Yoriko Okamoto: English

August, 2019

CURRICULUM VITAE

Yoriko Omi OKAMOTO, Ph. D

Present Status: Professor

Department of Human Welfare and Child Education,

Faculty of Social Welfare, Rissho University

1700 Magechi, Kumagaya, Saitama 360-0194, Japan

Clinical Developmental Psychologist

Education

Ph.D.(Psychology) in Tokyo Metoropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan, September 2014. Dissertation title; Transition to Parenthood from Pregnancy to Early Childhood: Developing parents through interaction with their children.

Doctoral course, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan, September 1998

MA in Psychology, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan, March 1994

BA in Psychology, Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan, March 1991

Academic Experience

Since April 2019 Professor, Department of Human Welfare and

Child Education, Faculty of Social Welfare, Rissho Uniersity,
Saitama, Japan

April 2016-March 2019 Associate Professor, Department of Human Welfare

and Child Education, Faculty of Social Welfare, Rissho Uniersity,

Saitama, Japan

April 2009-March 2011 Visiting Scholar, Department of Psychology, Clark

University (Host professor; Jaan Valsiner), MA, USA.

April 2007-March 2016 Associate Professor, Department of Early Childhood

Education and Care, Shohoku College, Kanagawa,

Japan

April 2002-March 2007 Assistant Professor, Department of Early Childhood

Education and Care, Shohoku College, Kanagawa,

Japan

October 1998-March 2002 Research Associate, Department of Psychology,

Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan

Professional memberships/affiliations

Japanese Psychological Association

Japanese Association of Educational Psychology

Japanese Society of Developmental Psychology

Japanese Society of Personality Psychology

Japanese Association of Qualitative Psychology

Japan Society of Resarch and Practice on Child-rearing (since 2011, Excective Director)

The Japan Association of Training Schools for Nursery Teachers (since 2013, Spechilized Committee)

Editorial board

Japanese Journal of Developmental Psychology (January 2015-January 2017; January 2006- January 2008)

Japanese Society of Research and Practice on Child-rearing (April 2011- March 2016)

Publications

Books:

Okamoto, Y., Transition to Parenthood from Pregnancy to Early Childhood: Developing parents through interaction with their children. Shin-yo-sha (Tokyo), 2016 (in Japanese)

Sugano, Y., Tsukada, M & Okamoto, Y. (eds) Development of Babies and Child-rearing Learned from Episodes. Shin-yo-sha (Tokyo), 2010 (in Japanese)

Okamoto, Y., & Sugano, Y. (eds.) Developmental Psychology of Parents and Children: Essences of a Longitudinal Investigation. Shin-yo-sha (Tokyo) , 2008 (in Japanese)

Okamoto, Y., Sugano, Y. & Tsukada-Jo, M.(eds.) Developmental Psychology of Infants and Children Learned from Episodes. Shin-yo-sha (Tokyo) , 2004 (in Japanese)

Journal articles:

Okamoto, Y., International Preschool Systems: A Visit Report of Day-care institutions in Denmark. Human Wel-Geing, Jurnal of Faculty of Social Welfare Rissho University, (in press) (in Japanese)

Okamoto,Y., Sugano,Y., Shoji,R., Takahashi,C., Yagishita-Kawata,A., Aoki,A., Ishikawa,A., Kamei,M., Kawata,M., & Suda,O., The Function of Parental Proxy Talk in Pre-Verbal Communication. Japanese Journal of Developmental Psychology, 25(1), 23-37. 2014 (in Japanese)

Okamoto,Y., Sugano,Y., Kawata,M., Kamei,M., Shoji,R., Yagishita-Kawata,A., Takahashi,C., Aoki,Y., & Ishilawa,A., Parental Proxy Talk for pre-verbal infants in parent-infant communication. Journal of Shohoku College, 35, 67-84. 2014 (in Japanese)

Okamoto,Y., Sugano,Y., Kawano,K., & Takasaki,F., How does a postpartum mother choose her feeding style?: Analysis of mothers’ diaries about their everyday feeding. Japanese Journal of Research and Practice on Child Rearing, 4, 53-64. 2014 (in Japanese)

Terui,Y., Okamoto,Y., & Sugano,Y., The Music Festival as an Independent Activity for Mothers’: How did Mothers Become Independent from Parenting Support. Japanese Journal of Research and Practice on Child Rearing, 4, 42-52. 2014 (in Japanese)

Okamoto,Y., Parent-child relationship from parent's standpoint : Children who organize their stage of development. Research in lifespan developmental psychology, 5, 41-51. 2010 (in Japanese)

Okamoto,Y., Sugano,Y., Shoji,R., Yagishita-Kawata,A., Aoki,Y., Ishikawa,A., Kamei,M., Kawata,M., & Takahashi,C., Parents' Concerns for the Safety of Their Children : A Longitudinal Study from the Prenatal Period through Early Elementary School. Japanese Journal of Developmental Psychology, 21(4), 353-364, 2010 (in Japanese)

Okamoto, Y., The Interview as Open Dialogue. Qualitative Psycholpgy Forum,1, 49-57. 2009 (in Japanese)

Sugano, Y. , Okamoto, Y. , Aoki, Y., Ishikawa, A., Kamei, M., Kawata, M., Shoji, R., Takahashi, C., Yagishita-Kawata, A., Maternal Accounts of Negative Feelings toward Their Children : A Longitudinal Study. Japanese Journal of Developmental Psychology, 20(1), 74-85, 2009 (in Japanese)

