OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Japanese Psychological Research is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Issue Information ‐ PI	23
Announcement	20
Does Mental Simulation Decrease the Empathy Gap in Help‐Seeking?	15
Replicating Camera Perspective Bias in the Japanese Justice System	11
Editorial: Culture and Health	10
Harmony and Aversion in the Face of a Pandemic¹	10
Exploring the Narrative of an Early Childhood Education and Care Teacher from the Perspective of Polyphonic Time¹	9
Generalized Trust Rather than Perception of Relational Mobility Correlates with Nominating Close Friends in a Social Network¹	9
Influence of Implicit Attitudes Toward Infants on the Perception of Infant Cuteness	8
Effects of Pathogen‐Avoidance Tendency on Infection‐Prevention Behaviors and Exclusionary Attitudes toward Foreigners: A Longitudinal Study of the COVID‐19 Outbreak in Japan¹	8
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How Do People Disclose Their Mild‐To‐Moderate Hearing Loss?¹^,²	6
Dohsa‐hou Relaxation Enhances Cardiac Parasympathetic Activity Assessed by Analysis of Heart Rate Variability	6
The Relation between Motivation and Goal Attainment: A Correlational Meta‐Analysis	6
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Development of the Japanese Version of the Short Scale of Creative Self^{1, 2}	5
Determinants of Interdependent Happiness Focusing on the Role of Social Capital: Empirical Insight From Japan¹	5
Does Video Game Play Elevate Suicide Risk? A Cross‐sectional Study of Japanese Young Adults¹,²	5
Good Children Do Not Always Do Good Behavior: Moral Licensing Effects in Preschoolers^1, 2, 3	5
Cognitive Complexity Training Reduced Gender Harassment in a Small Japanese Company^{1, 2}	5
Psychometric Examination of the Japanese Version of the Emotion Beliefs Questionnaire¹²³⁴	5
Does Male Gender Role Conflict Inhibit Help‐Seeking?¹	4
Conformity‐Based Out‐Group Aggression: Does an In‐Group Audience Intensify Out‐Group Aggression as a Result of Conformity?	4
Further Evidence for the Role of Felt Understanding in Intergroup Relations: Japanese and Chinese Relations in Japan¹	4
Perceptual Discrepancies of Body Sizes in Japanese Female College Students: Using a 3‐D Silhouette Scale	4

Episodic Future Thinking Reduces Delay Discounting of Gains and Losses: The Role of Regulatory Focus	4
Japanese Psychological Research	4
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Procrastination and Precrastination from the Perspective of Self‐Control	3
Culture and Stress Coping: Cultural Variations in the Endorsement of Primary and Secondary Control Coping for Daily Stress Across European Canadians, East Asian Canadians, and the Japanese	3
What is the Most Helpful Body‐Scan Posture for People with Attention‐Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Tendency?	3
The Interdependence of Extraversion: Personality Differences in Utilizing Social Capital and Interdependent Happiness	3
Mothers' Influence on the Body Dissatisfaction and Weight Loss Behaviors of their Preschool‐ to Junior‐High‐School‐Level Daughters: The Case of Japan	2
Is School Absenteeism a Spectrum? Development and Validation of Japanese Futoko Spectrum Quotient (FSQ)¹	2
Issue Information ‐ PI	2
Perceptual Narrowing in Face Processing: Reviewing the Factors Influencing its Onset and Offset	2
What Makes a Movement Human‐Like?	2
Development and Initial Validation of the Death Attitudes in Relationships Scale	2
Development of the Japanese Version of the Mindful Eating Scale (MES)	2
Awareness and Acceptance in Anxiety‐Provoking Social Situations and Social Anxiety: Development and Initial Validation of the Social Anxiety‐Awareness and Acceptance Scale^{1, 2}	2
Pluralistic Ignorance did not Prevent Paternity Leave in Japan in December 2021: A Replication Study	2
Development of the Japanese Version of the Original and Short Work Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation Scale	2
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Stability of Assessment Using Creativity‐Related Indices	2
The Moderating Role of Inhibition on Irrelevant Emotional Information in the Relation of Cognitive Reappraisal and Affect Balance: Evidence from a Negative Affective Priming Task	2
What Kind of Paintings Inspire Children when Viewing Art?	2
Relationship Between Teachers' Interpersonal Behavior and Students' Motivation to Form and Maintain Relationships with Their Teachers	2
Affective Priming Effects by Task‐Relevant and Task‐Irrelevant Emotional Pictures: An ERP Study	2
Relationship Between the Words of Prayer, Psychological Well‐being, and Sense of Coherence	2
Editorial: Studies of Face and Body	2
