Linked to Prosocial Effort in Teamwork in Japan but not in the United States</i> 399</p><p>Horita Y. and Yamazaki M. <i>Generalized Trust Rather than Perception of Relational Mobility Correlates with Nominating Close Friends in a Social Network</i> 272</p><p>Imai T. <i>A Double-Edged Sword: Protective and Harmful Effects of International Students’ Group Identification</i> 370</p><p>Kang R.N., Tanaka Y., Sato T., Maeda S. and Shimada H. <i>The Development of a Japanese Version of the State Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire</i> 311</p><p>Kao D.T., Yu A.P.−I. and Lee C.−F. <i>Impact of Message Construal, Temporal Distance, and Construal Level on Potential Philanthropic Supporters</i>’ <i>Intentions to Donate</i> 62</p><p>Koga Y., Kawano K. and Kawashima D. <i>Does Video Game Play Elevate Suicide Risk? A Cross-sectional Study of Japanese Young Adults</i> 49</p><p>Lee A., Park E. and Jo H. <i>Social Comparison Concerns and Competitive Attitudes of North Korean Refugees and South Koreans: Measurement Invariance and Latent Mean Differences</i> 450</p><p>Machida M., Tanobe K., Lee S.K., Hara S., Kumano H. and Tayama J. <i>Development and Validation of the Cognitive Attentional Syndrome Scale 1 Revised</i>–<i>Japanese Version</i> 260</p><p>Matsui T., Hirai K., Shokoji M., Nagatsuka M. and Tokuyama M. <i>Changes in Social Relationships after Participation in a Group Intervention for Japanese Patients with Cancer: A Qualitative Study</i> 357</p><p>Noda S., Nishiuchi M. and Shirotsuki K. <i>Awareness and Acceptance in Anxiety-Provoking Social Situations and Social Anxiety: Development and Initial Validation of the Social Anxiety-Awareness and Acceptance Scale</i> 284</p><p>Nonami H., Sakamoto G., Ohtomo S., Tashiro Y., Aoki T. and Oba K. <i>Roles of Moral Foundations and Empathic Concern on Rights of Public Decision-Making for Geological Disposal Facilities: Why is it Self-evident that</i> “<i>the Concerned Party should be the Decision-Maker” in the Context of NIMBY Facilities?</i> 423</p><p>Oguni R. and Otake K. <i>How Does Gratitude Promote Prosocial Behavior? Developmental Differences in the Underlying Motivation</i> 24</p><p>Omizu T. and Kunisato Y. <i>Exploring Effective Intervention Strategies for Depression as a Complex System: Targeted Interventions Through Network Simulations</i> 147</p><p>Ono S., Sueki H., Nakahara T., Takahashi A., Koda A., Sakai A., Saito M. and Ito J. <i>Upstream Approaches for Suicide Prevention Using Search-Based Advertising: A Pilot Study</i> 208</p><p>Otsuka K. and Miyatani M. <i>Measurement Invariance of Working Memory Factors Across Younger and Older Adults</i> 35</p><p>Sasaki Y., Oe Y., Horikoshi M. and Rimes K. <i>Development of the Japanese Version of the Beliefs about Emotions Scale</i> 1</p><p>Sugawara D., Mizuno M.,Tani S., Fukiya K. and Sato J. <i>Relationship Between Self-Compassion and Turnover Intention Among Earl","PeriodicalId":46699,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Psychological Research","volume":"67 4","pages":"484-486"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jpr.12614","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145196326","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":"Understanding Individual Personality Structures Through Idiographic Factor Analysis and Network Models","authors":"Tadahiro Shimotsukasa, Takahiro Mieda","doi":"10.1111/jpr.12604","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpr.12604","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Understanding individual personality requires methods that capture within-person variability rather than relying solely on between-person models, such as the Big Five. This study aimed to elucidate individual personality structures by conducting factor analyses on longitudinal Big Five indicators and applying graphical vector autoregression (GVAR) models to reveal the dynamic interactions among factors. Five female undergraduates completed a 30-item questionnaire daily for approximately 90 days, allowing us to identify idiographic factors specific to each participant. Results revealed significant heterogeneity in factor structures and network dynamics, challenging the assumption of ergodicity in Big Five indicators. Moreover, while similar factors emerged across participants, their network relationships varied considerably, highlighting the need for individualized approaches to personality research. This study highlights the importance of integrating idiographic methods to achieve a nuanced understanding of individual personalities and encourages future research to further develop methodologies that better capture individuality.