• Professional Career

• Selected publication

Publications with Referees

1.Kim, E. J., Yamaguchi, A., Kim, M. S., & Miyahara, A. (2015). Effects of Taking Conflict Personally on Conflict Management Styles across Cultures. Personality and Individual Differences, 72, 143–149.
2.Yamaguchi, A. (2014). Influences of Quality of Life on Health and Well-Being from Qualitative Approach. Social Indicators Research, Published online September 6, 2014.
3.Yamaguchi, A., Kim, M.S., & Akutsu, S. (2014) The Effects of Self-Construals, Self-Criticism, and Self-Compassion on Depressive Symptoms. Personality and Individual Differences, 68, 65–70.
4.Yamaguchi, A. (2014). Effects of Social Capital on General Health Status. Global Journal of Health Science, 6(3), 45–54, Canadian Center of Science and Education.
5.Yamaguchi, A., & Kim, M. S. (2013). Effects of Self-Construal and Its Relationship with Subjective Well-Being across Cultures. Journal of Health Psychology, published online September 20, 2013, 0(0) 1–14.
6.Yamaguchi, A. (2013a). Influences of Social Capital on Health and Well-Being from Qualitative Approach. Global Journal of Health Science, 5(5), 153–161.
7.Yamaguchi, A. (2013b). Impact of Social Capital on the Psychological Well-Being of Adolescents. International Journal of Psychological Studies, 5(2), 100–109.
8.Yamaguchi, A., & Kim, M.S. (2013a). Effects of Self-Criticism and Its Relationship with Depression across Cultures. International Journal of Psychological Studies, 5(1) 1–10.
9.Yamaguchi, A., & Kim, M.S. (2013b). Patterns and Structures of Worry among College Students in Hawaii and Japan. International Journal of Psychology and Counselling, 5(1) 1–12.
10.Yamaguchi, A. (2010a). Impact of Social Capital on Self-Employment among Immigrants in Hawaii. Graduate Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies, 7(1) 49–69.
11.Yamaguchi, A. (2010b). Worry and Well-Being: The Underlying Structure of The Relationship. Dissertation, University of Hawaii at Manoa (May, 2010).
12.Yamaguchi, A., & Urano, Y. (2008). Social Support and Subjective Well-Being among Native Hawaiians. Reitaku Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 16(1) 47–56.
13.Urano, Y., & Yamaguchi, A. (2007). The Issue of Foreign Nurse Recruitment in the United States of
America. Japanese Journal of Health and Medical Sociology, 18(1), 63–69.
14.Yamaguchi, A. (2003). Sojourner Adjustment and Self-Construals of Japanese International Students in Hawaii. MA Thesis, University of Hawaii at Manoa (May 2003).
15.Yamaguchi, A. (2006). “Kotoba wa Ikimono (Language is a Living Creature),” Let’s Learn English, In Reitaku Kyoiku, Reitaku University, Kashiwa, Japan (April 2006).

