Itsuki Yamakawa
male, 05/18/1986
Clinical Social Psychology
Impression-management/self-presentation (especially, excuse making), depression, Modern type depression
Reading books, Listening to music, Playing guitar/bass guitar
| Mar.20 2005 | Graduated from Waseda University Senior High School |
| Apr. 1 2005 | Entered Faculty of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, Waseda University |
| Mar.15 2009 | Graduated from Faculty of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, Waseda University (Bachelor of Literature) |
| Apr. 1 2010 | Entered Graduate School of Literature and Social Sciences, Nihon University (Master's Course) |
| Mar.25 2012 | Graduated from Graduate School of Literature and Social Sciences, Nihon University (Master of Psychology) |
| Apr. 1 2012 | Entered Graduate School of Literature and Social Sciences, Nihon University (Doctor's Course) |
| Mar.25 2016 | Graduated from Graduate School of Literature and Social Sciences, Nihon University (Doctor of Psychology) |
Professor Sakamoto's LAB (only in Japanese)
| From Jan. 2010 | The Japanese Psychological Association |
| From Sep. 2010 | Japan Society of Personality Psychology |
| From Apr. 2011 | The Japanese Society of Social Psychology |
| From July 2016 | The Japanese Association of Health Psychology |
| From July 2016 | The Japanese Association of Stress Science |
| Apr. 2010 | Teaching Assistant at Nihon University (Psychology Seminar I & II) | (Until Mar. 2012) |
| Apr. 2011 | Teaching Assistant at Nihon University (Statistics) | (Until July 2014) |
| Sep. 2011 | Teaching Assistant at Nihon University (Basic_Statistics) | (Until Feb. 2014) |
| May 2013 | Lecturer at International College of Music Therapy (Statistics) | (to the present day) |
| Apr. 2014 | Teaching Assistant at Senshu University | (to the present day) |
| Apr. 2016 | Research Fellow at Nihon University | (Until Mar. 2018) |
| Apr. 2016 | Lecturer at Yokohama City University (ICT, Data Analysis) | (to the present day) |
| Apr. 2016 | Lecturer at Bunkyo University (Psychological Experiment) | (to the present day) |
| Apr. 2017 | Lecturer at Nihon University ("Development and Learning", Statistics) | (to the present day) |
| Apr. 2018 | Postdoctoral fellow at Nihon University | (to the present day) |
Thesis for a degree / Journal Papers / Conference Presentation / Oral / Awards / Books
[3] Yamakawa, I. (2016). A psychological study about excuse-making in social predicament. The thesis for a doctor's degree, Graduate School of Literature and Social Sciences, Nihon University (unpublished)
[2] Yamakawa, I. (2012). Why is the number of people who call themselves "Depressive diosrder" increased? : Study of Excuse-making Using the Case Vignette Method. The thesis for a master's degree, Graduate School of Literature and Social Sciences, Nihon University (unpublished)
[1] Yamakawa, I. (2008). The effect of identity crisis on depressive mood in undergraduates. The thesis for a bachelor's degree, Faculty of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, Waseda University (unpublished)
[5] Yamakawa, I., & Sakamoto, S. (in press). The Interpersonal Effects of Claiming to Have Depression by People Not Diagnosed with Depression in Social Predicaments. Japanese Psychological Research,
[4] Yamakawa, I., Muranaka, M., & Sakamoto, S. (2015) Validity and reliability of the Interpersonal Sensitivity/Privileged Self Scale: Solving a new type of depression. Psychology, 6, 1013-1021.[OPEN ACCESS (External Link)]
[3] Yamakawa, I. & Sakamoto, S. (2015) Insisting on Depression, but not Showing Symptoms: A Japanese Study of Excuse-Making. International Journal of Psychological Studies, 7, 146-154.[OPEN ACCESS (External Link)]
[2] Yamakawa, I., Hirobiki, T., Honda, A., Machino, T., Okamura, N., Akiyama, M., Hara, N., Inoue, K., Inukai, E., & Sakamoto, S. (2012). The effect of depression literacy and emotionally valenced information on anxiety about suffering depressive disorder. Psychological Research Nihon University, 33, 49-57. (in Japanese)
[1] Yamakawa, I., Oda, M., & Sakamoto, S. (2012). The Relationship among Identity, Thinking Error and Negative Affectivity in Undergraduates. The Japanese Journal of Personality, 20, 236-239. (in Japanese) [PDF (External Link: J-STAGE)]
[4] Sakamoto, S., Yamakawa, I., & Muranaka, M. (2016). A comparison of perceptions of "modern-type" and melancholic depression in Japan. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 62(7), 627-634.
