Yuta Chishima, Ph.D.

Profile

Affiliation: University of Tsukuba, JAPAN

Majors: Educational, Developmental, and Cultural Psychology

Research Topic: Temporally expanded self and well-being in different cultures and educational settings

Please feel free to contact me if you are interested in my research.

Contact: chishima.yuta.fw [at] u.tsukuba.ac.jp 

Academic Positions

March 2021 - present: Assistant Professor, University of Tsukuba, JAPAN

April 2018 - February 2021: JSPS Research Fellow (Postdoctoral Fellow), Wilfrid Laurier University in CANADA and Kyoto University in JAPAN 

April 2016 - March 2018: Junior Assistant Professor, Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan

April 2014 - March 2016: JSPS Research Fellow (Doctoral Course students), Tsukuba University in Japan

Academic Backgrounds

March 2016: Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Tsukuba, Japan

March 2012: M.D. in Psychology, University of Tsukuba, Japan

March 2010: B.A. in Policy Studies, Chuo University, Japan

Research Topics

●Temporal perspective and culture   (e.g. unrealistic self-appraisal, past/future self-continuity, temporal cognition)

●Self-improvement and well-being (e.g. volitional personality change, long-term goal achievement, self-compassion)

●Transition to new school/work (e.g. expectation of campus life, school intervention for smooth transition)

Journal Articles (peer-reviewed; written in English)

17. Chishima, Y., Sugawara, D., & Mizuno, M. (2025). An ecological momentary intervention using self-compassionate writing to reduce stress. Mindfulness. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-024-02503-6 [Link]

16. Liu, I-T. H-C., Uchida, Y., Joo, E., Mano-Usui, F., Okura, M., Chishima, Y., Ikeda, K., & Inagaki N. (2023). Psychosocial factors associated with well-being and HbA1c of people with diabetes in Japan: A structural equation model. Japanese Psychological Research. Advance Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpr.12464  [Link] 

15. Chishima, Y., Minoura, Y., Uchida, Y., Fukushima, S., & Takemura, K. (2023). Who commits to the community? Person-community fit, place attachment, and participation in local Japanese communities. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 86, Article 101964. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.101964 [Link]

14. Chishima, Y., & Liu, I-T. H-C. (2023). Mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan: Applying topic modeling in daily life descriptions. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 21, 180–199. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-021-00587-y [Link]

13. Chishima, Y., Sugawara, D., & Mizuno, M. (2022). Supportive evidence for the state self-compassion scale using Japanese samples. Psychological Assessment, 34(9), e72–e87. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001144 [Link]

12. Sugawara, D., Chishima, Y., Kubo, T., Reza, R. I. A. B. R., Mun, E. Y., Ng, S. L., ... & Tee, E. Y. (2022). Mental health and psychological resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-cultural comparison of Japan, Malaysia, China, and the US. Journal of Affective Disorders, 311, 500-507. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.05.032 [Link]

11. Olivera-Figueroa, L. A., ... (2022). The role of time perspective and mindfulness on life satisfaction in the United States of America, Spain, Poland and Japan: A cross-cultural study. Current Psychology, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-02756-1 [Link]

10. McKay, M., Worrell, F., Perry, J., Zivkovic, U., Chishima, Y., Mello Z. R., Cole, J.  (2022). Even a broken clock is right twice a day: The case of the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory. Personality and Individual Differences, 184, Article 111157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.111157 [Link]

9. Masuyama, A., Kubo, T., Sugawara, D., & Chishima, Y. (2022). Interest consistency can buffer the effect of COVID-19 fear on psychological distress. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 20, 3044–3055. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-021-00564-5 [Link]

8. Sugawara, D., Gu, Y., Masuyama, A., Ng, S. L., Evone, P. Y. M., Arifah, R., Chishima, Y., & Tee, E. Y. J. (2021). RE-COVER project: Survey on resilience, mental health, and fear of Covid-19 in four countries. BMC Research Notes, 14, 409. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-021-05819-x [Link]

