Selected Publications

2017

  1. Namba S, Makihara S, Kabir RS*, Miyatani M, Nakao T: Spontaneous facial expressions are different from posed facial expressions: morphological properties and dynamic sequences. Current Psychology, 35(129), 593-605. (link)

  2. Kamite Y, Igawa H, Kabir RS*: A review of the long-term psychological effects of radiation exposure in the cases of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Chernobyl nuclear accident. Hiroshima Psychological Research: Bulletin, 16, 49-68. (link)

  3. Namba S, Kabir RS*, Miyatani M, Nakao T: Spontaneous facial actions map onto emotional experiences in a non-social context: toward a component-based approach. Frontiers in Psychology: Emotion Science, 8, 633. (link)

2018

  4. Kabir RS*, Haramaki Y, Ki H, Ohno H: Self-Active Relaxation Therapy (SART) and self-regulation: a comprehensive review and comparison of the Japanese body movement approach. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience: Cognitive Neuroscience, 12, 21. (link)

  5. Namba S, Kabir RS*, Miyatani M, Nakao T: Dynamic displays enhance the ability to discriminate genuine and posed facial expressions of emotion. Frontiers in Psychology: Emotion Science, 9, 672. (link)

2019

   6. Haramaki Y, Kabir RS*, Abe K, Yoshitake T: Promoting self-regulatory management of chronic pain through Dohsa-hou: single case series of low-functioning hemodialysis patients. Frontiers in Psychology: Psychology for Clinical Settings, 10, 1394. (link)

   7. Kabir RS*: Interoceptive attention tendencies predict trait anxiety in undergraduate students and hospital nurses participating in stress management programs. Bulletin of the Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University, Part III (68), 111-120. (link)

   8. Abe K, Kabir RS*, Haramaki Y: Referencing the body for mood state regulation: an examination of stress management using Dohsa-hou as a primary prevention program for nurses. Environmental and Occupational Health Practice, 1-6. (link)

   9. Kabir RS*, Abe K, Haramaki Y: Convergent associations between interoceptive attention tendencies and the experience of embodied self-awareness and feeling states related to self-active relaxation tasks. The Japanese Journal of Rehabilitation Psychology, 45(1), 57-68. (link)

2020

   10. Kabir RS*, Sponseller AC: Interacting with competence: A validation study of the Self-Efficacy in Intercultural Communication Scale-Short Form. Frontiers in Psychology: Language Sciences, 11, 2086. (link)

   11. Fujikawa T, Kabir RS*, Abe K, Haramaki Y: An examination of the relationships between Dohsa-hou and cognitive control: differential contributions for proactive and reactive control modes in body movement attention and execution. The Japanese Journal of Rehabilitation Psychology, 47(1), 1-15. (link)

2021

   12. Walter BR, Kabir RS*: Categorizing qualitative insights from an itemized inventory of interest in study abroad. Bulletin of the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University: Studies in Education, 1, 156-163. (link)

   13. Kamite Y, Kitani T, Ikeda T, Abe K, Kabir RS*, Morishima T: Survey and comparison of psychological factors between descendants and non-descendants of survivors of the atomic bomb: generational differences in mental health indicators. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 136, 398-401. (link)

   14. Namba S, Kabir RS*, Matsuda K, Noguchi Y, Kambara K, Kobayashi R, Shigematsu J, Miyatani M, Nakao T: Fantasy component of interpersonal reactivity is associated with empathic accuracy: findings from behavioral experiments with implications for applied settings. Reading Psychology, 42(7), 788-806. (link)

   15. Kabir RS*, Wiium N: Positive youth development and environmental concerns among youth and emerging adults in Ghana. Handbook of Positive Youth Development: Advancing Research, Policy, and Practice in Global Contexts, 81-94. (link)

   16. Kabir RS*, Doku D, Wiium N: Connection in youth development key to the mental health continuum in Ghana: a structural equation model of thriving and flourishing indicators. Frontiers in Psychology: Developmental Psychology, 4830. (link)

2022

   17. Ono A, Kabir RS*, Nakahara M: Reading instruction in the EFL Classroom: Oscar Wilde’s The Selfish Giant as an Authentic Text for Senior High School Learners in Japan. Hiroshima Journal of School Education, 28, 1-5. (link)

   18. Kabir RS*, Haramaki Y, Kuwayama H, Walter BR, Kawashima TD: Social engagement forums to strengthen intercultural ties: piloting community outreach workshops for needs assessment of educational support services among ethnic minorities in Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan. Hiroshima Daigaku Kyouikugakubu Kyodokenkyuu Project Hokokusho. (link)

   19. Fujikawa, T, Kabir RS*, Haramaki Y: Experimental manipulation of guided attention to the shoulder movement task in Clinical Dohsa-hou induces shifts in the reactive mode and indicates flexible cognitive control performance. Frontiers in Psychology: Movement Science and Sport Psychology, 13. (link)