[3] Saku, H., Yamakawa, I., & Sakamoto, S. (2015). Can we reduce the effect of stressor by diverse sources of support in the office?: The effects on bad physical condition and job satisfaction. Bulletin of Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences Nihon University, 89, 77-88. (in Japanese)
[2] Muranaka, M., Yamakawa, I., & Sakamoto, S. (2015). How do clinicians define "modern type depression"?: Extraction from books and the survey to clinicians. Psychological Research Nihon University, 36, 44-51. (in Japanese)
[1] Sakamoto, S., Muranaka, M., & Yamakawa, I. (2014). 'Self' in the interface of social and clinical psychology: Through the discussion of modern type depression. Japanese psychological review, 57, 405-429. (in Japanese) [External Link]
[12] Yamakawa, I., Kammeyama, A., Muranaka, M., & Sakamoto, S. (2016). Development of the short-form version of Interpersonal sensitivity and privileged self scale: Factor stuctures for samples of Japanese undergraduates, Proceedings of the 29th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of Health Psychology, 155. P4-17G, November, Okayama, Japan
[11] Yamakawa, I., Muranaka, M., & Sakamoto, S. (2016). An influence that parsonality has on the reactions to interpersonal stressors, the 57th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Social Psychology, Hyogo, Japan, Nobember.
[10] Yamakawa, I., Muranaka, M., & Sakamoto, S. (2016). Interpersonal sensitivity and privileged self as a risk factor for depression (2): A cross-generational study, The 31st International Congress of Psychology, PS26P-11-4, Yokohama, Japan, July.
[9] Yamakawa, I. & Sakamoto, S. (2016). Reconsidering the evaluation dimensions of excuses: "hesitating to ask" as a new evaluation dimension, Society for Parsonality and Social Psychology 17th Annual Convention, San Diego - USA, January.
[8] Yamakawa, I. & Sakamoto, S. (2015). Effect of cues to the excuse on subsequent actual excuse-making, the 56th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Social Psychology, 120.[Poster (PDF: 2,524KB)]
[7] Yamakawa, I. & Sakamoto, S. (2015). A laboratory experiment using a confederate to study the differences of effects on excuse making, the 79th Annual Convention of The Japanese Psychological Association, 98. (in Japanese) [Poster (PDF: 198KB)]
[6] Yamakawa, I. & Sakamoto, S. (2015). How effective is "insisting on depression" as an excuse?, The Annual International Conference on Cognitive - Social, and Behavioural Sciences (icCSBs) 2015, Augst 03 - 06, Nicosia - Cyprus. [Website (External Link)]
[5] Yamakawa, I., Muranaka, M., Tanaka, E., & Sakamoto, S. (2014). Cognitive and behavioral features of Modern type depression in Japan, The 22nd International Congress of Cross-Cultural Psychology.[Poster (PDF: 239KB)][HANDOUT(PDF: 232KB)]
[4] Yamakawa, I., & Sakamoto, S. (2013). The Relationship between evaluation dimensions of excuse and forgiveness.the 55th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Social Psychology, 429. (in Japanese)[Poster (PDF: 253KB)]
[3] Yamakawa, I., & Sakamoto, S. (2013). The evaluation dimensions of excuse, the 77th Annual Convention of The Japanese Psychological Association, 177. (in Japanese)[Poster (PDF: 290KB)]
[2] Yamakawa, I., & Sakamoto, S. (2011). The evaluation of insisting on depression as excuse. the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Social Psychology, 353. (in Japanese)[Poster (PDF: 529KB)]
[1] Yamakawa, I., Oda, M., & Sakamoto, S. (2010). The Relationship among Identity, Thinking Error and Depressive mood in Undergraduates. the 74th Annual Convention of The Japanese Psychological Association, 941. (in Japanese)[Poster (PDF: 376KB)]
[10] Kameyama, A., Yamakawa, I., Muranaka, M., & Sakamoto, S. (2016). A survey of Japanese undergraduates' image of people with modern type depression (3): An exploration of factors related to avoidance and support for people with modern type depression, Proceedings of the 29th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of Health Psychology, 121. P3-20H, November, Okayama, Japan
