Yuri Miyamoto   Jennifer Morozink Boylan   Christopher L. Coe   Katherine B. Curhan   Cynthia S. Levine   Hazel Rose Markus   Jiyoung Park   Shinobu Kitayama   Norito Kawakami   Mayumi Karasawa   Gayle D. Love   Carol D. Ryff   
BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY 34 79-85 2013年11月 [査読有り]
Previous studies conducted in Western cultures have shown that negative emotions predict higher levels of pro-inflammatory biomarkers, specifically interleukin-6 (IL-6). This link between negative emotions and IL-6 may be specific to Western cultu...
Jiyoung Park   Shinobu Kitayama   Mayumi Karasawa   Katherine Curhan   Hazel R. Markus   Norito Kawakami   Yuri Miyamoto   Gayle D. Love   Christopher L. Coe   Carol D. Ryff   
JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY 18(2) 226-235 2013年2月 [査読有り]
Although it is commonly assumed that social support positively predicts health, the empirical evidence has been inconsistent. We argue that three moderating factors must be considered: (1) support-approving norms (cultural context); (2) support-re...
Igor Grossmann   Mayumi Karasawa   Satoko Izumi   Jinkyung Na   Michael E. W. Varnum   Shinobu Kitayama   Richard E. Nisbett   
People from different cultures vary in the ways they approach social conflicts, with Japanese being more motivated to maintain interpersonal harmony and avoid conflicts than Americans are. Such cultural differences have developmental consequences ...
Sheryl L. Olson   Twila Z. Tardif   Alison Miller   Barbara Felt   Adam S. Grabell   Daniel Kessler   Li Wang   Mayumi Karasawa   Hidemi Hirabayashi   
JOURNAL OF ABNORMAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY 39(8) 1163-1175 2011年11月 [査読有り]
We examined associations between child inhibitory control, harsh parental discipline and externalizing problems in 120 4 year-old boys and girls in the US, China, and Japan. Individual differences in children's inhibitory control abilities, assess...