   20. Kabir RS*, Kramer B, Koike M, Sponseller AC: Modeling personality antecedents and second language self-efficacy constructs with emerging adults in Japan: Domain-specific matching for assessing global competence in applied contexts. Frontiers in Psychology: Language Sciences, 13. (link)

2023

   21. Kambara K, Kabir RS*, Kira Y, Ogata A, Barnard PJ: Disambiguating the relationship between processing modes and mindfulness in Japan. Cogent Psychology, 10(1), 2151726. (link)

   22. Hihara S, Truskauskaite-Kuneviciene I, Abe K, Daniunaite I, Haramaki Y, Kazlauskas E, Sugimura K, Zelviene P, Kabir RS*, Masuda N, Kamite Y: Trauma exposure, posttraumatic stress, and identity content valences among Japanese adolescents. Journal of Adolescence, 1-15. (link)

   23. Kabir RS*, Yang HJ: Editorial: Meditative movement for mental and physical health. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1238633.  (link)

   24. Fujikawa T, Kabir RS*, Funabashi A, Kawamata Y, Haramaki Y: Dispositional associations between interoceptive attention tendencies and effortful control: cross-sectional findings from an online national survey of Japanese working adults. Japanese Psychological Research, early view (link)

  25. Karakulak A, Tepe B., Dimitrova R, Abdelrahman M, Akaliyski P, Alaseel R., ... Kabir RS*, …  & Rudnev M: Trust in government moderates the association between fear of COVID-19 as well as empathic concern and preventive behaviour. Communications Psychology, 1(1), 43. (link)

2024

  26. Jovanović V, Rudnev M, Abdelrahman M, Kadir NBA, Adebayo DF, Akaliyski P, Alaseel R … Kabir RS*, … & Pilkauskaite Valickiene R: The Coronavirus Anxiety Scale: Cross-national measurement invariance and convergent validity evidence. Psychological Assessment, 36(1), 14-29. (link)

  27. Horinouchi H, Liu X, Kabir RS*, Kobayashi R, Haramaki Y, Kambara T: Get the picture: Learning referents in a single-day context, Word, 70(1), 22-43. (link)

2015

  1. Kabir RS*: Cognitive science approaches to intuitive toxicology communication for the public and humanistic radiation disaster education for medical professionals. May 28, 2015. Phoenix Leader Education Program symposium, International Congress of Radiation Research. Kyoto, Japan.

2016

  2. Kabir RS*: Uncertainty intolerance: radiation as source of prospective anxiety. Hiroshima University’s 5th International Symposium, “Revitalization Strategies after Radiation Disaster.” February 13, 2016. Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Japan.

  3. Kabir RS*: Looking back, looking in: moral motivators and prosocial civics in case studies of the health consequences of CBRN disasters in Japan. The International Atomic Energy Agency's 3rd Technical Meeting on Science, Technology, and Society Perspectives on Nuclear Science, Radiation and Human Health: The View from Asia. June 24, 2016. National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore. Abstract available from: (link)

  4. Kabir RS*: Psychological and social processes expressed in testimonials to the 2011 disasters of Japan. The 31st International Congress of Psychology. July 25, 2016. Yokohama, Japan. Abstract available from: (link)

2017

  5. Kabir RS*, Haramaki Y, Kamite T: Looking back, looking in, looking forward: case studies of the health consequences of CBRN disasters in Japan and the turn toward health promotion. Summer study abroad seminar on interdisciplinary radiation sciences requested by La Trobe University. Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Japan. July 7, 2017. Higashihiroshima, Japan.

2019

   6. Sponseller AC, Kabir RS*, Gentry, R: Validating a Sojourner Self-Efficacy in Communication Scale. The 27th Annual Korea TESOL International Conference 2019. October 12, 2019. Sookmyung Women's University. Seoul, Korea.

2020

   7. Walter BR, Kabir RS*: Workarounds Worldwide: Brief Reports on the Institute of Education (IOE) Seminars Examining the Effects of Coivd-19 on Teacher Education. “The EVRI Regular Online Seminar No. 61, School Education in the Post COVID-19 Pandemic Era (6): Current Perspectives on Teacher Education and Educational Research Across Countries.” December 26, 2020. Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Japan. Materials available from: (link)

2021

   8. Kabir RS*: Promoting adaptive behavior in guided communication efforts: a research synthesis of key factors from observational studies in public mental health. “IAEA Technical Meeting on Radiation in Medicine Communications and Technologies: International Perspectives and the Role of Science, Technology and Society in Low-Dose Radiation Settings” (virtual conference).

2022

   9. Kabir RS*: Engaging with the UNESCO report on the Futures of Education: calls to improve framing with local definitions for the next sociotechnical imaginary, Futures of Education Workshop, Educational Policy Studies (EPS) Conference. March 25, 2022.

