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A cross-cultural comparison of Japan, China, Korea and Australia in theory of mind and attempts to create a scale in harmony with each cultures

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K21577
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Educational psychology
Social psychology
Research InstitutionRyukoku University

Principal Investigator

Toyama Kaoru  龍谷大学, 経済学部, 講師 (40563763)

Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords心の理論 / 文化差 / 成人 / 相互独立/相互協調的自己観 / 共感性 / 心的因果/物的因果 / 相互独立/相互協調的自己観 / 心的因果/物的因果
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research was to conduct university students in Japan, China, South Korea and Australia to infer the multiple theory of mind scale and to find out the cultural differences. In the field survey in China and Korea, however, due to the trouble that some data cannot be taken, it was not possible to finish all the data by year of the completion.
There are significant difference between Japanese and Australian adults in theory of mind performance. The difference can be explained from the difference in usage of agents (subjects) and mental state word usage.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (8 results)

All 2017 2016 2015 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (2 results) Journal Article (1 results) Presentation (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] クイーンズランド大学(オーストラリア)

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] 浙江大学城市学院(中国)

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 心の理論と個人主義vs.集団主義,共感性との関連 : 日本とオーストラリア成人による検討2017

    • Author(s)
      東山薫・Kana IMUTA・Virginia SLAUGHTER・北崎充晃・板倉昭二
    • Journal Title

      電子情報通信学会技術研究報告

      Volume: 116 (436) Pages: 59-63

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The study on the factors of cultural differences in theory of mind: An examination of Japanese and Australian adults2017

    • Author(s)
      Kaoru TOYAMA, Kana IMUTA, Virginia SLAUGHTER, Michiteru KITAZAKI, and Shoji ITAKURA
    • Organizer
      International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS) 2016
    • Place of Presentation
      Austria Center Vienna
    • Year and Date
      2017-03-23
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 心の理論と個人主義vs.集団主義,共感性との関連―日本とオーストラリア成人による検討―2017

    • Author(s)
      東山薫・Kana IMUTA・Virginia SLAUGHTER・北崎充晃・板倉昭二
    • Organizer
      電子情報通信学会ヒューマンコミュニケーション基礎(HCS)2017年1月研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      なみきスクウェア
    • Year and Date
      2017-01-27
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 心の理論の文化差は“個人主義 vs. 集団主義”で説明できるか―心の理論課題と相互独立・相互協調的自己観尺度との関連―2016

    • Author(s)
      東山薫・Kana IMUTA・Virginia SLAUGHTER・北崎充晃・板倉昭二
    • Organizer
      教育心理学会第58回総会
    • Place of Presentation
      香川大学
    • Year and Date
      2016-10-08
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Mental State Understanding: An examination of Japanese and Australian adults’ reasoning for their responses to theory-of-mind questionnaire.2015

    • Author(s)
      Kaoru TOYAMA, Kana IMUTA, Virginia SLAUGHTER, Michiteru KITAZAKI, and Shoji ITAKURA
    • Organizer
      The Japanese Society for Language Sciences (JSLS)
    • Place of Presentation
      別府国際コンベンションセンター
    • Year and Date
      2015-07-18
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] 「心の理論」から学ぶ発達の基礎-教育・保育・自閉症理解への道2016

    • Author(s)
      子安増生,加藤義信,郷式徹,嶋田総太郎,東山薫,千住淳,木下孝司,林創,溝川藍,赤木和重,小川絢子,S・レッチェ/F・ビアンコ,内藤美加,若林明雄,別府哲,熊谷高幸,藤野博,米田英嗣
    • Total Pages
      264
    • Publisher
      ミネルヴァ書房
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2018-03-22  

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