Nakai Ayaka, Ph.D.

Research Associate
Child Development Research Group
Innovative Communication Lab
NTT Communication Science Laboratories

Research Interests

  • Self-esteem
  • Self-conscious emotion
  • Social comparison

Publications

  • Peer-reviewed Paper
  • Conference Paper

Peer-reviewed Paper

  1. Nakai, A., & Numazaki, M. (in press). The Emotional Nature of Malicious and Benign Envy: Separate Measurements for Emotion and Motivation. Japanese Psychological Research.
  2. Nakai, A., Oe, T., Izumi, A., & Numamzaki, M. (2024). The relationships between name-liking and existing self-esteem measurements. Japanese Journal of Psychology, 95(5), 347-353.
  3. Nakai, A., & Numazaki, M. (2023). Others’ travel during the COVID-19 pandemic triggers envy and travel intention: The effects of others’ temporal travel location and the presence or absence of a travel plan. The Japanese Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 62(2), 208-222.
  4. Nakai, A., Izumi, A., & Numazaki, M. (2022). Can name-liking be used as an indicator of implicit self-esteem? Japanese Journal of Psychology, 93(5), 476-482.
  5. Nakai, A., & Numazaki, M. (2018). Malicious and benign envy and their measurement issues : Do two types of envy exist among the Japanese? Japanese journal of interpersonal and social psychology, 18, 77-84.

Conference Paper

  1. Nakai, A., & Numazaki, M. (2024). The Mediating Role of Malicious and Benign Envy on the Effect of Game Advantage on Cooperation APS Global Psychological Science Summit. Poster Presentation.
  2. Nakai, A., & Numazaki, M. (2024). Separate measurement of malicious and benign envy for emotion and motivation. The 25th annual Society of Personality and Social Psychology conference (Virtual), San Diego, USA. Poster Presentation.
  3. Nakai, A., & Numazaki, M. (2021). Do people share their future profit with their friend when the friend display envy? The 32th International Congress of Psychology ,Virtual Convention. Poster Presentation.
  4. Nakai, A., & Numazaki, M. (2018). The ratio of success in peers influences the intensity of envy. The 19th annual Society of Personality and Social Psychology conference, Atlanta, USA. Poster Presentation.
  5. Nakai, A., & Numazaki, M. (2017). Economic Recessions Moderate the Relationship Between the Cause of the Achievement and Malicious Envy. The 29th Annual Convention of Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Boston, USA. Poster Presentation.
  6. Nakai, A., & Numazaki, M. (2017) The means of a high accomplishment moderate the relationship between the causes of the achievement and malicious envy. The 2nd International Convention of Psychological Science, Vienne, Austria. Poster Presentation.