YOSINORI SUGIURA

Last Updated :2024/05/16

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Associate Professor
Web Site
Self-introduction
Psychopathology and Mindfulness. Well-Being. Animation and Comics.

Basic Information

Academic Degrees

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Education, The University of Tokyo
  • Master of Education, The University of Tokyo
  • Bachelor of Education, The University of Tokyo

Educational Activity

  • [Bachelor Degree Program] School of Integrated Arts and Sciences : Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences : Integrated Arts and Sciences
  • [Master's Program] Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences : Division of Humanities and Social Sciences : Integrated Arts and Human Sciences Program
  • [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences : Division of Humanities and Social Sciences : Integrated Arts and Human Sciences Program

Research Fields

  • Social sciences;Psychology;Clinicapl s ychology

Research Keywords

  • Mindfulness
  • Psychopathology
  • criminal psychology

Affiliated Academic Societies

  • Japanese Society of Anxiety and Related Disorders(JSARD)
  • JABT
  • JACT

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Theories of Behavioral Sciences
  2. 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Mental Health
  3. 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 4Term, Mental Health
  4. 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Introduction to Psychology A
  5. 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Introduction to Psychology B
  6. 2024, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Fundamental Laboratory Work in Behavioral Sciences
  7. 2024, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Experimental Methods in Behavioral Sciences
  8. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Theory of Personality
  9. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Practicum in Behavioral Sciences
  10. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Seminar on Original TextsIn Behavioral Science
  11. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Advanced Seminar on Original TextsIn Behavioral Science
  12. 2024, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Laboratory Work in Psychology B
  13. 2024, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Experimental Methods in Psychology B
  14. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Experimental Methods in Psychology C
  15. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Experimental Methods in Psychology D
  16. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Laboratory Work in Psychology C
  17. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Laboratory Work in Psychology D
  18. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Special Lecture of Humanities and Social Sciences(Japanese Class) Students enrolled before AY 2023
  19. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Special Lecture of Humanities and Social Sciences(Program for Law Practice Professionals) Students enrolled before AY 2023
  20. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Special Lecture of Humanities and Social Sciences(Japanese Class)Students enrolling in AY 2024 or later
  21. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Theories of Adaptive Behavior

