Our Faculty
Prof. HIRAISHI Kenji
Professor of Life-span Developmental Psychology, Department of Psychology and Human Development Sciences, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Nagoya University

Employment History
- Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Nagoya University, 2000
 - Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Mie University,1994
 - Research Associate, School of Education, Nagoya University, 1990
 
Educational History
- Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, Nagoya University, 2003
 - M.A. in Educational Psychology, Nagoya University, 1987
 
Research Interests
- Adolescent Development
 - Parents-Adolescent Relationship
 - Identity Formation in Adolescence
 - Comprehensive Developmental School Counseling Program
 
Recent Main Publications
- Aktar, R., Sugiura, Y., & Hiraishi, K. (2023). “They Love Me, They Love Me Not”: An IRT-Based Investigation of the Child Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire with a Japanese Sample. Japanese Psychological Research, 65, 21-36.
 - Aktar, R., Sugiura, Y., & Hiraishi, K. (2021). Associations between Acceptance-Rejection and Adolescents’ Prosocial Behavior in Japan: The Mediating Role of Sense of Authenticity. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-021-00779-4
 - Kubota, Y. & Hiraishi, K. (Eds.) (2018). Professional Psychologist Training Series 7 Practice of Clinical Psychology in the School. Kyoto: Nakanishiya Shuppan.