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Download full textTanaka, Haruhiko – Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, 2021
This paper aims to examine the academic significance of the concept of "ibasho" (a place or community one feels at home), which emerged from the problem of truancy in Japanese society in the 1980s. Free schools were created as "places ibasho" for truant children. In the field of youth work, group-work-based youth organizations…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Truancy, Empowerment, Inclusion
Direct linkOkinaka, Takeru; Shimazaki, Tsuneo – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2011
A reversal design was used to evaluate the effects of vocal and written prompts as well as reinforcement on safe behavior (dismounting and walking bicycles or motorcycles on a sidewalk) on a university campus. Results indicated that an intervention that consisted of vocal and written prompts and reinforcement delivered by security guards was…
Descriptors: Influences, Reinforcement, Prompting, College Students
Chiba, Yoichi; Shimada, Atsuyoshi; Yoshida, Futoshi; Keino, Hiromi; Hasegawa, Mariko; Ikari, Hiroyuki; Miyake, Shikako; Hosokawa, Masanori – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2009
Our aim was to identify risk factors for falling and establish a method to assess risk for falls in adults with intellectual disabilities. In a cross-sectional survey of 144 Japanese adults, we found that age, presence of epilepsy, and presence of paretic conditions were independent risk factors. The Tinetti balance and gait instrument was…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Suicide, At Risk Persons, Adults
Anderson, Craig A.; Shibuya, Akiko; Ihori, Nobuko; Swing, Edward L.; Bushman, Brad J.; Sakamoto, Akira; Rothstein, Hannah R.; Saleem, Muniba – Psychological Bulletin, 2010
Meta-analytic procedures were used to test the effects of violent video games on aggressive behavior, aggressive cognition, aggressive affect, physiological arousal, empathy/desensitization, and prosocial behavior. Unique features of this meta-analytic review include (a) more restrictive methodological quality inclusion criteria than in past…
Descriptors: Research Design, Antisocial Behavior, Video Games, Aggression
Hilton, Jeanne M.; Anngela-Cole, Linda; Wakita, Juri – Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 2010
Researchers in both Japan and in the United States have documented that bullying is a common and potentially damaging form of violence among children. The authors' review highlights distinct cross-cultural patterns of personal, family, peer, and school characteristics that predict gender differences in bullying and victimization. Cross-cultural…
Descriptors: Intervention, Family Violence, Cross Cultural Studies, Bullying
Nemoto, Tooru; Iwamoto, Mariko; Morris, Anne; Yokota, Fumihiko; Wada, Kiyoshi – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2007
A total of 249 Japanese nationals--tourists (n = 107), students (n = 98), and temporary workers (n = 44)--were recruited at the targeted community venues in Honolulu, Hawaii, and completed a structured survey questionnaire. Reported lifetime sexually transmitted diseases, or STDs infection (10% male and 20% female participants), and HIV infection…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Temporary Employment, Disease Control, Intervention
Oyama, Hirofumi; Fujita, Motoi; Goto, Masahiro; Shibuya, Hiroshi; Sakashita, Tomoe – Gerontologist, 2006
Purpose: In this study we evaluate outcomes of a community-based program to prevent suicide among elderly individuals aged 65 and older. Design and Methods: We used a quasi-experimental design with intervention and referent municipalities. The program included a 7-year implementation of depression screening with follow-up by general practitioners…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Prevention, Physicians
Pallos, Henrik; Yamada, Naoto; Okawa, Masako – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2005
The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of emotional disturbance among Japanese graduate students and the underlying factors of their emotional disturbance. We conducted a cross sectional survey using the Japanese version of the 30-item General Health Questionnaire at 31 graduate schools from 12 university campuses in and around…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Graduate Students, Mental Disorders, Foreign Countries
