Naomi Watanabe, Ph.D.

Research Scientist
Interaction Research Group
Innovative Communication Lab
NTT Communication Science Laboratories


Contact Information:
naomi.watanabe.kd (at) hco.ntt.co.jp
2-4 Hikaridai, Seika, Souraku,
Kyoto 619-0237, JAPAN




Research Interests

  • Social-emotional development in early and middle childhood
  • Parental socialization, cultural value and context
  • Childcare quality, teacher socialization of children's social-emotional competence

Education

2015.5 Ph.D. in Applied Developmental Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
Advisor: Susanne A. Denham, Ph.D., University Professor
Dissertation:“Parental Socialization of Emotion in Japan: Contribution to Preschoolers’ Emotion Knowledge”
2011.5 M.A. in Applied Developmental Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
Advisor: Susanne A. Denham, Ph.D., University Professor
Thesis:“Forgiveness in Japanese Children and Adolescents: Dispositional, Emotional, and Parental Influence”
2008.5 B.A. with Honors, in Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
Advisor: Judith Bryant, Ph.D., Professor
Honors Thesis: “Japanese Parents’ Beliefs about Polite Behaviors of Children who are Exposed to Japanese and American Culture”

Publication

  • Journal Paper
  • Conference paper

Journal Paper

  1. Watanabe, N., Denham, S. A., Jones, N. M., Kobayashi, T., Bassett, H. H., & Ferrier, D. E. (2019). Working toward cross-Cultural adaptation: Preliminary psychometric evaluation of the affect knowledge test in Japanese preschoolers. SAGE Open, 9(2), 1-15.
  2. Watanabe, N., & Kobayashi, T. (2019). Japanese children's emotion talk: Relations to interdependent cultural values and their prosocial and aggressive behaviors. Culture & Brain. doi:10.1007/s40167-019-00081-2

Conference Paper

  1. Watanabe, N., & Kobayashi, T. (2019). Does culture shape children's interpretations and descriptions of emotions? Predicting their prosocial and aggressive behaviors. Poster presented at the 39th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD2019), Baltimore, Maryland, USA (21-23 March, 2019).
  2. Watanabe, N., & Kobayashi, T. (2018). Everyone is now happy with the little frog: The relation between school-age children's emotion understanding and prosocial behaviors. Poster presented at 25th Biennial Meeting of International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD2018), Gold Coast, Australia (15-19 July 2018).
  3. Nakane, A., Watanabe, N., & Kobayashi, T. (2018). Japanese mothers' child-rearing goals: Relations to their parental practices. 40th Annual Conference of the International School Psychology Association. Tokyo Seitoku University, Tokyo, Japan (25-28 July 2018).
  4. Watanabe, N., & Kobayashi, T. (2018). Knowing more emotion words is good for children? The association between emotion vocabulary and prosocial behaviors in elementary school children. Paper presented at Asian Conference of Psychology & Behavioral Sciences (ACPBS2018), Kobe, Japan (23-25 March 2018).
  5. Okumura, Y., Ohtake, Y., Gobara, A., Sasaki, K., Yonemitsu, F., Naka, K., Watanabe, N., Fujita, S., Hattori, T., Yamada, Y., & Kobayashi, T. (2017). The effect of an intervention assisting mothers with picture book search. Poster presentation at 27th Conference of European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA2017), Bologna, Italy.
  6. Saito, A., Fujimoto, Y., Okumura, Y., Hattori, T., Fujita, S., Watanabe, N., & Kobayashi, T. (2017). Selecting appropriate picture books for children: Implementation of Pitarie, a search system for picture books at a preschool teacher preparation program. Paper symposium presentation at 27th Conference of European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA2017), Bologna, Italy.
  7. Watanabe, N., Kawasaki, N., & Kobayashi, T. (2017). What is important in my child's childcare? Mothers' beliefs about childcare quality in Japan. In N. Watanabe (Chair), Mothers' beliefs and values regarding early childhood socialization. Paper symposium presentation at the 27th Conference of European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA2017), Bologna, Italy.
  8. Watanabe, N., Kawasaki, N., & Kobayashi, T. (2017). Mothers' beliefs about childcare quality in Japan: The importance of teacher-child relationships and teacher-parent communication. In N. Watanabe (Chair), Promoting child development and learning from infancy to adolescence: Mothers' and teachers' belief, attitude, knowledge, behavior, and practice. Paper symposium presentation at the International School Psychology Association 39th Annual Conference, Manchester, UK.
  9. Watanabe, N., Denham, A. S., Bassett, H. H., & Kobayashi, T. (2015). Parental Socialization of Emotion in Japan: Contribution to Preschoolers' Emotion Knowledge. Poster presented at the 17th European Conference on Developmental Psychology (ECDP2015), Braga, Portugal.
  10. Watanabe, N., Jones, N., Denham, S., & Kobayashi, T. (2015). How Culture Plays a Role? Relations between Parenting Practice and Preschoolers' Emotion Knowledge in Japan. Paper presented at the 37th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD2015), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
  11. Watanabe, N., Denham, S., Kobayashi, T., & Bassett, H. H. (2014). Cultural Differences in Emotion Expressions: Reliability of the Affect Knowledge Test in Japan. The 23rd Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD2014), Shanghai, China.
  12. Watanabe, N., Jones, N., Bassett, H. H., Kobayashi, T., & Denham, S. A. (2013). Does Culture Matter? Relations Between Parental Style and Japanese Preschoolers' Emotion Knowledge. American Psychology Association Conference (APA2013), Hawaii, USA.
  13. Watanabe, N., Jones, N. M., Kobayashi, T., Bassett, H. H., & Denham, S. A. (2013). Can TV Watching Benefit Children? Environmental Contributors to Japanese Preschoolers' Emotion Knowledge Learning. American Psychology Association Conference (APA2013), Hawaii, USA.
  14. Watanabe, N., Kobayashi, T., Bassett, H. H., & Denham, S. A. (2013). Preschoolers' Causal Attributions for Self and Other's Emotions in Relation to Verbal Ability and Parenting Style in Japan. Poster presented at the 36th Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD2013), Seattle, USA.
  15. Watanabe, N., Kobayashi, T., Bassett, H. H., & Denham, S. A. (2012). Relations between parenting style and preschoolers' emotional competence in Japan. Poster presented at the 22nd Biennial Meeting of International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD2012), Edmonton, Canada.
  16. Watanabe, N., & Kobayashi, T. (2012). Measuring emotion knowledge in Japanese children: Cross-cultural comparison on the reliability of the Affect Knowledge Test. Poster presented at the 22nd Biennial Meeting of Society for Research in Human Development (SRHD2012), New Orleans, USA.