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YATO Yuko

Department / Course College of Comprehensive Psychology Department of Comprehensive Psychology

Title / Position Professor

Other Affiliations
1.	Graduate School of Letters
2.	Kinugasa Research Organization Institute of Human Sciences
3.	Kinugasa Research Organization Research Center for Cognitive Sciences,Ritsumeikan University
4.	Graduate School of Human Science
5.	Research Organization of Open Innovation & Collaboration Center for MONODZUKURI Qualitative Research
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Academic background
1.	～2001/03/23	Doctoral Program (2nd Semester) │ Osaka University │ Completed Ph.D. (Human Sciences)
2.	～1996/03	Faculty of Human Sciences │ Osaka University │ Graduated

Business career
1.	2022/04/01 ～	Associate Fellow │ │ Ritsumeikan Advanced Research Academy (RARA)
2.	2018/10/01 ～ 2019/03/31	Visiting Professor │ │ Kyoto University
3.	2016/04/01	Professor │ College of Comprehensive Psychology │
4.	2016/02/22 ～ 2016/03/22	Visiting Scholar │ the Department of Psychology of the │ George Washington University

Research activities
1.		American Psychological Association
2.		Association for Psychological Science
3.		Japanese Society of Personality Psychology
4.		Japanese Epidemiological Association
5.		JAPANESE SOCIETY OF PUBLIC HEALTH
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Subject of research
1.	longitudinal study on child development, caregiver-child interaction, children's writing and drawing activities analyzed by the digital pen

Research summary
Children's social abilities, scientific evidence-based transdisciplinary research for child support My research focuses on children’s development in interaction with their environment, including parents, family, community, and culture. Currently, I am expanding my research area and trying new methods by conducting comparative research with other cultures, such as America and France, and carrying out research on behavior development using physiological measures and behavioral measurement equipment, in addition to establishing collaborations with clinical practice.

Present specialized field
Educational Psychology (Keyword：Comparative and developmental psychology)

Books
1.	2023/03/30	Parenting and Education in Contemporary China: Challenges and Future Prospects from the Perspective of Developmental Psychology
2.	2017/03	Studies for Inclusive Society 17 New Developments in Human Services: Theories, Methods and Institutions

Papers
1.	2025/03	Long-Term Research on Biting and Scratching Behavior in the Nursery School │ Japanese Journal of Research and Practice on Child Rearing │
2.	2024/10/31	Building Childcare and Work Support for Women Based on Scientific Evidence from the Perspective of Families in East Asia │ Journal of the Asia-Japan Research Institute of Ritsumeikan University │ 6,pp.118-127
3.	2024/10/31	The impact of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on Mothers' Quality of Life: A longitudinal Analysis of Ibaraki Cohort Project │ Journal of the Asia‐Japan Research Institute of Ritsumeikan University │ 6,pp.51-64
4.	2024/08/30	Development of Child-rearing Support Measures in a Society with Declining Birthrates: Social Implementation of a Child-rearing Seminar to Reduce Parenting Stress and Improve the Quality of Parent-child Interactions │ Ritsumeikan Annual Review of Asia-Japan Research │ (5),pp.67-71
5.	2023	Initial Challenges and protective factors for the QOL of mothers with young children during COVID-19: in Japan and in China │ Journal of the Asia-Japan Research Institute of Ritsumeikan University │ 5,pp.66-83
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2024/07/26	Influence of Temperament Development on Emotional and Behavioral Development from Infancy to toddler
2.	2024/07/25	Exploring the Correlation Between Mothers' Parenting Experiences and Salivary Indicators
3.	2024/07/09	Relationship between Mothers' Interaction Style and Infants’ Attention to Facial Expressions of Emotion
4.	2023/11/11	A review of care and education program that supports diversity and individual initiatives of children with ASD: Focusing on cheering in the context in group activities.
5.	2023/08/18	Postpartum Childcare and Work Support for Asian Women in a Society with Declining Birthrates
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Other research achievements
1.	2023/09/30 ～ 2023/09/30	The 36th annual meeting of Japanese Society of Human Science of Health-Socilal Services
2.	2023/04/17 ～	Gentosha Gold Online
3.	2023/02/25 ～ 2023/02/25	Diversity of Postpartum Childcare Support among East Asian Women and Its Impact on Maternal and Child Well-Being
4.	2022/05/20 ～ 2022/05/20	Sustainable Development Goals and Psychology: Developmental psychology, social psychology, behavior change (立命館大学　大阪いばらきキャンパス)
5.	2022/03/18 ～ 2022/03/18	International Symposium by Cross-Culture Psychologists from Asia Cross-Cultural Adaptation for Asian People: Challenges and Self-Growth (online)
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Works
1.	2023/12/31	Postpartum Childcare and Work Support for Asian Women in a Society with Declining Birthrates (Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)
2.	2023/12/28	Interaction Rating Scale: Evaluating caregiver–child relationships through observable behaviors (Genius Hive Pre-school)
3.	2023/12/07	Exploring factors nourishing happy and resilient children in Thailand (Ritsumeikan University, Osaka, Japan)
4.	2023/12/07	Happy Parents, Happy Kids: Parent Education Process in Promoting Preschoolers' Emotional Well-being (Ritsumeikan University, Osaka, Japan)
5.	2023/11/25	The Lived Experience of Couples in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic (Ritsumeikan University, Osaka, Japan)
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Winning science prize
1.	2024/03/12	Asia-Japan Research Institute, Ritsumeikan University Best Article Award for AJI Journal of 2023 (Gold). (Initial Challenges and Protective Factors for the QOL of Mothers with Young Children during COVID-19: Japan and China)
2.	2019	Wiley TOP DOWNLOADED PAPER 2018-2019 (d2-R test for Japanese adolescents: Concurrent validity with the attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder rating scale)
3.	2016/09	Japan Society of Developmental Psychology JSDP Award:　Keynote for The British Psychological Society, Developmental Section & Social Section Annual Conference (Interaction Rating Scale: Evaluating caregiver–child relationships through observable behaviours.)

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research -KAKENHI-
1.	2020/04/01 ～ 2024/03/31	A Longitudinal Study of Social Relationships between Parents and Children from the Prenatal Period: Toward Proposals for Child Rearing Support Policies │ Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)
2.	2008 ～ 2011	Children's drawings analyzed by the digital pen │ Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Activity in society
1.	2023/03/07 ～	Dialogues at RARA Commons vol.2 Norihiro Sadato x Yuko Yato

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