7. Chishima, Y., & Nagamine, M. (2021). Unpredictable changes: Different effects of derailment on well-being between North American and East Asian samples. Journal of Happiness Studies, 22(8), 3457–3478. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-021-00375-4 [Link]

6. Chishima, Y., Liu, I-T. H-C., & Wilson, A. E. (2021). Temporal distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Letter writing with future self can mitigate negative affect. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 13(2), 406–418. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12256 [Link]  [PDF]

5. Chishima, Y., & Wilson, A. E. (2020). Conversation with a future self: A letter-exchange exercise enhances student self-continuity, career planning and academic thinking. Self & Identity, 20(5), 640–671. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2020.1754283 [Link]

4. Chishima, Y., Murakami, T., Worrell, F. C., & Mello, Z. R. (2019). The Japanese version of the Adolescent Time Inventory-Time Attitudes (ATI-TA) scale: Internal consistency, structural validity, and convergent validity. Assessment, 26(2), 181-192. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191116683800  [Link]

3. Chishima, Y., Mizuno, M., Sugawara, D., & Miyagawa,Y. (2018). The influence of self-compassion on cognitive appraisals and coping with stressful events. Mindfulness, 9(6), 1907-1915. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-018-0933-0  [Link]

2. Chishima, Y., McKay, M. & Murakami, T. (2017). The reliability and validity of the temporal focus scale in young Japanese adults. Personality and Individual Differences, 119, 230-235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.07.031  [Link]

1. Chishima, Y., McKay, M., & Cole, J. (2017). The generalizability of temporal focus profiles across cultures: A secondary analysis using data from Japan and the United Kingdom. Personality and Individual Differences, 111, 92-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.02.011  [Link]

Journal Articles (peer-reviewed; written in Japanese)

21. Chishima, Y., & Moro, T. (2019). Effects of a school camp program on children’s expectations and concerns about transition to junior high school: Focusing on tendency to be absent from school. The Japanese Journal of Developmental Psychology, 30, 74-85 [JAPANESE]

20. Sakamoto, K., & Chishima, Y. (2018). The change in the counseling image: In university students of teacher training courses. The Japanese Journal of Counseling Science, 51, 27-38. [JAPANESE]

19. Mizuno, M., & Chishima, Y. (2018). Effects of gap between expectation and reality of campus life on adjustment to university. The Japanese Journal of Counseling Science, 51, 94-105. [JAPANESE]

18. Mizuno, M., Chishima, Y., & Sugawara, D. (2018). Relationships between self-compassion and mental health during job-hunting: Focusing on cognitive appraisals about rejection of job applications. Journal of Career Design Studies, 14, 111-120. [JAPANESE]

17. Moro, T., & Chishima, Y. (2018). An investigation of the “cyuichigap” (problems of transition from elementary school to junior high school) prevention camp’s educational effects: The example of the out-door center’s use of ASE activities. Bulletin of National Institution for Youth Education Research Center for Youth Education, 6, 74-83. [JAPANESE]

16. Mizuno, M., Sugawara, D., & Chishima, Y. (2017). Effects of self-compassion and self-esteem on well-being: Coping styles as mediators. The Japanese Journal of Research on Emotions, 24, 112-118. [JAPANESE]

15. Chishima, Y., Sugawara, D., & Mizuno, M. (2017). The effect of giving support to others on state self-compassion. Tsukuba Psychological Research, 54, 85-96. [JAPANESE]

14. Chishima, Y. (2016). Effects on identity formation of expectations for self-change. The Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology, 64, 352-363. [JAPANESE]

13. Chishima, Y. (2016). Intention for self-change across the life span: Focusing on concern about self-change. The Japanese Journal of Psychology, 87, 155-164. [JAPANESE]

12. Chishima, Y., & Murakami, T. (2016). Relation between acceptance of Kyara in friendship and psychological adjustment: Comparison of junior high school and university students. The Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology, 64, 1-12. [JAPANESE]

11. Chishima, Y., & Murakami, T. (2016). Future development of study on “Chara”: A reply to ISHIMOTO and YOSHIOKA’s comments. The Japanese Journal of Adolescent Psychology, 27, 182-185. [JAPANESE]

