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Papers

(The median citation count of Japanese Psychological Research is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Announcement	24
Does Mental Simulation Decrease the Empathy Gap in Help‐Seeking?	21
Harmony and Aversion in the Face of a Pandemic¹	18
Exploring the Narrative of an Early Childhood Education and Care Teacher from the Perspective of Polyphonic Time¹	11
Editorial: Culture and Health	11
Effects of Pathogen‐Avoidance Tendency on Infection‐Prevention Behaviors and Exclusionary Attitudes toward Foreigners: A Longitudinal Study of the COVID‐19 Outbreak in Japan¹	10
Generalized Trust Rather than Perception of Relational Mobility Correlates with Nominating Close Friends in a Social Network¹	9
Influence of Implicit Attitudes Toward Infants on the Perception of Infant Cuteness	9
Replicating Camera Perspective Bias in the Japanese Justice System	8
Does a Cultural Psychology Course Foster Identity‐Conscious Ideologies?	7
Are Hong Kongese Still Bicultural? Six Preregistered Replications of the Cultural Priming Effect in Hong Kong	7
Cognitive Complexity Training Reduced Gender Harassment in a Small Japanese Company^{1, 2}	6
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How Do People Disclose Their Mild‐To‐Moderate Hearing Loss?¹^,²	6
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The Relation between Motivation and Goal Attainment: A Correlational Meta‐Analysis	6
Does Video Game Play Elevate Suicide Risk? A Cross‐sectional Study of Japanese Young Adults¹,²	5
Good Children Do Not Always Do Good Behavior: Moral Licensing Effects in Preschoolers^{1, 2, 3}	5
Development of the Japanese Version of the Short Scale of Creative Self^{1, 2}	5
Determinants of Interdependent Happiness Focusing on the Role of Social Capital: Empirical Insight From Japan¹	5
Episodic Future Thinking Reduces Delay Discounting of Gains and Losses: The Role of Regulatory Focus	5
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Conformity‐Based Out‐Group Aggression: Does an In‐Group Audience Intensify Out‐Group Aggression as a Result of Conformity?	4
Perceptual Discrepancies of Body Sizes in Japanese Female College Students: Using a 3‐D Silhouette Scale	4
Psychometric Examination of the Japanese Version of the Emotion Beliefs Questionnaire¹²³⁴	4

Japanese Psychological Research	3
What Kind of Paintings Inspire Children when Viewing Art?	3
Further Evidence for the Role of Felt Understanding in Intergroup Relations: Japanese and Chinese Relations in Japan¹	3
What is the Most Helpful Body‐Scan Posture for People with Attention‐Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Tendency?	3
Does Male Gender Role Conflict Inhibit Help‐Seeking?¹	3
Procrastination and Precrastination from the Perspective of Self‐Control	3
Culture and Stress Coping: Cultural Variations in the Endorsement of Primary and Secondary Control Coping for Daily Stress Across European Canadians, East Asian Canadians, and the Japanese	3
Issue Information ‐ PI	2
Editorial: Studies of Face and Body	2
Development of the Japanese Version of the Original and Short Work Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation Scale	2
Stability of Assessment Using Creativity‐Related Indices	2
Development of the Japanese Version of the Mindful Eating Scale (MES)	2
Awareness and Acceptance in Anxiety‐Provoking Social Situations and Social Anxiety: Development and Initial Validation of the Social Anxiety‐Awareness and Acceptance Scale^{1, 2}	2
The Interdependence of Extraversion: Personality Differences in Utilizing Social Capital and Interdependent Happiness	2
Pluralistic Ignorance did not Prevent Paternity Leave in Japan in December 2021: A Replication Study	2
Perceptual Narrowing in Face Processing: Reviewing the Factors Influencing its Onset and Offset	2
What Makes a Movement Human‐Like?	2
Relationship Between the Words of Prayer, Psychological Well‐being, and Sense of Coherence	2
Announcement	2
Assessing Alexithymia in Japanese Adults: Psychometric Properties of the Japanese Version of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire	2
Development of the Japanese Version of the Beliefs about Emotions Scale¹	2
Relationship Between Teachers' Interpersonal Behavior and Students' Motivation to Form and Maintain Relationships with Their Teachers	2
The Moderating Role of Inhibition on Irrelevant Emotional Information in the Relation of Cognitive Reappraisal and Affect Balance: Evidence from a Negative Affective Priming Task	2
