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Yukiko UCHIDA (Ph. D.)
Associate Professor
Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University
46 Shimoadachi, Yoshida Sakyo, Kyoto, JAPAN
E-mail: yukikou [at] educ.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Cultural Psychology / Social Psychology

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Biography

Education

1998 Department of Education Kyoto University, B.A.
2000 Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, M.A.
2003 Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto Universit, Ph.D.

Professional Career

2000-2003 Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Kyoto University
2003-2005 Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Kyoto University
2003-2004 Visiting Scholar, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
2004-2005 Visiting Scholar, Department of Psychology, Stanford University
2005-2007 Assistant Professor, Koshien University
2008-2011 Assistant Professor, Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University
April 2011- Associate Professor, Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University

Social Activity

Commission of Happiness Index Research, Cabinet office, Government of Japan

Fellowships, Grant
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Japan society for the Promotion of Science, 2000
Research Grant from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2000-2003)
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Japan society for the Promotion of Science, 2003
Travel Award, 2nd international Positive Psychology Summit, 2003
Research Grant from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2003-2005)
Research Grant for young scholars, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
          (2006-2008, 2009-2011, 2011-2014)
  

Membership in professional groups
American Psychological Association, Society for the Personality and Social Psychology, Asian Association of Social Psychology, Japanese Psychological Association, Japanese Society of Social Psychology, Japanese Society of Cognitive Psychology

Researach Interest
- Clture and happiness, well-being
- Emotion expression and inference
- Perception of interpersonal relationships
- Cultural models of agency

Publications
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Recent Activities (Sept 2011-)
Paper Norasakkunkit, V., Uchida, Y., & Toivonen, T. (in press). Caught between culture, society, and globalization: Youth marginalization in postindustrial Japan. Social and Personality Psychology Compass.
Book Norasakkunkit, V., & Uchida, Y., (in press). Marginalized Japanese youth in post-industrial Japan: Motivational patterns, self-perceptions, and the structural foundations of shifting values. In Trommsdorff, G., & Chen, X. (Eds). Values, Religion, and Culture in Adolescent Development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Lecture Uchida, Y. (2012). Shinobu Kitayama's theory: Cultural modes of self-construal. Seminar: "Theory of the Self" 2012.2.22. Link
Lecture Uchida, Y. (2012). "Japanese happiness index: Cultural construal of happiness" Kyoto Association of Corporate Executives, Happiness research commission, 2012.2.21. Link
Paper Uchida, Y., & Ogihara, Y. (in press). Cultural construal of happiness: Cultural psychological perspectives and future direction of happiness research. Japanese Psychological Review.
Book Uchida, Y. (2012). Shinobu Kitayama's theory: Cultural modes of self-construal. In E. Kajita & S. Mizokami, (Eds.), For those who study psychology of the self, pp. 25-40. Sekai Sisosha.
Lecture Uchida, Y. (2012). Cultural construal of happiness and Japanese happiness index. 12th Global Environmental Forum. Kyoto University, Feb 4. Program PDF
Paper Uchida, Y., & Takemura, K. (2012). The roles of extension officers in local community. Monthly Journal of Agriculture & Extension, February, 20-31.
Media Coverage Mainichi Simbun Jan 18, 2012 "Japanese youth are seeking social bond" (interview） Link
Media coverage "NEET-Hikikomori tendencies are associated with being demotivated by failure"  Kyoto Shimbun Dec 27, 2011　  Mainichi Shimbun Jan 10, 2012  Kyodo News Dec 27, 2011  Kochi Shimbun　Dec　27, 2011 mynavi news Dec 27, 2011  Science Portal Jan 5, 2012  Kyoto University news release Dec 26, 2012
Media coverage Weekly Asahi Dec 27, 2011 "Happiness in 2012: Are you happy now?" (comment and research information) Link
Media coverage Yomiuri Shimbun Dec 18, 2011 "Support in an online community for a mother who lost her children by the Great East Japan Earthquake" (comment) Link
Publication Norasakkunkit, V., & Uchida, Y., (2011). Psychological Consequences of Post-Industrial Anomie on Self and Motivation Among Japanese Youth. Journal of Social Issues, 67, 774-786. Link
Public report Commission of Happiness index, The Cabinet Office, Government of Japan "Draft indicators of happiness" Dec 5, 2011
Presentation Social capital within agricultural communities: The roles of coordination Kokoro Research Center Workshop 2011 Dec 10, 2011
Publication Uchida, Y., Takahashi, Y., & Kawahara, K. (2011). The effect of Great East Japan earthquake for youth in Japan for their behavior and happiness. ESRI working paper, Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan (in Japanese). Download from here
Lecture "What is the task of agricultural extension workers to support agricultural regions? (at the annual workshop of JA Fukui, Awara city), Dec 7, 2011
Presentation Happiness before and after a severe nation-wide disaster: The case of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Asia-Pacific Conference on Measuring Well-being and Fostering the Progress of Societies, Tokyo, 2011.12.5
Presentation Meanings of happiness in cross-cultural comparison: Cultural variation in subjective well-being. Symposium "Happiness - Does culture matter?" Japanese-German Center, Berlin, Organized by German Institute for Japanese Studies. Nov 21, 2011
Presentation Happiness before and after a severe nation-wide disaster: The case of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Symposium "Happiness - Does culture matter?" Japanese-German Center, Berlin, Organized by German Institute for Japanese Studies. Nov 21, 2011
Lecture Social psychological research on extension officers: Agricultural extension and social networks in local communities (at the Annual Conference on Agricultural Extension, University of Tokyo) Nov 16, 2011 (with Kosuke Takemura)
Media coverage Hokkaido Shimbun Press, Nov 16 (evening) "Why happiness in Hokkaido is ranked as the 43th?" (comment)
Publication Uchida, Y. (2011). Happiness in Japanese culture: Psychological and social requirements for reconstruction in Japan. Planning Administration, 34, 21-26. abstract
Paper Accepted Uchida, Y., Endo, Y. & Shibanai, Y. (in press). Well-being and styles of social relationships: An analysis of the effects of the number and quality of social relationships. Japanese Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
Presentation Uchida, Y. & Norasakkunkit, V. (2011). NEET and Hikikomori spectrum in Japan: A cultural psychological perspective. Workshop "France-Japan Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Social Withdrawal (Hikikomori)" Kyoto University, Oct 31, 2011 information
Lecture Culture and happiness: How to develop happiness indicators? (Tohoku Regional Advancement Center, Sendai City) Sept 27, 2011
Media coverage Kyoto Simbun Sept 21, 2011 "View of life and happiness has been changed after the Great East Japan Earthquake" (research report) PDF download
Presentation Uchida, Y., & Ueno, T. (2011). The concept of self and others across cultures: Inducted temporal forgetting. (Paper presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Social Psychology, Nagoya) Sept 18, 2011
Workshop Uchida, Y. & Takemura, K. Social capital within communities: Forming and maintaining social bonds. (Workshop conducted at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Psychological Association, Tokyo) Sept 17, 2011



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