[9] Kameyama, A., Yamakawa, I., Muranaka, M., & Sakamoto, S. (2016). Development of the short-form version of Interpersonal sensitivity and privileged self scale: Factor stuctures for samples of Japanese employees, The 32nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of Stress Science, October, Tokyo, Japan
[8] Kashihara, J., Muranaka, M., Yamakawa, I., & Sakamoto, S. (2016). 会社員はうつ病症状についてどの専門家に相談したいと思うのか？―援助要請意図とその規定因の検討― , The 58th Meeting of the Japanese Association of Educational psychology, Kagawa, Japan
[7] Muranaka, M., Yamakawa, I., & Sakamoto, S. Interpersonal sensitivity and privileged self as a risk factor for depression (1): Re-examination of the factor structure of the Interpersonal Sensitivity/Privileged Self Scale, The 31st International Congress of Psychology, PS26A-07-3, Yokohama, Japan
[6] Muranaka, M., Yamakawa, I., & Sakamoto, S. (2015). The image of modern type depression among college students (2). the 56th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Social Psychology, 272. (in Japanese)
[5] Muranaka, M., Yamakawa, I., & Sakamoto, S. (2015). The image of modern type depression among college students (1). the 79th Annual Convention of The Japanese Psychological Association, 386. (in Japanese)
[4] Muranaka, M., Yamakawa, I., & Sakamoto, S. (2014). Development of the Interpersonal sensitivety/Privileged self Scale (1): Relationship with severity and type of depression. the 11th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Mood Disorders, Hiroshima, Japanon July 18th and 19th. (in Japanese)
[3] Muranaka, M., Yamakawa, I., & Sakamoto, S. (2014). Personality features of modern type depression, Asian Psychological Association 5th Conference.
[2] Moriwaki, M., Pepper, C.M., Yamakawa, I., & Sakamoto, S. (2013). Suicide Opinion, Negative Life Events, and Suicide Ideation: Cultural Difference between Japan and America, the 13th Annual Stanford Undergraduate Psychology Conference, Stanford University, 18, May, 2013.
[1] Moriwaki, M., Pepper, C. M., Sakamoto, S., & Yamakawa, I. (2013). Beck' s Congruency Model of Depression: A Comparison of Japanese and American College Students, 83rd Annual Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association conference.
[4] Yamakawa, I., Sakamoto, S. (2017). Interpersonal effects of excuse making in a laboratory experiment, 2017 4th International Conference on Education and Psychological Sciences, EP1005-A, Barcelona, Spain, February.
[3] Yamakawa, I. (2016). An empirical approach to understanding "modern type depression" from self-presentation theory, The 31st International Congress of Psychology, TS28-26, Yokohama, Japan
[2] [Symposium, Planning] Matsuura, T., Yamakawa, I., Sakamoto, S. (Planners), Sakamoto, S., Katsuya, N., Muranaka, M. (Presenters), Kato, T. (Debater) (2014). Psychological approaches to "Modern Type Depression", The 78th Annual Convention of The Japanese Psychological Association, Planned Symposium (SS-099), 9-12-2014, Doshisya University, Kyoto, Japan. [Resume (in Japanese, External Link)]
[1] [Presentation] Katsuya, N., Matsuura, T., Ito, E. (Planners), Matsuura, T., Katsuya, N., Yamakawa, I. (Presenters), Ishigaki, T., Hashimoto, T. (Debaters) (2012). A conversation with clinical practice and psychological research (3): Toward the study and treatment of "Modern tyep depression". A Trial Discussion on the Modern type depresion from the view point of self-presentation theory, The 76th Annual Convention of The Japanese Psychological Association, Workshop (WS056), 9-12-2012, Sensyu University, Kanagawa, Japan. [Handout (in Japanese, PDF: 1.975KB)]
February, 2013. Rocky Mountain Region Psi Chi Student Research Awards, Mika Moriwaki, Shinji Sakamoto & Itsuki Yamakawa shared the prize
[1] [Translation] Yamakawa, I. (2013). 140 items (e.g., obesity, obsession, reactive schizophrenia, rabies), Shigemasu, K., & Yotsumoto, Y. (supervising translation) (2013) APA Dictionary of Psychology, Baifukan, Tokyo (VandenBos, R. G. (2007). APA Dictionary of Psychology, American Psychological Association).
International Journal of Social Science and Humanity (IJSSH, ISSN: 2010-3646, DOI: 10.18178/IJSSH)