Publications

BOOK

Noguchi, K. (2023). Jinsei no Imi no “Imi” [“Meaning” of Meaning in Life]. Tokyo, Japan: Shinyosha. https://www.shin-yo-sha.co.jp/book/b631783.html   

人生の意味の「意味」心理学から言えること　新曜社

representative publications

Noguchi, K. (2020). Meaning frame theory: Meaning arises with reference points. Journal of 

Happiness Studies, 21, 3121-3141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-019-00208-5.

Noguchi, K. (2017). Mindfulness as an end-state: Construction of a trait measure of mindfulness. 

Personality and Individual Difference, 106, 298-307.

Noguchi, K., Handley, I. M., & Albarracín, D. (2011). Participating in politics resembles physical 

activity: General action patterns in international archives, US archives, and experiments. 

Psychological Science, 22, 235-242.

Noguchi, K. (2007). Examination of the content of individualism/collectivism scales in cultural 

comparisons of the USA and Japan. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 10, 131-144.

Noguchi, K., Albarracín, D., Durantini, M. R., & Glasman, L. R. (2007). Who participates in 

which health promotion programs? A meta-analysis of motivations underlying enrollment and 

retention in HIV-prevention interventions. Psychological Bulletin, 133, 955-975.

Noguchi, K., Gohm, L. C., & Dalsky, J. D. (2006). Cognitive tendencies of focusing on positive and 

negative information. Journal of Research in Personality, 40, 891-910. 

recent publications

Noguchi, K. & Holliman (2025). Moral judgement on the use of market system ideology in social 

domains. International Journal of Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.70065

Shahid, S., Noguchi, K., Bishop, R., Shahid, S., & Stepanova, E. V. (2025). Role of Hostile and 

Benevolent Sexism in Shaping Prejudice Against Working Women in the United States and 

Pakistan. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 56, 511-527. 

https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221251320353 

Sherwood, J., & Noguchi, K. (2024). Dying for help: How mortality salience impacts perceptions of 

victims. Death Studies, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2024.2419593 

Noguchi, K. (2023), Personal freedom, family compositions and well-being. International Journal of 

Psychology, 58(3), 207–216. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12897 

Agler, L-M. L., Noguchi, K., & Alfsen, L. K. (2021). Personality traits as predictors of reading 

comprehension and metacomprehension accuracy. Current Psychology, 40, 5054-5063. https://

doi.org/10.1007/s12144-019-00439-y

Mong, M., & Noguchi, K. & (2021). Emergency room physicians’ level of anxiety, depression, burnout, 

and coping methods during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Loss and Trauma, online first, 

https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2021.1932127.

Noguchi, K., & Mong, M. (2021). Differential effects of cognitive ability on mind agency and perceived 

innocence. Current Psychology, 40, 2104-2111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-019-0152-4

Noguchi, K. (2020). Grateful and existential meaning across cultures. Journal of Constructivist 

Psychology. DOI: 10.1080/10720537.2020.1821267 

Noguchi, K. (2020). Meaning frame theory: Meaning arises with reference points. Journal of 

Happiness Studies, 21, 3121-3141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-019-00208-5.

Bekafigo, M. A., Stepanova, E. V., Eiler, B. A., Noguchi, K., & Ramsey, K. L. (2019). The effect of group 

polarization on opposition to Donald Trump. Political Psychology, 40, 1163-1178. https://

doi.org/10.1111/pops.12584.

Jeanfreau, M., Noguchi, K., Mong, M. D., & Stadthagen, H. (2018). Financial Infidelity in Couple 

Relationships. Journal of Financial Therapy, 9 (1) 2. https://doi.org/10.4148/1944-9771.1159

Shrira, I., Wisman, A., & Noguchi, K. (2018). Diversity of historical ancestry and personality traits 

across 56 cultures. Personality and Individual Difference, 128, 44-48.

Noguchi, K. (2017). Mindfulness as an end-state: Construction of a trait measure of mindfulness. 

Personality and Individual Difference, 106, 298-307.

Please contact me at kenji.noguchi@usm.edu if you want a copy of the publication.