10. Chishima, Y. (2016). Development of intentions for self-change during adolescence: Extension and differentiation of time perspective. The Japanese Journal of Adolescent Psychology, 27, 129-139. [JAPANESE]

9. Chishima, Y. (2016). Individual and age differences in terms of intentions towards self-change during adolescence: The relation with self-confidence towards future careers. Tsukuba Psychological Research, 52, 97-107. [JAPANESE]

8. Chishima, Y., & Mizuno, M. (2015). Adjustment to university life: Freshman liberal arts students’ expectations and experiences of campus life. The Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology, 63, 228-241. [JAPANESE]

7. Chishima, Y. (2015). Mental conflict and expectations of merits and demerits associated with self-change among adolescents at different educational levels. The Japanese Journal of Developmental Psychology, 26, 1-12. [JAPANESE]

6. Chishima, Y., & Murakami, T. (2015). Relationship between friendship with “Chara” and friendship satisfaction among Japanese contemporary adolescents: Focusing on thoughts about “Chara”. The Japanese Journal of Adolescent Psychology, 26, 129-146. [JAPANESE]

5. Chishima, Y. (2015). Future development of study about self-change: A reply to HASHIMOTO's and NAKAMA's comments. The Japanese Journal of Adolescent Psychology, 26, 169-173. [JAPANESE]

4. Chishima, Y. (2014). The relationship of perceptions of self-change to its realization and to psychological adjustment in university students: A focus on mental conflict. The Japanese Journal of Counseling Science, 47, 185-195. [JAPANESE]

3. Chishima, Y. (2014). Aspects of intention for self-change in university students: Focusing on the relations with personality development and psychological adjustment. The Japanese Journal of Adolescent Psychology, 25, 85-103. [JAPANESE]

2. Nishimura, T., Chishima, Y., Murakami, T., Suzuki, T., & Sakurai, S. (2013). The structure and characteristics of instrumental learning goals in Japanese junior high-school students: A pilot study by using the Type-3 quantification method. Tsukuba Psychological Research, 46, 79-85. [JAPANESE]

1. Chishima, Y. & Satoh, Y. (2013). A short-term longitudinal study concerning the factors of changes within self-change intentions. Tsukuba Psychological Research, 46, 69-77. [JAPANESE]

Academic Books

1. Chishima, Y. (2019). Individual and age differences in intentions for self-change during adolescence, Kazama Shobo. [JAPANESE]

Presentations (international conferences in English)

【Symposium】

3. Liu, I. H., Chishima, Y., Ito, A., Liew, K., & Krys, K. (2018/11). Symposium (Speaker): Happiness across space and time: How individual well-being is associated with social environments. The 2nd International Conference on Well-Being, Singapore. 

2. Chishima, Y., Ishii, R., Mello, Z. R., Worrell, F. C., Konowalczyk, S., & Shirai, T. (2016/08). Prearranged Symposium (Organizer & Speaker): Cross-cultural considerations for time attitudes: Perspectives from the United States, Germany, and Japan. The 3rd International Conference on Time Perspective, Copenhagen, Denmark.

1. Tsuzuki, M., Herrera, D. I., Paixão, M. P., Peetsma, T., Chishima, Y., & Ishikawa, A. (2016/07). Contributed Symposium (Speaker): Time perspective in motivational context. The 31st International Congress of Psychology, Yokohama, Japan.

【Oral presentations】

3. Chishima, Y., Murakami, T., & McKay, M. (2017/06). Temporal focus scale: Examination of the reliability and validity in Japanese adolescents and young adults. The 19th International Conference on Applied Psychology, San Francisco, USA.

2. Mizuno, M., & Chishima, Y. (2016/07). Effects of reality shock and copings with reality shock of campus life on adjustment to university. The 31st International Congress of Psychology, Yokohama, Japan.

1. Chishima, Y. (2013/03). Relations between intention to self-change and cognitions of benefit and cost to self-change in university students. The 3rd Asian Conference on Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences, Osaka, Japan.