   10. Kabir RS*, Liberzon G, Sponseller AC: Structural equation modeling of personality antecedents and self-efficacy in intercultural communication with university students in Japan, Psychology of Language Learning Conference 2022, International Association for the Psychology of Language Learning, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia (Hybrid Conference, Concurrent). June 24, 2022. (link)

   11. Kabir RS*: Metafor or metaSEM? An Unconference Agenda about Analytical Plan Choices and Applications, Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) 2022 Meeting, Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS), Victoria, B.C., Canada (Hybrid Conference). June 28, 2022. (link)

   12. Kabir RS*: Building Self-efficacy in Intercultural Communication in Japan: Transferable Skills for Teacher Education and Professional Development, Hiroshima JET Program ALT Orientation, Hiroshima City International House. September 27, 2022.

   13. Kabir RS*: Evaluating courses in intercultural education at a Japanese university: quasi-experimental comparisons with cultural intelligence assessment tools, IDentities: Cultural Diversity and Integration, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania (Hybrid Conference). October 21, 2022. (link)

   14. Kabir RS*: Communicating advances in public mental health monitoring through an open review of social dynamics in Japan​, "The Importance of Communicating Scientific Facts: Addressing Radiation Concerns in Societies-The Role of Science, Technology, and Society", IAEA, Mol, Belgium (Hybrid).

2023

   15. Kabir RS*: Improving reflective learning practices in the radiation disaster recovery curriculum with STS-based content integration and causal inference problem sets. “Communicating scientific facts: addressing radiation concerns – the role of science, technology and society and medical perspectives in Europe, Japan, and internationally”, IAEA (Virtual).

   16. Kabir RS*: Cases at the Crossroads: Planning for Student Engagement and Intercultural Interactions in the Design of English Team Teaching, Hiroshima JET Program ALT Orientation, Hiroshima City International House. August 30, 2023.

   17. Kabir RS*: Associations between Motivation, Well-being, and Self-efficacy in Intercultural Communication among University Students and Emerging Adults in Japan. 23rd International Conference on Education Research (ICER), "Educational Restoration and Growth: Resilience, Advocacy, and Empowerment." Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea. October 12, 2023. 

   18. Kabir RS*: Strategic Competence and Resources for International Student Support in Japan: Insights from Intercultural Learning Research and Applications. All-Japan International Student Committee (AJISC) International Workshop 2023. November 11, 2023.

2024

  19. Kabir RS*, Liberzon G: An examination of the psychometric properties and structural validity of the Japanese version of the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form with emerging adults. ISQOLS 2024 Winter Virtual Conference. February 7, 2024. (link)

  20. Kabir RS*, Sponseller AC*: Theory-driven Analysis Situating the Multidimensional Motivations to Study Abroad Scale in Japan. The Osaka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) Back to School 2024 Conference. April 28, 2024. (link)

2017

  3. Kabir RS*, Haramaki Y: Introducing Self-Active Relaxation Therapy (SART): assisting disaster-affected communities with stress management. Hiroshima University’s 6th International Symposium, “Reconstructing Radiation Disaster-Affected Communities: The Mediator’s Role in the Recovery Process.” February 11, 2017. Hiroshima University Medical School, Hiroshima, Japan.

  4. Kabir RS*: Common language and common cause: developing leadership skills across borders and disciplines. The Program for Leading Graduate Schools Forum 2017, Nagoya University. October 20, 2017. Nagoya Marriott Associa Hotel, Nagoya, Japan. (link)

2018

  5. Sponseller AC, Kabir RS*: Validation of the Sojourner Self-Efficacy in Communication Scale for Japanese university students. Third International Conference for Psychology in Language Learning (PLL3), Waseda University. June 9, 2018. Waseda University Research Institute for Letters, Arts and Sciences. Tokyo, Japan.

2019

  6. Kabir RS*, Namba S, Haramaki Y: Item response analysis of the Japanese adaptation of the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness. The 6th World Congress on Positive Psychology. July 19, 2019. International Positive Psychology Association. Melbourne, Australia.

2021

  7. Kabir RS*, Namba S, Haramaki Y: Concurrent US-Japan findings on interoceptive attention tendencies and perceived health competence. The 32nd International Congress of Psychology. July 21, 2021. Prague, Czech Republic (Virtual Conference).

2023

  8. Kabir RS*, Hihara S, Wiium N: Positive identity in Japan: structural equation modeling of youth strengths and dimensions of identity development with emerging and established adults. The 8th IPPA World Congress on Positive Psychology. July 21, 2023. International Positive Psychology Association. Vancouver, Canada. (link)

  9. Kabir RS*: Do intercultural capabilities impact links between the motivation and flourishing of Japanese emerging adults? An analysis of self-efficacy and cultural intelligence facets as mediators. The 2nd Global Flourishing Conference (Virtual, Abstract Poster). November 29-30, 2023. (link)

2024

  10. Liberzon G, Kabir RS* (2024, May 31). Situating Spoken Word Pedagogy-based Program Designs in Consideration of Confidence and Connection Associations with the Mental Health Continuum of Emerging Adults in Japan [Poster Presentation]. 2024 ABCT Student SIG Research Symposium Virtual Conference.