Announcement	2
Development of the Japanese Version of the Beliefs about Emotions Scale¹	2
Behind the Mask: Analyzing the Dual Influence of Social Norms on Pandemic Behavior in Japan¹	1
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is Effective in Reducing Strong Opioid Use in a Patient with Chronic Pain after Spinal Cord Injury: A Case Study	1
Structure of Disaster Preparedness Motivation and Its Relationship with Disaster Preparedness Behaviors	1
Issue Information	1
An Experimental Comparison of Two Emotion‐Induction Methods and the Role of Emotion in Applying Decision Rules	1
Culture and Health: Recent Developments and Future Directions¹	1
The Influence of Emotional Facial Expression Intensity on Decoding Accuracy: High Intensity Does Not Yield High Accuracy	1
Examination of Cross‐National and Gender Differences in Rumination and Its Association with Depression: A Cross‐Sectional Comparison Between Residents of the United Kingdom and Japan	1
Japanese Psychological Research	1
Are Overconfidence and the Accurate Calibration of Performance Mutually Incompatible?¹	1
The Effect of Episodic Future Thinking on Learning Intention: Focusing on English Learning Goal‐Relevant Future Thinking in University Students	1
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The Relationship Between Cognition of Lying and the Previous Day's Lies	1
Issue Information ‐ PI	1
Individuality of Narratives Generated by Individuals: An Investigation Using Four‐Panel Comics	1
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Homework and Teacher: Relationships Between Elementary School Teachers' Beliefs in Homework and Homework Assignments¹	1
The Effect of Coaches' Interpersonal Style Profiles on Young Athletes' Motivation and Sport Commitment	1
Grateful Liars Gain Reliance in Reciprocal Relationships: Exploring the Potential Role of Gratitude in Mitigating the Impact of Lying	1
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Relationship Between School Avoidance Motivation and Absentee Behavior in the Transition to Futoko	1
Relationship Between Self‐Compassion and Turnover Intention Among Early Career Nurses in Japan¹	1
Challenges Marriage‐Hunting People Face: Competition and Excessive Analysis¹	1

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The Roles of Okurigana and Lexical Context in Reading Kanji Words with Kun‐Reading and Their Relationship to Reading Amount	1
Effects of Mobile App‐Based Positive Psychology Intervention for Well‐being	1
Announcement	1
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the Transdiagnostic Treatment of a Breast Cancer Survivor: A Case Study¹	1
Possible Futures for the Psychological Network Approach: Agenda for Clinical Scientists	1
Cross‐Cultural Investigation in Differential Perceptions of Externalizing Symptoms	1
Changes in Children's Episodic Narratives Through Long‐Term Repeated Recall: Longitudinal Case Studies¹	1
An Empirical Study of the Actual Conditions, Current Attitudes, and Psychological Outcomes of Tattooing Among Japanese People	1
Japanese Version of the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory: Translation and Validation¹	1
Effects of Cultural Intelligence on Perceived Stress Among the Japanese Overseas Workers	1
Issue Information ‐ PI	1
Spontaneous Interpersonal Coordination in Stepping and Autistic‐Like Traits¹	1
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Do Physical Attractiveness and Personality Traits Predict Romantic Partner Evaluations? A Speed‐Dating Study in Japan¹^,²	1
Male and Female Laboratory Rats Equally Acquire Running‐Based Flavor‐Aversion Learning¹	1
The Association of Health Status and Employment Status for each Occupation: Results from a Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions in Japan¹	1
Assessment of Construct Validity of Recovery Measures through Theoretical Formulations as Applied to Cardiovascular Parameters	1
A Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS‐42) Study on the Mental Health Conditions of Japanese Employees	1
Do Grateful People Protect Their Benefactors at the Expense of Other People? Implications From Loss‐Framed Welfare Tradeoff Ratios	1
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Measurement Invariance of Working Memory Factors Across Younger and Older Adults¹^,²^,³	1
Mental State Attribution Mediates Exogenous Orienting of Attention Triggered by Gaze Cues, but not Other Social Cues	1
Gender Differences in Help‐Seeking: A Meta‐analysis of Japanese Studies, Including Unreported Data¹	1
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Development of a Japanese Version of the Creative Mindset Scale (CMS) Using Item Response Theory	1