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. ★, Longitudinal Relationships Between Anxiety, Depression, Repetitive Negative Thinking and Headache Among Non-clinical Students After One Week and One Month, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE THERAPY, 16(2), 237-265, 202306
  2. ★, Consumption Aversion in Japanese Students: Factor Structure and Correlations with Well-being, PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES, 68(2), 256-271, 202306
  3. ★, Relation between daydreaming and well-being: Moderating effects of otaku contents and mindfulness, Journal of Happiness Studies, 20190506
  4. ★, Mindfulness as a Moderator in the Relation Between Income and Psychological Well-Being, FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, 9, 20180813
  5. The Looming Maladaptive Style Questionnaire: Measurement invariance and relations to anxiety and depression across 10 countries, JOURNAL OF ANXIETY DISORDERS, 49, 1-11, 20170314
  6. Relationships Between Refraining From Catastrophic Thinking, Repetitive Negative Thinking, and Psychological Distress, PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS, 119(2), 374-394, 20160810
  7. ★, Emotional intensity reduces later generalized anxiety disorder symptoms when fear of anxiety and negative problem-solving appraisal are low, BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH AND THERAPY, 71, 27-33, 20150815
  8. Socially anxious individuals with low working memory capacity could not inhibit the goal-irrelevant information, FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE, 7, 20131206
  9. The Dual Effects of Critical Thinking Disposition on Worry, PLOS ONE, 8(11), 20131120
  10. Repeated short presentations of morphed facial expressions change recognition and evaluation of facial expressions, PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH-PSYCHOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG, 77(6), 698-707, 20131113
  11. Development of a Japanese Version of the Anxiety Control Questionnaire, Japanese journal of behavior therapy, 39(3), 145-154, 20130930
  12. RELATIONSHIPS AMONG REFRAINING FROM CATASTROPHIC THINKING, WORRYING, AND METACOGNITIVE BELIEFS, PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS, 113(1), 1-14, 20130813
  13. Impaired Attentional Disengagement from Stimuli Matching the Contents of Working Memory in Social Anxiety, PLOS ONE, 7(10), 20121012
  14. High Visual Working Memory Capacity in Trait Social Anxiety, PLOS ONE, 7(4), 20120409
  15. Psychopathy and looming cognitive style: Moderation by attentional control, PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES, 52(3), 317-322, 20120212
  16. Consciousness and unconsciousness in clinical and educational psychology through the lens of mindfulness, 49, 20100301
  17. Validation of the Japanese Version of the Primary and Secondary Psychopathy Scales, The Japanese journal of personality, 16(1), 117-120, 20070920
  18. Responsibility to continue thinking and worrying: Evidence of incremental validity, Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45(7), 1619-1628, 20070701
  19. Psychopathic traits and cardiovascular responses to emotional stimuli, Personality and Individual Differences, 42(7), 1391-1402, 20070501
  20. Active and uncontrollable process of worry-Analysis of the open-ended semi-structured questionnaire data, Studies in humanities. Human sciences, 39, 49-64, 20050315
  21. Relation Between Daydreaming and Well-Being: Moderating Effects of Otaku Contents and Mindfulness, JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS STUDIES, 21(4), 1199-1223, 202004
  22. Koike, H., Tsuchiyagaito, A., Hirano, Y., Oshima, F., Asano, K., Sugiura, Y., ... & Nakagawa, A. (2020). Reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Revised (OCI-R). Current Psychology, 39(1), 89-95., CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY, 39(1), 89-95, 202002
  23. Well-Being and Generalized Anxiety in Japanese Undergraduates: A Prospective Cohort Study, JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS STUDIES, 19(3), 917-937, 201803
  24. Metacognitive, emotional, and avoidance predictors of generalized anxiety disorder, Psychology, 8, 636-653, 201703
  25. Attention Moderates the Relationship Between Primary Psychopathy and Affective Empathy in Undergraduate Students, PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS, 119(3), 608-629, 201612
  26. ★, Common Factors of Meditation, Focusing, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Longitudinal Relation of Self-Report Measures to Worry, Depressive, and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms Among Nonclinical Students, MINDFULNESS, 6(3), 610-623, 201506
  27. Being critical of happiness studies, 21(2), 99-101, 201402
  28. Development of Japanese version of the Repetitive Thinking Questionnaire, 21(2), 65-71, 201402
  29. Development and Validation of the Japanese Version of the Short Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale, 5(2), 179-187, 201208
  30. Development and Validation of the Japanese Version of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire, MINDFULNESS, 3(2), 85-94, 201206
  31. The Effect of Mindfulness Meditation for Worry : Examination of meditational variables, 4(1), 46-56, 201104
  32. Detailed course of depressive symptoms and risk for developing depression in late adolescents with subthreshold depression: a cohort study, NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASE AND TREATMENT, 13, 25-33, 2017
  33. Metacognitive mediation of the psychotherapeutic effects: the role of detached mindfulness and attentional underpinning, 50(3), 328-340, 2007
  34. Coping Strategies Related to the Uncontrollability of Thoughts:Information Avoidance, Information Seeking, Solution Generation, and Worry, The Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology, 49(2), 186-197, 2001