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Longitudinal Study on the Relationships between Organizational Factors and Autonomous and Controlled Motivation among Older Japanese Bridge Employees¹	2
Effects of Cultural Intelligence on Perceived Stress Among the Japanese Overseas Workers	2
Development and Initial Validation of the Death Attitudes in Relationships Scale	2
Is School Absenteeism a Spectrum? Development and Validation of Japanese Futoko Spectrum Quotient (FSQ)¹	2
Mothers' Influence on the Body Dissatisfaction and Weight Loss Behaviors of their Preschool‐ to Junior‐High‐School‐Level Daughters: The Case of Japan	2
Affective Priming Effects by Task‐Relevant and Task‐Irrelevant Emotional Pictures: An ERP Study	2
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Homework and Teacher: Relationships Between Elementary School Teachers' Beliefs in Homework and Homework Assignments¹	1
The Attitude and Behavior of Japanese Managers Toward Male Employees Taking Long‐Term Parental Leave¹^,²	1
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Behind the Mask: Analyzing the Dual Influence of Social Norms on Pandemic Behavior in Japan¹	1
Relationship Between Self‐Compassion and Turnover Intention Among Early Career Nurses in Japan¹	1
Measurement Invariance of Working Memory Factors Across Younger and Older Adults¹^,²^,³	1
Male and Female Laboratory Rats Equally Acquire Running‐Based Flavor‐Aversion Learning¹	1
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Do Physical Attractiveness and Personality Traits Predict Romantic Partner Evaluations? A Speed‐Dating Study in Japan¹^,²	1
Development of a Japanese Version of the Creative Mindset Scale (CMS) Using Item Response Theory	1
Culture and Health: Recent Developments and Future Directions¹	1
The Roles of Okurigana and Lexical Context in Reading Kanji Words with Kun‐Reading and Their Relationship to Reading Amount	1
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is Effective in Reducing Strong Opioid Use in a Patient with Chronic Pain after Spinal Cord Injury: A Case Study	1
Mental State Attribution Mediates Exogenous Orienting of Attention Triggered by Gaze Cues, but not Other Social Cues	1
Editorial: Innovations in Clinical Psychological Science in the Era of Complexity	1
The Effect of Episodic Future Thinking on Learning Intention: Focusing on English Learning Goal‐Relevant Future Thinking in University Students	1
Structure of Disaster Preparedness Motivation and Its Relationship with Disaster Preparedness Behaviors	1
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Spontaneous Interpersonal Coordination in Stepping and Autistic‐Like Traits¹	1
Announcement	1
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Gender Differences in Help‐Seeking: A Meta‐analysis of Japanese Studies, Including Unreported Data¹	1
Relationship Between School Avoidance Motivation and Absentee Behavior in the Transition to Futoko	1
Individuality of Narratives Generated by Individuals: An Investigation Using Four‐Panel Comics	1
An Experimental Comparison of Two Emotion‐Induction Methods and the Role of Emotion in Applying Decision Rules	1
Japanese Psychological Research	1
An Empirical Study of the Actual Conditions, Current Attitudes, and Psychological Outcomes of Tattooing Among Japanese People	1
The Effect of Coaches' Interpersonal Style Profiles on Young Athletes' Motivation and Sport Commitment	1
The Relationship Between Cognition of Lying and the Previous Day's Lies	1
Grateful Liars Gain Reliance in Reciprocal Relationships: Exploring the Potential Role of Gratitude in Mitigating the Impact of Lying	1
Are Overconfidence and the Accurate Calibration of Performance Mutually Incompatible?¹	1
Effects of Mobile App‐Based Positive Psychology Intervention for Well‐being	1
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Possible Futures for the Psychological Network Approach: Agenda for Clinical Scientists	1
Online Social Identity Mapping (oSIM) in Japan	1
The Association of Health Status and Employment Status for each Occupation: Results from a Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions in Japan¹	1
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The Ebb and Flow of Morality: The Role of Purity in the Public Perceptions of Fukushima's Processed Water Release	1
Changes in Children's Episodic Narratives Through Long‐Term Repeated Recall: Longitudinal Case Studies¹	1
Assessment of Construct Validity of Recovery Measures through Theoretical Formulations as Applied to Cardiovascular Parameters	1
The Influence of Emotional Facial Expression Intensity on Decoding Accuracy: High Intensity Does Not Yield High Accuracy	1
