Recent Publications

• Iimura, S., Niwa, N., Iijima, K., Yamamoto, H., & Yotsumoto, Y. (2026). Affective responses across three airport areas: Associations with sensory processing sensitivity. PsyArXiv. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/x3yna_v1　[Link]

• Iimura, S.*, Yano, K.*, Kase, T., & Oishi, K. (2026). Psychometric properties at the item level of the Japanese version of the Highly Sensitive Person Scale: A partial credit model analysis. PsyArXiv. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/ygaw8_v1　[Link] *equal contribution

• Iimura, S., & Nishaat, A. (2026). Environmental sensitivity and digit ratio (2D:4D): Negative results. Journal of Articles in Support of the Null Hypothesis, 22(2), 71-79.　[Link]

• Yano, K., & Iimura, S. (2026). Environmental sensitivity in Japanese and United States samples: Cross-cultural investigation of its measurement and associations with personality and affect. Personality and Individual Differences, 249, 113519. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2025.113519　[Link]

• Takasugi, S., Iimura, S., Yasuda, M., Saito, Y., & Morifuji, M. (2025). Key taxa of the gut microbiome associated with the relationship between environmental sensitivity and inflammation-related biomarkers, Microorganisms. doi: 10.1101/2024.12.10.627851　[Link]

• Iimura, S., & Yano, K. (2024). The general factor of environmental sensitivity: Relationships with the general factor of personality. Evolutionary Psychology, 22(2), 1-10. doi: 10.1177/14747049241254727　[Link]

• Iimura, S.*, Takasugi, S.*, Yasuda, M., Saito, Y., & Morifuji, M. (2023). Interactions between environmental sensitivity and gut microbiota are associated with biomarkers of stress-related psychiatric symptoms. Journal of Affective Disorders, 339, 136-144. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.07.016 *equal contribution　[Link]

• Deno, M., Iimura, S., Endo, T. (2023). Reliability and validity of the Emotion as a Child Scale in Japanese children and adolescents: Focusing on children’s anger. Current Psychology, 42, 8112-8124. doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-02136-1　[Link]

• Iimura, S.*, Yano, K.*, & Ishii, Y. (2023). Environmental sensitivity in adults: Psychometric properties of the Japanese version of the Highly Sensitive Person Scale 10-Item Version. Journal of Personality Assessment, 105(1), 87-99. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2022.2047988 *equal contribution　[Link]

• Iimura, S., & Takasugi, S. (2022). Sensory processing sensitivity and gastrointestinal symptoms in Japanese adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(16), 9893. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19169893　[Link]

• Iimura, S., Deno, M., Kibe, C., & Endo, T. (2022). Beyond the diathesis-stress paradigm: Effect of the environmental sensitivity x pubertal tempo interaction on depressive symptoms. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2022(185-186), 123-143.  doi: 10.1002/cad.20456　[Link]

• Iimura, S. (2022). Sensory-processing sensitivity and COVID-19 stress in young population: The mediating role of resilience. Personality and Individual Differences, 184, 111183.  doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2021.111183　[Link]

• Iimura, S. (2021). Highly sensitive adolescents: The relationship between weekly life events and weekly socioemotional well-being. British Journal of Psychology, 112(4),1103-1129. doi: 10.1111/bjop.12505　[Link]

• Iimura, S.  & Kibe, C. (2020). Highly sensitive adolescent benefits in positive school transitions: Evidence for vantage sensitivity in Japanese high-schoolers. Developmental Psychology, 56(8), 1565-1581.  doi: 10.1037/dev0000991　[Link]

• Iimura, S. (2020). Developmental trajectories of event centrality and socio-emotional well-being after transition to high school. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 38(4), 497-511. doi: 10.1111/bjdp.12333　[Link]