Longitudinal Study on the Relationships between Organizational Factors and Autonomous and Controlled Motivation among Older Japanese Bridge Employees¹	1
Effects of Landmark Availability on Japanese Speakers' Preferences for Spatial Frames of Reference	0
The Process of Thinking During the Care Work of Care Workers¹	0
The Effect of a Defusion Exercise Including a Hierarchical Procedure on Depressive Rumination	0
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A Double‐Edged Sword: Protective and Harmful Effects of International Students' Group Identification¹	0
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The Relationship Between Fear of Isolation and Thinking Ability about Social Issues¹	0
Exploring Effective Intervention Strategies for Depression as a Complex System: Targeted Interventions Through Network Simulations	0
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Development and Validation of the Japanese Version of the Langer Mindfulness Scale	0
Inferred Social Expectations are Linked to Prosocial Effort in Teamwork in Japan but not in the United States¹	0
Impact Bias in Regret: Comparisons Between Within‐Subjects and Between‐Subjects Designs, Kokaishita and Kuyashi, and the Presence and Absence of Reward¹^,²	0
Testing the Mediating Role of Zero‐Sum Beliefs in the Effect of Resource Scarcity on Out‐Group Exclusion/Un‐inclusion	0
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How Can Near‐Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) Help Understanding of the Psychotherapy Process? A Scoping Review of Therapeutic Interactions	0
Cultural Generalizability of the False Signaling Theory: A Replication Study Using a Japanese Sample	0
Identifying the Central Components of Perceived Costs and Benefits of Helping Peers with Depression: A Psychological Network Analysis Using Japanese Undergraduate Samples¹^,²	0
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Japanese Psychological Research	0
A Unique Variance in Future Motivation for Observed Active Behaviors on Positive Class Participation Beyond the Effect of Current Motivation	0
Japanese Psychological Research	0
Achievement Goal Impacts Students' Preferences for “Personalized Problems” in Computer‐Adaptive Tests	0
Editorial: Psychological Science of Interoception	0
Unraveling the Connection Between Emotional Intelligence and Moral Development in Undergraduate Students of Dhaka City	0
Seeking Harmony Rather Than Efficiency: The Effect of Self‐Construal on Social Compensation¹	0
Facial Mimicry in Unstructured Dyadic Interactions: A Cross‐Cultural Study	0
Relationship Between Depression and Suicide Attempts: The Moderating Effect of Social Network	0
The Emotional Nature of Malicious and Benign Envy: Separate Measurements for Emotion and Motivation	0
Development of a Scale to Measure Tolerance Toward Diverse Others¹	0
Cultural Differences in Self‐Rated Health: The Role of Influence and Adjustment	0
The Saliency of Attachment, Affiliation, and Caregiving Functions in Japanese Young Adults' Relationships with their Mothers and Friends	0
Stress Mindset and University Students' Mental Health in Japan During the COVID‐19 Pandemic: A Mediating Model¹^,²	0
Negative Mood Regulation Expectancies Moderate the Effects of Acculturative Stress on Affective Symptoms Among Chinese International Students in Japan	0
Exploring the Utility of a Machine Learning Approach with Mobile‐Based Cognitive Function Tasks for Detecting Depression	0
Psychometric Validation of the Japanese Version of the Child and Adolescent Social Support Scale (CASSS) in Early Adolescents¹^,²	0
The Cultural Variance Model of Organizational Shame and its Implications on Health and Well‐Being¹	0
Cross‐Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of the Japanese Version of the Attitudes toward Singlehood Scale^1,2,3,4	0
Test of the Serotonin Transporter Gene × Early Life Stress Interaction Effect on Subjective Well‐Being and Loneliness Among Japanese Young Adults	0
Effects of Perceived Autonomy Support on Academic Achievement and Motivation Among Higher Education Students: A Meta‐Analysis	0
Why and Under What Conditions Does Loss Aversion Emerge?¹	0
Validation of the Japanese Version of the Modest Behavior Scale for Adults and Age and Gender Differences	0
Different Effects of Attachment Anxiety and Avoidance on Attention to Changing Facial Expressions	0
Examination of the Japanese version of the Fear of COVID‐19 Scale among Adults Using Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory¹^,²	0
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Does Cooperation with Others Reduce Risky Gambling Behavior?¹	0
Prior Running, as Well as Swimming, Hinders Swimming‐Based Taste Aversion Learning in Rats	0