Do Grateful People Protect Their Benefactors at the Expense of Other People? Implications From Loss‐Framed Welfare Tradeoff Ratios	1
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Examination of Cross‐National and Gender Differences in Rumination and Its Association with Depression: A Cross‐Sectional Comparison Between Residents of the United Kingdom and Japan	1
Cross‐Cultural Investigation in Differential Perceptions of Externalizing Symptoms	1
A Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS‐42) Study on the Mental Health Conditions of Japanese Employees	1
The Effect of a Defusion Exercise Including a Hierarchical Procedure on Depressive Rumination	1
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the Transdiagnostic Treatment of a Breast Cancer Survivor: A Case Study¹	1
Editorial:Narrative‐BasedApproaches in Psychological Research and Practice	0
Impact of Teachers' Language Expression and Message Valence when Conveying Classroom‐Compliance Instructions¹	0
Pathogen Avoidance and Outgroup Avoidance During the First Wave of the COVID‐19 Pandemic	0
How Can Near‐Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) Help Understanding of the Psychotherapy Process? A Scoping Review of Therapeutic Interactions	0
The Emotional Nature of Malicious and Benign Envy: Separate Measurements for Emotion and Motivation	0
The Effect of Simulating the Absence of Benefits on Gratitude: Prior Expectations and Posterior Counterfactual Thinking¹^,²^,³	0
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Development of a Scale to Measure Tolerance Toward Diverse Others¹	0
A Unique Variance in Future Motivation for Observed Active Behaviors on Positive Class Participation Beyond the Effect of Current Motivation	0
Impact of Message Construal, Temporal Distance, and Construal Level on Potential Philanthropic Supporters' Intentions to Donate	0
Relationship Between Impulsivity and Binge Eating in Japanese Adult Women: Using a Japanese Version of S‐UPPS‐P Impulsive Behavior Scale	0
Prior Running, as Well as Swimming, Hinders Swimming‐Based Taste Aversion Learning in Rats	0
Development and Validation of the Delaying Gratification Inventory in Japanese (DGI‐J)	0
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Does Cooperation with Others Reduce Risky Gambling Behavior?¹	0
Infant Faces Induce Behavioral Approach Tendencies: Evidence From a Manikin Task^1,2	0
Japanese Clinical Psychologists' Consensus Beliefs about Mental Health: A Mixed‐Methods Approach	0
Neuronal Mechanisms Underlying Face Recognition in Non‐human Primates	0
Validating the Turkish Adaptation of the Fear of Being Single Scale	0
Unleashing Leaders' Innovative Work Behavior in Energy Company: The Role of Business Acumen and Innovative Self‐Efficacy	0
The Developmental Change of Print‐Tuned N170 in Highly Transparent Writing Systems¹	0
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Why and Under What Conditions Does Loss Aversion Emerge?¹	0
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Test of the Serotonin Transporter Gene × Early Life Stress Interaction Effect on Subjective Well‐Being and Loneliness Among Japanese Young Adults	0
Ageism Hinders Mental Attribution Toward Older Adults: Translation and Validation of the Japanese Version of the Mind Attribution Scale¹	0
Serotonin Receptor (HTR2A) Gene Polymorphism Modulates Social Sharing of Happiness in Both American and Japanese Adults	0
Upstream Approaches for Suicide Prevention Using Search‐Based Advertising: A Pilot Study	0
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Dispositional Associations Between Interoceptive Attention Tendencies and Effortful Control: Cross‐sectional Findings from an Online National Survey of Japanese Working Adults	0
Development of the Engagement with Beauty Scale‐Revised, Japanese Version (EBS‐R‐J), and Confirmation of its Validity and Reliability	0
Cultural Differences in Self‐Rated Health: The Role of Influence and Adjustment	0
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Approach–Avoidance Responses to Affective Facial Expressions and Bodily Posture¹^,²	0
Prospects for Clinical Reports on Selective Mutism Conducted in Japan: A Scoping Review¹	0
Reduced Subjective and Behavioral Responses to Cuteness in Relation to Anhedonia	0
How Does Gratitude Promote Prosocial Behavior? Developmental Differences in the Underlying Motivation¹	0
Spatial Migration Experience and Turnover Intention: Empirical Evidence from Japan	0
