Our Faculty
Prof. TAKAI Jiro
Professor of Social Psychology, Department of Psychology and Human Developmental Sciences, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Nagoya University
Employment History
- Professor, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Nagoya University, 2007
- Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Nagoya University, 2002
- Associate Professor, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Nanzan University, 2000
- Associate Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nagoya City University, 1996
- Associate Professor, School of General Education, Nagoya City University, 1994
- Assistant Professor, School of General Education, Nagoya City University, 1991
- Assistant Professor, Research Center for Higher Education, Hiroshima University, 1990
Educational History
- Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 2002
- M.A., Saitama University, 1988
Research Interests
- Interpersonal Competence
- Self in Social Interaction
- Interpersonal Conflict Strategies
- Cross-cultural Adjustment
Recent Main Publications
- Takamatsu, R., Min, M. C., & Takai, J. (2022). Affective and motivational accounts of judging moral acceptability of anti-COVID-19 preventive behaviors: A US-Japan comparison. Journal of Cognition and Culture,
- Takamatsu, R., Min, M.C., Wang, L., Xu, W., Taniguchi, N., & Takai, J. (2021). Moralization of Japanese cultural norms among student sojourners in Japan. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 80, 242-249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2020.12.001
- Min, M. C., Islam, N. M., Wang, L., & Takai, J. (2021). Cross-cultural comparison of university students’ emotional competence in Asia. Current Psychology, 40, 200-212.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-018-9918-3