【Poster presentations】

16. Chishima, Y., Shanahan, E., & Wilson, A. (2020/03). Drastic optimists in Japan: Characterizing those who expect a vastly better future in a culture of relative pessimism. SPSP 2020, New Orleans, USA.

15. Chishima, Y. (2018/09). Consideration of future consequences and test scores for university admissions in Japanese pre-university students. European Association for Research on Adolescence 2018, Ghent, Belgium.

14. Chishima, Y. & Moro, T. (2018/07). Future is now: School intervention to enhance future self-continuity using letters. The 40th annual Conference of the International School Psychology Association, Tokyo, Japan.

13. Chishima, Y., & Joireman, J. (2017/08). Consideration of future consequences and academic performance in Japanese adolescents. The 18th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Utrecht, Netherlands.

12. Chishima, Y., & Murakami, T. (2016/08). Reliability and validity of Temporal Focus Scale (TFS) scores in Japanese samples. The 3rd International Conference on Time Perspective, Copenhagen, Denmark.

11. Sugawara, D., Chishima Y., & Mizuno, M. (2016/07). The effects of self-compassion on stress and on mental health. The 31st International Congress of Psychology, Yokohama, Japan.

10. Chishima, Y. (2016/07). Intention for self-change across the life span: Focusing on concern about self-change. The 31st International Congress of Psychology, Yokohama, Japan.

9. Mizuno, M., & Chishima, Y. (2015/09). Coping with perceived gap between expectations and experiences of campus life (2): Focusing on reactions and coping mechanisms. IAEVG International Conference 2015, Tsukuba, Japan.

8. Chishima, Y., & Mizuno, M. (2015/09). Coping with perceived gap between expectations and experiences of campus life (1): Focusing on span after experience. IAEVG International Conference 2015, Tsukuba, Japan.

7. Chishima, Y. (2014/07). Changes in intention for self-change and self-esteem across the life span in Japanese samples. The 2nd International Conference on Time Perspective, Warsaw, Poland.

6. Chishima, Y., Murakami, T., & Nishimura, T. (2014/07). Development of a Japanese version of the Adolescent Time Attitude Scale: A preliminary study of college students. The 2nd International Conference on Time Perspective, Warsaw, Poland.

5. Chishima, Y., Nishimura, T., & Murakami, T. (2014/03). Relations between stage of change in exercise behavior and merits and demerits of exercise behavior in Japanese college and vocational school students. The 4th Asian Conference on Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences, Osaka, Japan.

4. Chishima, Y. (2013/04). Short-term change of intention to self-change in university students: Focusing on its relation to realization of self-change. International Symposium on Education and Psychology 2013, Fukuoka, Japan.

3. Chishima, Y. (2012/09). Developmental change of orientations to self-change during adolescence. The 1st International Conference on Time Perspective, Coimbra, Portugal.

2. Chishima, Y. (2012/09). Background factors of orientations to self-change in Japanese university students: Focusing on its relationship with time perspective and self-esteem. The 1st International Conference on Time Perspective, Coimbra, Portugal.

1. Chishima, Y. (2012/04). Orientations to self-change in adolescence: Focusing on the relations with identity statuses. The 2nd Asian Conference on Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences, Osaka, Japan.

Grants

04/2021 - 03/2022: Data Bank Project in University of Tsukuba, Creating the "English Name" Usage Database in Japan.

04/2021 - 03/2024: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Effects of Conversation With Future Self Using VR on Career Development and Mental Health.

04/2018 - 03/2021: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Effects of Imagination and Emotion on the Temporal Perception.

04/2018 - 02/2021:  Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Research Fellow, Cultural Differences of Unrealistic Temporal Self-Appraisals.

2018: Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Results, Individual and Age Differences of Intention for Self-Change.

04/2016 - 03/2017: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up, Role and Intervention of Future Thinking among Adolescents.

04/2014 - 03/2015: Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Research Fellow, Developmental Process of Intention for Self-Change.

2012: Research Support Grant in University of Tsukuba, Intention for Self-Change across Adolescent Development.