The Relative Effectiveness of Positive and Negative Gossip in Promoting Prosocial Giving: The Examination of the Valence of Gossip Content and Reputational Consequences	0
Japanese Psychological Research	0
Objective and Subjective Sleep Characteristics of Japanese University Students: Analysis Using Questionnaires and Wearable Trackers	0
Different Effects of Attachment Anxiety and Avoidance on Attention to Changing Facial Expressions	0
Conveying “Fun” Through Communicative Moves of Facial Expressions: Investigating the Theory of Affective Pragmatics	0

Is Differentiated Support Under Servant Leadership Acceptable?	0
Editorial: Psychological Science of Interoception	0
A Study of the Conceptual Structure of Growth Mindsets and Their Impact on Self‐Improvement Motivation	0
Seeking Harmony Rather Than Efficiency: The Effect of Self‐Construal on Social Compensation¹	0
Japanese Translation of the Concerns of Social Reprisal Scale and Examination of the Bivalent Fear of Evaluation Model for Social Anxiety in Japan	0
A Novel Research Tool for Studying Human Associative Learning: Role‐Playing Game Tasks^1,2	0
Holistic Processing of Recognition Memory for Face Identity: Evidence from a Face Morphing Paradigm	0
Announcement	0
Using Video Introduction to Mitigate Affect‐Based Initial Trust in Automation	0
The Relationship Between Fear of Isolation and Thinking Ability about Social Issues¹	0
Shift‐and‐Persist Strategy: Tendencies and Effect on Japanese Parents and Children's Mental Health^1,2,3	0
Negative Mood Regulation Expectancies Moderate the Effects of Acculturative Stress on Affective Symptoms Among Chinese International Students in Japan	0
The Effects of Internal Focus of Attention and Interoceptive Abilities on Golf Putting Performance	0
Color–Word Stroop Interference Among Japanese Preschoolers¹	0
The Validity of the Salivary Cortisol Analysis Method Using the Cube Reader in Japanese University Students	0
Preschool Teacher Training on Neurodevelopmental Concerns in Children: A Pilot Study	0
Sharing and Non‐sharing Happiness: Evidence from Cross‐Cultural Studies in the United States and Japan	0
Exploring Effective Intervention Strategies for Depression as a Complex System: Targeted Interventions Through Network Simulations	0
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Impact Bias in Regret: Comparisons Between Within‐Subjects and Between‐Subjects Designs, Kokaishita and Kuyashi, and the Presence and Absence of Reward¹^,²	0
Psychometric Validation of the Japanese Version of the Child and Adolescent Social Support Scale (CASSS) in Early Adolescents¹^,²	0
Action Research on Meaning‐Making at Residents' Meetings for Local Disability Policy¹	0
Who Takes the Clue? Relationships Between Internal and External Factors in Creative Problem Solving¹	0
Effects of Landmark Availability on Japanese Speakers' Preferences for Spatial Frames of Reference	0
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Cultural Difference in the Effect of Bowing on Perceptions of Attractiveness	0
Perception of Facial Cues to Trustworthiness in Infancy: Insights from the Spatial Frequency Filtering Approach	0
Validation of the Japanese Version of the Modified Balanced Time Perspective Scale: Factor Structure, Reliability, and Validity Results¹	0
Relationship Between Depression and Suicide Attempts: The Moderating Effect of Social Network	0
Conversational Agent Dynamics with Minority Opinion and Cognitive Conflict in Small‐Group Decision‐Making	0
The Effects of Adding Emojis to Text Messages on Emotional Impressions and Recollection of Textual Content	0
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Testing the Mediating Role of Zero‐Sum Beliefs in the Effect of Resource Scarcity on Out‐Group Exclusion/Un‐inclusion	0
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Cultural Generalizability of the False Signaling Theory: A Replication Study Using a Japanese Sample	0
The Process of Thinking During the Care Work of Care Workers¹	0
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Examination of the Japanese version of the Fear of COVID‐19 Scale among Adults Using Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory¹^,²	0
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Haptic Sensations Modulate Judgment of Words that Elicit Self‐referent Memory	0
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Japanese Psychological Research	0
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Considering Cuteness Enhances Smiling Responses to Infant Faces^1,2	0
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Achievement Goal Impacts Students' Preferences for “Personalized Problems” in Computer‐Adaptive Tests	0
