The Japanese Journal of Health Psychology
Online ISSN : 2187-5529
Print ISSN : 0917-3323
ISSN-L : 0917-3323
Volume 3, Issue 1
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  • Sumiko Okazaki, Hisanao Akita, Kazuko Noda, Masanori Ogata, Sadao Aika ...
    1990 Volume 3 Issue 1 Pages 1-17
    Published: 1990
    Released on J-STAGE: July 08, 2015
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    Although we have many reports about the pain threshold mechanism and the method of objective assessment, there are so many factors which are not yet made clear.
    To find a tool for pain assessment, the author conducted a survey for the healthy students.
    In this survey, the author collated the words used describe pain obtained a quantitative measure of pain using a eleven-point scales from 0=free from pain to 10=unbearable pain.
    In conclusion, it is conjectured in Japanese that the combination of several words and the usages of adjectives and simulation words make it more possible in the expression of pains.
    The difference on pain expressions between man and woman was shown in only word “cutting-like pain”. There also was no difference about each word of pain expression in “t” exam of five typed YG character test. The same result was found in four factors concerning emotional stability on YG character test.
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  • Satoshi Shimai, Masatoshi Tanaka, Kazutoshi Nakamura, Hideyoshi Suzuki
    1990 Volume 3 Issue 1 Pages 18-27
    Published: 1990
    Released on J-STAGE: July 08, 2015
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    The present study was to investigate the eating behaviors and daily habits in elementary school children and their relationships with subjective physical symptoms by the questionnaire for school children and their parents in Fukusima.
    The results were as follows:
    (1) Only one third of school children in lower three grades had appetite in breakfast time, and only one fifth in upper grades had. The appetite rates were more than 50% in dinner time. About 5% of children ate breakfast alone.
    (2) As to snacking, about 80% of children ate snack one time a day. The snacking time were delayed from 15 o’clock to 18 o’clock as the grade increased.
    (3)The results of principal component analysis showed the first six components of more than 5 percent of variance, which were labeled “growth”, “weak constitution”, “snacking/familial care”, “daily life rhythm”, “good appetite”, and “sex differences of nutrition”.
    (4) Taken these results and the previous findings together, the problems of eating behavior in school children were a) family life habit including snacking, b) the “night” style of daily life rhythm, c) gastroingestinal conditions and appetite, and d) excessive weight control in girls.
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  • Masao Yogo, Haruyo Hama, Kenroku Tsuda, Yukari Suzuki, Tagai Keiko
    1990 Volume 3 Issue 1 Pages 28-32
    Published: 1990
    Released on J-STAGE: July 08, 2015
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    This experiment demonstrates how the use of cosmetics on a woman’s face affects her psychological well-being. The subjects were twenty-four women in their twenties. They have a habit of wearing wear make-up in their everyday life. The experimental conditions were: (a) no make-up, (b) self-make-up using their own cosmetics, (c) make-up by a professional female beautician. Each subject was asked to rate the degree of her self-confidence, self-satisfaction, state anxiety, and activation, and to utter a vowel sound for three seconds under each of the above-mentioned make-up conditions.
    The main results showed: (a) the use of cosmetics increases feelings of self-confidence and self-satisfaction, regardless of whether make-up was applied by the subject or a professional beautician, (b) the activation level increases while the degree of state anxiety decreases when make-up was applied by a professional beautician, and (c) the subjects’ voice pitch heightened when their make-up was applied by a professional beautician; this suggests that the subjects’ emotional state was activated under this condition.
    In conclusion, our study found that the use of cosmetics gives people more self-confidence and makes them feel happier, thus enhancing their psychological well-being.
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