Research keywords (12):
Immigration Simulation Game
, empathy
, Okinawa
, intercultural communication
, intercultural training
, gaming simulation
, migration
, migrants
, 異文化間心理学
, 社会心理学
, Cross-cultural Psychology
, Social Psychology
Research theme for competitive and other funds (8):
2024 - 2026 Development of versatile intercultural education tools and setting up a foundation of intercultural education/research platform
2018 - 2022 Social psychological study of migrants' regional preference and adjustment process in local migration.
2016 - 2019 The Psychological Influence of Root-Tourism as a Temporary Homecoming for Descendants of Immigrants
2015 - 2017 Social psychological research on the development and spread of Okinawans' transnational networks
2012 - 2014 Psychological investigation of intercultural communication between domestic emigrants and local residents
2009 - 2010 ホスト社会の成員感情に着目した移民問題シミュレーションの開発
2005 - 感情知性としての共感力が異文化受容に及ぼす効果
2005 - The influence of empathy upon intercultural attitudes
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Papers (9):
Naoka MAEMURA. Exploratory investigation into “Roots Tourism ” among Okinawan emigrants: Interview-based survey at the “6th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival". Journal of Intercultural Communication. 2022. 25. 163-175
Naoka MAEMURA, Junzo KATO. Values of Okinawan Residents and Emigrants: Geographic and Generational Comparison of North America, Latin America, and Okinawa. Immigration Studies. 2018. 14. 14. 21-34
Naoka MAEMURA. Psychological Research on the Assembly of the Worldwide Okinawan Population: Analyzing the Motivation of Participation for Attending "The Fifth WorldWide Uchinanchu Festival". Journal of Intercultural Communication. 2016. 19. 19. 211-225
Naoka MAEMURA. Japanese Brazilians’ attitude toward Japan and Japanese co-workers: A case study of Company D in Hiroshima. Immigration Studies. 2012. 8. 8. 43-56
Naoka MAEMURA. Language and Empathy for Intercultural Contacts: Social psychological investigation of intercultural acceptance in Japan. Kwansei Gakuin University Graduate School of Sociology. 2010
Comparison of Adjustment Processes of Migration to Rural Areas by Motivations for Moving : An Analysis of the Adjustment Curves of Domestic Immigrants in Okinawa. 2021. 56. 4. 53-63
A Study on Okinawa Identity and Uchina Network among Okinawans : In Conjunction with Basic Analysis of the "6th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival". 2018. 14. 1-20
Naoka Maemura, Junzo Kato. Differences in intercultural adjustment between voluntary and involuntary migration: Focusing on Japanese domestic migrants living in Okinawa. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY. 2016. 51. 330-330
Junzo Kato, Yukifumi Hayashi, Naoka Maemura, Takuya Okamoto, Takehiro Fujihara. Development of Community Resources through the Multidirectional Evaluation Method : The Attractions of Okinawa as seen from Inside and Outside. Kwansei Gakuin University School of Sociology Journal. 2015. 120. 103-113
Naoka MAEMURA, Junzo KATO, Takehiro Fujihara. Social Psychological Consideration of 'Life-Style Migration'. Kwansei Gakuin University School of Sociology Journal. 2015. 120. 133-146
Push and pull factors in contemporary Japanese emigration
(XXVII International Congress of International Association Of Cross-Cultural Psychology)
A Psychological Investigation of Japanese Lifestyle Migrants Living in New Zealand
(33rd International Congress of Psychology)
The process of immigrants’ psychological adjustment in rural-oriented-migration
(The 13th Biennial Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology, Taipei 2019)
多様な他者への心理的距離と異文化志向の関連
(第52回日本社会心理学会大会 2011)
Relationship between integrative motivation and community identity.
(The 12th European Congress of Psychology (ECP), Istanbul, Turkey. 2011)