Publications such as books

  1. 2018/04, Sugiura, T., & Sugiura, Y. (2018). Cognitive decentering and eating disorder symptoms: The mediating role of thinking errors. In L. Brewer (Ed.) Meditation: Practices, Techniques and Health Benefits (pp. 161-184). New York: Nova Science Publishers., Sugiura, T., & Sugiura, Y. (2018). Cognitive decentering and eating disorder symptoms: The mediating role of thinking errors. In L. Brewer (Ed.) Meditation: Practices, Techniques and Health Benefits (pp. 161-184). New York: Nova Science Publishers., Nova Science Publishers., 2018, 201804, Scholarly Book, Joint work, Sugiura, T., & Sugiura, Y.
  2. 2016/08, Sugiura, Y., & Sugiura, T. (2016). A multi-dimensional scale to measure strategies for solving personal problems: validation and outcomes. In K Newton (Ed.), Problem-solving: Strategies, Challenges and Outcomes (Chapter 7). New York: Nova Science Publishers. in press, Sugiura, Y., & Sugiura, T. (2016). A multi-dimensional scale to measure strategies for solving personal problems: validation and outcomes. In K Newton (Ed.), Problem-solving: Strategies, Challenges and Outcomes (Chapter 7). New York: Nova Science Publishers., 2016, 201608, Scholarly Book, Joint work, 133-154
  3. 2015/04, 全般性不安症,不安症の辞典,日本評論社.pp. 46-49., 日本評論社, 2015/04, Dictionary/Encyclopedia, Joint work
  4. 2012/10, Cognitive self-regulation skills and the big five personality traits: A joint factor analysis. In B. O. Hunter & T. J. Romero (Eds.), Psychology of Threat. , 2012, 10, Scholarly Book, Joint work
  5. 2008/08, Negative life events and obsessive-compulsive symptoms: Moderating role of obsessive beliefs. T. P. S. Oei & C. S. Tang (Eds.), Current research & practices on cognitive behavior therapy in Asia, 2008, 08, Scholarly Book, Cocompilation, 12
  6. 2018, Tanaka, K., & Sugiura, Y. (2018). Concentrative meditation as a first step of mindfulness: The effects on worry, dispositional mindfulness, decentering, and attention. In L. Brewer (Ed.) Meditation: Practices, Techniques and Health Benefits (pp. 135-160). New York: Nova Science Publishers., Tanaka, K., & Sugiura, Y. (2018). Concentrative meditation as a first step of mindfulness: The effects on worry, dispositional mindfulness, decentering, and attention. In L. Brewer (Ed.) Meditation: Practices, Techniques and Health Benefits (pp. 135-160). New York: Nova Science Publishers., Nova Science Publishers, 2018, 201804, Scholarly Book, Joint work, Tanaka, K., & Sugiura, Y.
  7. 2017, The effects of cognitive decentering on depression: Multiple cognitive vulnerabilities as mediators . In B. Muireadhach & G. Colin (Eds.) Mindfulness: Past, Present and Future Perspectives, The effects of cognitive decentering on depression: Multiple cognitive vulnerabilities as mediators . In B. Muireadhach & G. Colin (Eds.) Mindfulness: Past, Present and Future Perspectives, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2017, 2017, Scholarly Book, Joint work
  8. 2017, Adaptive functions of experiencing relationships with depression, the big five, and coping styles. In A. M. Columbus (Ed.), Advances in Psychology Research. Volume 121, Adaptive functions of experiencing relationships with depression, the big five, and coping styles. In A. M. Columbus (Ed.), Advances in Psychology Research. Volume 121, 2017, 1stQ, Scholarly Book, Joint work, english
  9. 2015, Sugiura, Y., Sasaki, J., Sugiura, T., Ito, A., & Tanno, Y. (2015). Appraisals and control strategies for intrusive thoughts of failure, dirt, and aggression (pp. 103-116). In A. M. Columbus (Ed.), Advances in Psychology Research, Volume 102., Nova Science Publishers, 2015, Scholarly Book, Joint work
  10. 2014, Cognitive decentering: Relation to constructs from cognitive behavioral therapy and positive psychology nova science publishers. In K. Murata-Soraci (Ed.) Psychology of mindfulness (pp 45-68), Nova Science Publishers, 2014, Scholarly Book, Joint work, Sugiura, T., & Sugiura, Y.