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The Ebb and Flow of Morality: The Role of Purity in the Public Perceptions of Fukushima's Processed Water Release	0
Japanese Clinical Psychologists' Consensus Beliefs about Mental Health: A Mixed‐Methods Approach	0
Validation of the Japanese Version of the Modified Balanced Time Perspective Scale: Factor Structure, Reliability, and Validity Results¹	0
High Self‐Deceivers Internalize Self‐Presentation of Extraversion Through Biased Evaluation of Their Performance¹	0

Association of Personal Values in Adolescence with Subjective Health Status, Meaning in Life, and Life Satisfaction in Adulthood: A Cross‐sectional Study with Retrospective Recall¹	0
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Haptic Sensations Modulate Judgment of Words that Elicit Self‐referent Memory	0
Development of the Engagement with Beauty Scale‐Revised, Japanese Version (EBS‐R‐J), and Confirmation of its Validity and Reliability	0
The Relative Effectiveness of Positive and Negative Gossip in Promoting Prosocial Giving: The Examination of the Valence of Gossip Content and Reputational Consequences	0
Changes in Social Relationships after Participation in a Group Intervention for Japanese Patients with Cancer: A Qualitative Study	0
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Social Comparison Concerns and Competitive Attitudes of North Korean Refugees and South Koreans: Measurement Invariance and Latent Mean Differences¹	0
Roles of Moral Foundations and Empathic Concern on Rights of Public Decision‐Making for Geological Disposal Facilities: Why is it Self‐evident that “the Concerned Party should be the D	0
A Novel Research Tool for Studying Human Associative Learning: Role‐Playing Game Tasks^1,2	0
Conversational Agent Dynamics with Minority Opinion and Cognitive Conflict in Small‐Group Decision‐Making	0
Editorial: Motivation for the Future	0
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Longitudinal Study on Development of Coping Strategies for Early Childhood Conflicts Regarding Object Possession and Related Factors	0
Career Outcome Expectations of Chinese Medical Students: A Short‐Term Longitudinal Study¹	0
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Objective and Subjective Sleep Characteristics of Japanese University Students: Analysis Using Questionnaires and Wearable Trackers	0
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Is Differentiated Support Under Servant Leadership Acceptable?	0
Precarious Lives Predict Culturally Deviant Psychologies: Extending the Psychology of Marginalization From Japan to the US	0
Announcement	0
Spatial Migration Experience and Turnover Intention: Empirical Evidence from Japan	0
The Development of a Japanese Version of the State Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire	0
The Validity of the Salivary Cortisol Analysis Method Using the Cube Reader in Japanese University Students	0
Development of the Multidimensional Workaholism Scale (MWS) Japanese Edition and Examination of its Convergent, Discriminant, and Incremental Validity	0
An Exploratory Study of Cultural Differences in Behavior and Intentions in Workplace Apologies: With the Perspective of Responsibility	0
Pathogen Avoidance and Outgroup Avoidance During the First Wave of the COVID‐19 Pandemic	0
Holistic Processing of Recognition Memory for Face Identity: Evidence from a Face Morphing Paradigm	0
Serotonin Receptor (HTR2A) Gene Polymorphism Modulates Social Sharing of Happiness in Both American and Japanese Adults	0
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Treatment of Cognitive Behavior Therapy for the Locus of Control with Internet Gaming Addiction Problem	0
Infant Faces Induce Behavioral Approach Tendencies: Evidence From a Manikin Task^1,2	0
Hand to Face: A Phenomenological View of Body Image Development in Infants	0
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Does Enthusiasm for Work Lead to Typical Burnout? A Three‐Wave Panel Study with Caregivers^{1, 2}	0
Using Video Introduction to Mitigate Affect‐Based Initial Trust in Automation	0
Perception of Facial Cues to Trustworthiness in Infancy: Insights from the Spatial Frequency Filtering Approach	0
Creating Equality Through Dialogue in a Narrative‐Based Helping Relationship¹	0
Dispositional Associations Between Interoceptive Attention Tendencies and Effortful Control: Cross‐sectional Findings from an Online National Survey of Japanese Working Adults	0
Unleashing Leaders' Innovative Work Behavior in Energy Company: The Role of Business Acumen and Innovative Self‐Efficacy	0
Factors Relating to Kanji Reading Accuracy in Kun‐readings: An Item‐Level Analysis	0