</p>","PeriodicalId":46699,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Psychological Research","volume":"68 1","pages":"117-130"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jpr.12604","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145891295","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":"Moderating Effects of Attachment Orientations on Emotional Interdependence in Romantic Relationships: Using Dynamic Structural Equation Modeling","authors":"Xinyu Xie, Toshihiko Souma, Kentaro Komura, Yuji Kanemasa, Ken'ichiro Nakashima","doi":"10.1111/jpr.12603","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpr.12603","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The two dimensions of adult attachment orientations, namely, anxiety and avoidance, are known to be associated with how individuals regulate their emotions. However, little is known about how attachment orientations influence emotional interdependence—the associations between one's previous emotions and another's present emotions. This study investigated the moderating effect of attachment orientations on this dynamic interdependent process. Data were drawn from an experience sampling study of 54 cohabiting heterosexual Japanese couples, who reported positive and negative emotions and the presence of partners four times a day for 14 days. Dynamic structural equation modeling showed that emotional interdependence was significant between men's previous positive emotions and women's present positive and negative emotions. Furthermore, women's attachment avoidance was negatively associated with emotional interdependence between their previous negative emotions and men's present negative emotions. These effects remained significant regardless of whether the partners were physically together. Although the limited statistical power restricts the strength of our conclusions, these results provide preliminary support for the role of the deactivating strategy linked to attachment avoidance, suggesting that women with high attachment avoidance suppress their expression of negative emotions that were not adequately perceived and shared by their partners.</p>","PeriodicalId":46699,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Psychological Research","volume":"68 1","pages":"32-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jpr.12603","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145891535","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: Innovations in Clinical Psychological Science in the Era of Complexity","authors":"Jun Kashihara, Masaya Ito, Yoshihiko Kunisato","doi":"10.1111/jpr.12588","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpr.12588","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In 2000, the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking stated, “I think the next [21st] century will be the century of complexity” (Chiu, <span>2000</span>, p. 29A). His prediction appears accurate. Over the course of this century, the world has faced numerous complex and uncertain challenges at a global scale, including extreme climate change, species extinction, the spread of fake news, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Modern science has become increasingly interdisciplinary and is leveraging advanced technologies to address these crises and to better understand the complex systems underlying them. The most striking example is the development of network science (Barabási, <span>2016</span>), which provides visualizations of diverse complex systems explored across various academic disciplines (e.g., climatology, bioecology, socio-informatics, and infectious disease epidemiology) and seeks to explain how extreme phenomena arise from these systems. Also noteworthy is the growing application of artificial intelligence (AI)-related technologies. As exemplified by the announcement that the Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry in 2024 were awarded to pioneers in AI research (Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, <span>2024a</span>, <span>2024b</span>), AI-related technologies are now being extensively utilized to identify predictable patterns in complex phenomena that often escape human awareness.</p><p>Waves of complexity are also emerging in the field of clinical psychology. As Jennifer Tackett, editor of <i>Clinical Psychological Science</i>, noted, clinical psychology is increasingly striving for integration with various subfields, both within and beyond psychology, to foster innovation (Association for Psychological Science [APS], <span>2020</span>). In this century, we have observed the growing application of complex systems or network approaches to investigate psychopathology (for reviews, see Borsboom, Deserno, et al., <span>2021</span>; Robinaugh et al., <span>2020</span>) and the increasing use of machine learning algorithms to improve the prediction of clinical outcomes (Dwyer et al., <span>2018</span>; Hilbert et al., <span>2020</span>). The use of neuroscientific measures has gained popularity in clinical psychology (Hajcak et al., <span>2017</span>), while smartphones and other digital devices have expanded the designs of mental health research, including studies employing ecological momentary assessment methods (Fried et al., <span>2022</span>; Larson & Csikszentmihalyi, <span>1983</span>). To borrow the words of Jennifer Tackett (APS, <span>2020</span>), clinical psychology is striving to establish itself as a \"<i>hub of the hub\" science</i> referred to as clinical psychological science. Psychology, as a whole, has established itself as a <i>hub science</i> referred to as psychological science, characterized by the growing use of multidisciplinary methodologies. Influential clinical psychology researchers are now applying these methodologie","PeriodicalId":46699,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Psychological Research","volume":"67 2","pages":"127-131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jpr.12588","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143749442","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}