The Dark Triad Traits, Humor Styles, and Schadenfreude: Others' Misery as the Devil's Laughing Stocks¹	0
Exploring the Utility of a Machine Learning Approach with Mobile‐Based Cognitive Function Tasks for Detecting Depression	0
Longitudinal Study on Development of Coping Strategies for Early Childhood Conflicts Regarding Object Possession and Related Factors	0
The Development of a Japanese Version of the State Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire	0
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Creating Equality Through Dialogue in a Narrative‐Based Helping Relationship¹	0
Unraveling the Connection Between Emotional Intelligence and Moral Development in Undergraduate Students of Dhaka City	0
Hand to Face: A Phenomenological View of Body Image Development in Infants	0
The Cultural Variance Model of Organizational Shame and its Implications on Health and Well‐Being¹	0
Treatment of Cognitive Behavior Therapy for the Locus of Control with Internet Gaming Addiction Problem	0
Precarious Lives Predict Culturally Deviant Psychologies: Extending the Psychology of Marginalization From Japan to the US	0
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Factors Relating to Kanji Reading Accuracy in Kun‐readings: An Item‐Level Analysis	0
Development of the Multidimensional Workaholism Scale (MWS) Japanese Edition and Examination of its Convergent, Discriminant, and Incremental Validity	0
Stress Mindset and University Students' Mental Health in Japan During the COVID‐19 Pandemic: A Mediating Model¹^,²	0
Validation of the Japanese Version of the Modest Behavior Scale for Adults and Age and Gender Differences	0
Facial Mimicry in Unstructured Dyadic Interactions: A Cross‐Cultural Study	0
Fit‐Focused Secondary Control and Psychological Well‐being of Older Married Couples in Japan and the United States	0
Cultural Differences in Interoceptive Accuracy: Comparison Between Japan and Europe¹	0
An Exploratory Study of Cultural Differences in Behavior and Intentions in Workplace Apologies: With the Perspective of Responsibility	0
Joint Effects of Goal Framing and Price on Green Consumption	0
Does Enthusiasm for Work Lead to Typical Burnout? A Three‐Wave Panel Study with Caregivers^{1, 2}	0
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Investigating the Factor Structure of the Japanese Version of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index	0
Cross‐Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of the Japanese Version of the Attitudes toward Singlehood Scale^1,2,3,4	0
Changes in Social Relationships after Participation in a Group Intervention for Japanese Patients with Cancer: A Qualitative Study	0
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Effects of Perceived Autonomy Support on Academic Achievement and Motivation Among Higher Education Students: A Meta‐Analysis	0
Roles of Moral Foundations and Empathic Concern on Rights of Public Decision‐Making for Geological Disposal Facilities: Why is it Self‐evident that “the Concerned Party should be the D	0
Development and Validation of the Japanese Version of the Langer Mindfulness Scale	0
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Editorial: Motivation for the Future	0
Social Comparison Concerns and Competitive Attitudes of North Korean Refugees and South Koreans: Measurement Invariance and Latent Mean Differences¹	0
Association of Personal Values in Adolescence with Subjective Health Status, Meaning in Life, and Life Satisfaction in Adulthood: A Cross‐sectional Study with Retrospective Recall¹	0
Development and Validation of the Cognitive Attentional Syndrome Scale 1 Revised–Japanese Version¹	0
Career Outcome Expectations of Chinese Medical Students: A Short‐Term Longitudinal Study¹	0
A Double‐Edged Sword: Protective and Harmful Effects of International Students' Group Identification¹	0
Inferred Social Expectations are Linked to Prosocial Effort in Teamwork in Japan but not in the United States¹	0
Psychosocial Factors Associated with Well‐Being and HbA1c of People with Diabetes in Japan: A Structural Equation Model¹	0
Repeated Exposure Effect on the Likeability of Odors Depends on the Exposure Time and Stimulus‐Processing During Exposure	0
High Self‐Deceivers Internalize Self‐Presentation of Extraversion Through Biased Evaluation of Their Performance¹	0
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Correction to Precarious Lives Predict Culturally Deviant Psychologies: Extending the Psychology of Marginalization From Japan to the US	0