Conference Presentations with Referee

1.Yamaguchi, A., Kim, M.S., & Akutsu, S. (2014). The Effects of Self-Construals and Anger Expression on Subjective Well-Being. National Communication Association, November 2014 in Chicago., U.S., Japan-US Communication Association at NCA.
2.Yamaguchi, A., Kim, M.S., & Akutsu S. (2014). The Effects of Self-Construals, Anger Expression, and Social Anxiety on Perceived Stress. National Communication Association, November 2014 in Chicago, U.S., Health Communication Division at NCA.
3.Yamaguchi, A., Kim, M.S., & Akutsu, S. (2013). Level of Self-Criticism and Self-Compassion in Depression among College Students in Japan. National Communication Association, November 2013 in Washington D.C., U.S., Japan-US Communication Association at NCA.
4.Yamaguchi, A., Kim, M.S., & Akutsu S. (2013). The Effects of Self-Construals, Self-Criticism, and Self-Compassion on Depression. National Communication Association, November 2013 in Washington D.C., U.S., Health Communication Division at NCA.
5.Yamaguchi, A., Kim, M.S., & Akutsu, S. (2013). The Effects of Self-Construals and Interactive Constraints on Consumer Complaint Behaviors across Cultures. National Communication Association, November 2013 in Washington D.C., U.S., Scholar to Scholar: Global and Intercultural Communication at NCA.
6.Kim, M.S., Yamaguchi, A., & Akutsu, S. (2013).Self-Construals and Interactive Constraints on Consumer Complaining Behaviors in Japan. National Communication Association, November 2013 in Washington D.C., U.S., Japan-US Communication Association at NCA.
7.Yamaguchi, A., & Kim, M.S. (2012). Patterns and Structures of Worry among College Students in Hawaii and Japan. National Communication Association, November 2012 in Orlando, FL, U.S., Japan-US Communication Association at NCA.
8.Yamaguchi, A., & Kim, M.S. (2012). Cross-Cultural Assumptions of Cultural Variation and Self-Criticism on Depression in Mental Health. International Communication Association, May 2012 in Phoenix, AZ, U.S., Health Communication Division at ICA. Experience addressing business leaders (with groups as large as 600–1000 people). Addressed a visual conference as a representative in international communications.
9.Yamaguchi, A., & Kim, M.S. (2011). Effects of Goals and Cultural Orientations on Subjective Well-being among College Students in Japan. National Communication Association, November 2011 in New Orleans, LA, U.S., Japan-US communication Association at NCA.
10.Yamaguchi, A. & Kim, M.S. (2011). Levels of Self-Criticism and Depression among College Students in Japan. International Communication Association, May 2011 in Boston, MA, U.S., Health Communication Division at ICA.
11.Yamaguchi, A., & Urano, Y. (2008). Health Promotion in Multi-Cultural Society. Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Health and Medical Sociology, May 2008 in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan.
12.Yamaguchi, A., & Urano, Y. (2008). Influence of Bonding Social Capital on Life Satisfaction and Health. Annual Meeting of Hawaii Sociological Association, February 2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
13.Yamaguchi, A. (2007). Social Support and Health among Native Hawaiians. The 80th Meeting of the Japan Sociological Society (JSS), November 2007 in Kanto Gakuin University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
14.Yamaguchi, A. (2007). Influence of Social Capital on Individual Health Status. The 102th American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Hilton New York and the Sheraton, August 2007 in New York, New York, U.S.
15.Yamaguchi, A. (2007). Effects of Social Capital on Individual Health. The 57th Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, The Roosevelt Hotel, Madison Avenue, August 2007 in New York, New York, U.S.
16.Yamaguchi, A. (2007). Influence of Social Capital on Psychological Well-Being. The 28thAnnual Meeting of the Hawaii Sociological Association (HSA), Radisson Waikiki Prince Kuhio Hotel,February 2007 in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
17.Yamaguchi, A. (2006). Impacts of Social Capital on Health. The 27th Annual Meeting of the Hawaii Sociological Association (HSA), Radisson Waikiki Prince Kuhio Hotel, April 2006 in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
18.Yamaguchi, A. (2005). The Effects of Social Capital on the Japanese Quality of Life. The 26th Annual Meeting of the Hawaii Sociological Association, Ala Moana Hotel, February 2005 in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
19.Yamaguchi, A. (2003). Sojourner Adjustment and Self-Construals of Japanese International Students in Hawaii. Society for Intercultural Education Training And Research (SIETARJAPAN), Annual Conference, Showa Women’s University, June 2003 in Japan.

• Academic Grants and Research Funds

・Reitaku University Research Grant and Awards Program, Reitaku University, Japan (2010-2012) as research collaborator
・Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists B, Japan Science Technology (JST) Agency, Japan (April 2013-March 2015) as principal investigator. “Effects of Self-Compassion and Its Relationship with Depression.”
・Pfizer Health Research Funds provided by the Pfizer Health Research Foundation (November 2011-October 2012) as Research Collaborator with Assistant Professor Fumikazu Morimura at Kyoto Sangyo University as the principle investigator.
・Kitano Shogai Kyoiku Funds provided by the Kitano Shogai Kyoiku Foundation (2012-2014) as the principle investigator.
・Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists B, Japan Science Technology (JST) Agency, Japan (April 2013-March 2015) as principal investigator. “Self-Criticism and Suicide Prone-Behaviors Using Cross-Cultural Approach.”
・Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research C (General), Japan Science Technology (JST) Agency, Japan (April 2015–March 2017) as principal investigator. “Effects of Personality Traits and Self-Construals on Life Orientations.”

• Social contributions

1. Part time instructor and Researcher:
Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo Woman’s Christian University, Tokai University, Hitotsubashi University, Reitaku University

2. Professional memberships and affiliations:
・National Communication Association (NCA), U.S.
・International Communication Association (ICA), U.S.
・Communication Association Japan (CAJ), Japan
・American Sociological Association (ASA), U.S.
・Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), U.S.
・The Japanese Society of Health and Medical Sociology (JSHMS), Japan
・Hawaii Sociological Association (HSA), Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
・The Japan Sociological Society (JSS), Japan

• Other notable activities and achievements

Our article “The Effects of Self-Construals, Self-Criticism, and Self-Compassion on Depressive Symptoms.” has been downloaded or viewed 785 times since publication in March 2015. The Elsevier congrats the publication.

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