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Tamura, A., Suzue, S., & Sugiura, Y. (2018, 20 July). Mediating effect of optimism for the relationship between psychopathy and risk-taking behaviors. European Conference on Personality. Zadar, Croatia., Tamura, A., Suzue, S., & Sugiura, Y. (2018, 20 July)., European Conference on Personality. Zadar, Croatia., 2018/07/20, Without Invitation, English
  2. Psychopathic trait and altered risk perception: Role of looming vulnerability and attentional control, BABCP 2009 Conference, 2009/07/01
  3. The effect of brief well-being therapy: Focusing on cognitive distortion., Masunaga, K., Ogata, A., & Sugiura, Y, International Convention of Psychological Science, 2019/03, Without Invitation, English, Paris, France
  4. How and when mindfulness works: attention as a mediator/moderator. In F. Koshikawa (Chair), Mechanism of the effects of mindfulness-based practice: attention and acceptance as a mediator of intervention outcomes., Invited Symposium at the 31st International Congress of Psychology, 29 July, Yokohama, Japan., 2016/07, With Invitation, English
  5. Imagining disasters, and beyond (Discussant). In F. Yamaguchi (Chair), Decision making in an uncertain future: Fukushima reconstruction., Contributed Symposium at the 31st International Congress of Psychology, 2016/07, Without Invitation, English
  6. Tamura, A., & Sugiura, Y. (2017, 25 July). Psychopathy, self-control, and life satisfaction. International Society for the Study of Individual Differences Meeting, Warsaw, Poland., Tamura, A., & Sugiura, Y., Tamura, A.,, Tamura, A., & Sugiura, Y. (2017, 25 July). Psychopathy, self-control, and life satisfaction. International Society for the Study of Individual Differences Meeting, Warsaw, Poland., 2017, Without Invitation, English
  7. Tamura, A., & Sugiura, Y. (2017, 23 May). Two distinctive cognitive mechanisms of reactive aggression in psychopathic traits. The 7 th Biennial Meeting of the Scientific Study of Psychopathy, Antwerp, Belgium., Tamura, A., & Sugiura, Y., Tamura, A.,, Tamura, A., & Sugiura, Y. (2017, 23 May). Two distinctive cognitive mechanisms of reactive aggression in psychopathic traits. The 7 th Biennial Meeting of the Scientific Study of Psychopathy, Antwerp, Belgium., 2017, Without Invitation, English
  8. Masunaga, K., Sugiura, Y., & Ogata, A. (2017). The moderating effect by well-being and gratitude of the relationships between negative meta-cognitive beliefs and anxiety/depression in Japan. Poster session presented at 9th International Congress of Cognitive Psychotherapy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania., Masunaga, K., Sugiura, Y., & Ogata, A., Masunaga, K., & Ogata, A, Masunaga, K., Sugiura, Y., & Ogata, A. (2017). The moderating effect by well-being and gratitude of the relationships between negative meta-cognitive beliefs and anxiety/depression in Japan. Poster session presented at 9th International Congress of Cognitive Psychotherapy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania., 2017, Without Invitation, English
  9. Tamura, A., & Sugiura, Y. (2016, 25 July). Executive function moderates the reiationship between psychopathy and cognitive empathy. 31st International Congress of Psychology, Yokohama, Japan, 2016, Without Invitation, English
  10. 田村紋女・杉浦義典 (2016). サイコパシーと攻撃性の関連に及ぼす共感性と注意の影響 日本社会心理学会第57回大会, 関西学院大学, 兵庫, 9月18日, 2016, Without Invitation, Japanese
  11. Sunada, Y., Koda, M., Ito, Y., & Sugiura, Y. (2016, 26 July). Developing a measure of sluggish cognitive tempo for adult: discrimination from depression. Poster session presented at The 31st International Congress of Psychology 2016, Yokohama, Japan., 2016, Without Invitation, English
  12. Sunada, Y., Koda, M., Ito, Y., & Sugiura, Y. (2016, 24 June). The effect of amount of mindfulness meditation practice on Sluggish Cognitive Tempo and ADHD. Poster session presented at the 8th World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 2016, Melbourne, Australia., 2016, Without Invitation, English
  13. Mukai, H., & Sugiura, Y. (2016, 25 July). The interaction between positive metacognitive beliefs about worry and attentional control predicts problem-solving style. Poster session presented at 31st International Congress of Psychology, Yokohama, Japan., 2016, Without Invitation, English
  14. Mukai, H., & Sugiura, Y. (2016, 23 June). The moderate effect by trait anxiety on relationships between positive metacognitive beliefs about worry and Problem-Solving. Poster session presented at 8th World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies, Melbourne, Australia., 2016, Without Invitation, English
  15. Tamura, A., Takata, K., Sugiura, Y., Moriya, J., Takebayashi, Y., & Tanaka, K. (2013, 24th, July). Moderation of the relationship between psychopathy and empathy by attention. (PO2-6) Poster presented at International Society for the Study of Individual Differences Meeting 2013, Barcelona, Spain., 2013, Without Invitation, English
  16. Relationship between Attentional Orienting and Dispositional Mindfulness: Moderation by Alerting, Tanaka, K., Sugiura, Y., The International Society for the Study of Individual Differences Meeting 2013, 2013, Without Invitation, English
  17. The problems on therapeutic approach of cognitive behavioral therapy for bipolar disorder: Through the perspective of component of treatment., Yokomitsu, K., Koda, M., Takebayashi, Y., Tanaka, K. & Sugiura, Y., 2012, Without Invitation, Japanese
  18. Responsibility to continue thinking and refraining from catastrophic thinking: New metacognitive dimensions to predict worrying, Sugiura, Y., Sugiura, T., & Tanno, Y., Sugiura, Y., Sugiura, T., & Tanno, Y., the World Congress of Behaviour and Cognitive Therapies 2007, 2007, Without Invitation, English, Barcelona, Spain.

Social Activities

Organizing Academic Conferences, etc.

  1. 2017/12, 2018/12

History as Peer Reviews of Academic Papers

  1. 2018, Mindfulness, Others, 1
  2. 2018, Journal of Personality Assessment, Others, 1
  3. 2019, Journal of Happiness Studies, Others
  4. 2019, Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, Others
  5. 2019, Japanese Psychological Research, Others, 3
  6. 2019, Geriatrics & Gerontology International, Others
  7. 2019, Frontiers in Psychology, Others
  8. 2020, Australian Journal of Psychology, Others, 1
  9. 2021, Journal of Affective Disorders, Others, 1