Approach–Avoidance Responses to Affective Facial Expressions and Bodily Posture¹^,²	0
A Study of the Conceptual Structure of Growth Mindsets and Their Impact on Self‐Improvement Motivation	0
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The Association Between Social Exclusion and the Feeling of Hunger	0
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The Attitude and Behavior of Japanese Managers Toward Male Employees Taking Long‐Term Parental Leave¹^,²	0
Preschool Teacher Training on Neurodevelopmental Concerns in Children: A Pilot Study	0
Prospects for Clinical Reports on Selective Mutism Conducted in Japan: A Scoping Review¹	0
Sharing and Non‐sharing Happiness: Evidence from Cross‐Cultural Studies in the United States and Japan	0
Impact of Message Construal, Temporal Distance, and Construal Level on Potential Philanthropic Supporters' Intentions to Donate	0
Investigating the Factor Structure of the Japanese Version of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index	0
Editorial:Narrative‐BasedApproaches in Psychological Research and Practice	0
Development of a 3‐Day Intervention Program for Family Members of Hikikomori Sufferers¹	0
Considering Cuteness Enhances Smiling Responses to Infant Faces^1,2	0
Upstream Approaches for Suicide Prevention Using Search‐Based Advertising: A Pilot Study	0
Ageism Hinders Mental Attribution Toward Older Adults: Translation and Validation of the Japanese Version of the Mind Attribution Scale¹	0
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The Effects of Adding Emojis to Text Messages on Emotional Impressions and Recollection of Textual Content	0
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Development and Validation of the Cognitive Attentional Syndrome Scale 1 Revised–Japanese Version¹	0
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How Does Gratitude Promote Prosocial Behavior? Developmental Differences in the Underlying Motivation¹	0
Validating the Turkish Adaptation of the Fear of Being Single Scale	0
The Effect of Simulating the Absence of Benefits on Gratitude: Prior Expectations and Posterior Counterfactual Thinking¹^,²^,³	0
Correction to Precarious Lives Predict Culturally Deviant Psychologies: Extending the Psychology of Marginalization From Japan to the US	0
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Color–Word Stroop Interference Among Japanese Preschoolers¹	0
The Effects of Internal Focus of Attention and Interoceptive Abilities on Golf Putting Performance	0
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Impact of Teachers' Language Expression and Message Valence when Conveying Classroom‐Compliance Instructions¹	0
Japanese Translation of the Concerns of Social Reprisal Scale and Examination of the Bivalent Fear of Evaluation Model for Social Anxiety in Japan	0
The Dark Triad Traits, Humor Styles, and Schadenfreude: Others' Misery as the Devil's Laughing Stocks¹	0
Neuronal Mechanisms Underlying Face Recognition in Non‐human Primates	0
Discovery and Revitalization of “Feeling of Hometown” from a Disaster Site Inhabitant's Continuous Engagement in Reconstruction Work: Ethnographic Interviews with a Radiation Decontamination Worker Ov	0
Cultural Difference in the Effect of Bowing on Perceptions of Attractiveness	0
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Shift‐and‐Persist Strategy: Tendencies and Effect on Japanese Parents and Children's Mental Health^1,2,3	0
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Development and Validation of the Delaying Gratification Inventory in Japanese (DGI‐J)	0
Conveying “Fun” Through Communicative Moves of Facial Expressions: Investigating the Theory of Affective Pragmatics	0
Relationship Between Impulsivity and Binge Eating in Japanese Adult Women: Using a Japanese Version of S‐UPPS‐P Impulsive Behavior Scale	0
Fit‐Focused Secondary Control and Psychological Well‐being of Older Married Couples in Japan and the United States	0
Cultural Differences in Interoceptive Accuracy: Comparison Between Japan and Europe¹	0
Repeated Exposure Effect on the Likeability of Odors Depends on the Exposure Time and Stimulus‐Processing During Exposure	0
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Editorial: Innovations in Clinical Psychological Science in the Era of Complexity	0
Action Research on Meaning‐Making at Residents' Meetings for Local Disability Policy¹	0
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Who Takes the Clue? Relationships Between Internal and External Factors in Creative Problem Solving¹	0
Online Social Identity Mapping (oSIM) in Japan	0
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