Okamoto, Y., Sugano, Y., Shoji, R., Kamei, M., Yagishita, A., Takahashi, C., Aoki, Y., Kawata, M., Ishikawa, A., & Negayama, K. Fetal movement as physical touch between fetus and mother: analysis of onomatopoeia which pregnant women used to express their baby's movement. Journal of Shohoku College, 29, 29-41, 2008 (in Japanese)

Okamoto, Y., Sugano, Y., & Negayama, K. Mother fetus interaction from the viewpoint of the pregnant women's diaries about fetal movements. Japanese Journal of Developmental Psychology, 14, 64-76, 2003 (in Japanese)

Kawano, K., & Okamoto, Y. Coordination of actions when feeding the elderly in a nursing home. Behavioral Science Research, 39(2), 7-20, 2001 (in Japanese)

Okamoto, Y. Maternal Proxy Talk in infant-mother communication—the situations and the forms of the proxy talk for one-year-olds. Mother and child research, 21,46-55, 2001 (in Japanese)

Sugano, Y., Okamoto, Y., & Kamei, M. Child-care situation in Ogasawara islands(1): the child-care situation and network for parents. Annual Report of Ogasawara Research, 25, 1-14, 2001 (in Japanese).

Kamei, M., Sugano, Y., & Okamoto, Y. Child-care situation in Ogasawara islands(2): Their living environment and nature experience of preschoolers in Ogasawara. Annual Report of Ogasawara Research, 25, 15-26, 2001 (in Japanese).

Okamoto, Y. Maternal proxy talk for her infant in mother-infant communication: Classification of maternal proxy talk for one-year-olds. Journal of social sciences and humanities (Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.), 307, 73-94, 2000 (in Japanese)

Sugano,Y., & Okamoto, Y. Mother’s negative feeling toward her own child and transition to motherhood. Journal of Family Education Research Center, 22, 66-74, 2000 (in Japanese)

Kawano, K., Okamoto, Y., Ura, C., & Yatomi, N. A study of feeding the elderly in a nursing home and the conditions. Waseda studies in human sciences, 10(1), 75-86, 1997 (in Japanese)

Okamoto, Y., & Sugano, Y., Children’s speech(1): How do adults receive children’s speech? Psychological Research(Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.), 6, 37-49, 1996 (in Japanese)

Sugano, Y., & Okamoto, Y., Children’s speech(2): Two viewpoints in adults7 receiving children speech. Psychological Research(Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.), 6, 51-58, 1996 (in Japanese)

Okamoto, Y. Maternal speech: Analysis of individual difference on maternal proxy talk. Journal of metropolitan Tokyo professional institution association, 184-191, 1995 (in Japanese)

Sugano, Y., Okamoto, Y., & Negayama, K., Transition to motherhood during pregnancy: Narrative about fetal movement. The abstract of The ⅩⅥth Meetings ISSBD, Beijing.2000 (in English)

Okamoto, Y., Sugano, Y., Kamei, M., Kawata, M., Takahashi, C., Aoki, Y., & Kawata, A. “Maternal proxy talk”: A mother says what her baby wishes to say. The abstract of the ⅩⅦth meeting s ISSBD, Ottawa. 2002 (in English)

Sugano, Y., Okamoto, Y., Kawata, A., Kawata, M., Kamei, M., Aoki, Y., & Takahashi, C. Japanese mother’s negative feelings toward their child and the transition to motherhood: A longitudinal study from birth to one year later. The abstract of the ⅩⅦth meeting s ISSBD, Ottawa. 2002 (in English)

Okamoto, Y., Sugano, Y., Takahashi, C., Ishikawa, A., Kawata, M., Shoji, R., Aoki, Y., Yagishita, A., & Kamei, M. "Maternal proxy talk"(2): How and why does a mother says with her baby’s voice? The abstract of the ⅩⅨth meeting s ISSBD, Melbourne. 2006 (in English)

Book chapters:

Okamoto, Y., Parental Proxy Talk in Japanese Parents: How Does a Parent Express Oneself through her/his Baby's Voices? In Dazzani, M.V., Marsico, G., Bastos, A.C., and Ristum, M. (Eds). Looking at Inside and Outside the Educational Contexts through Cultural Lens. Springer, pp.267-282, 2015. (in English)

Okamoto, Y., Rupture and Maintain of a transition to motherhood. In Cabell,K., Marsico,G., Cornejo, C., & Valsiner,J. (Eds). Annals of Cultural Psychology: Making Meaning, Making Motherhood. Information Age Pilishing, pp.221-236, 2015. (in English)

Okamoto, Y., The Interview as Open Dialogue. In Saito,S., Yamada,T., & Motoyama,Y. (eds) Practice as interview. Shin-yo-sha(Tokyo), 2014. (in Japanese)

Okamoto, Y., Rearing parents. In Japanese Society of Developmental Psychology(ed) Dictionary of Developmental Psychology. Maruzen-Shuppan(Tokyo), pp.164-185, 2013. (in Japanese)

Okamoto, Y., Temperament and Personality in Early Childhood. In Ninomiya, K., Ukiya, S., Horike, K., Ando, J., Fujita,S., Koshio,S., & Watanabe,Y. (eds) The Handbook of Personality Psychology. Fukumura-Shuppan(Tokyo), 2013 pp.174-181.

Okamoto, Y., Early Childhood. In Ujiie, T. & Takahama,Y. (eds) Life-span Psychology of Parent-child relationship. Kazama-shobo(Tokyo), pp47-62, 2011. (in Japanese)

Okamoto, Y. Parenting stress and Community support for childcare. In Hanta, S. (eds) Psychology for community support for childcare. Shin-yo-sha (Tokyo), pp.130-140, 2009 (In Japanese)

Okamoto, Y. Prepare a research project. In Y. Okamoto & Y. Sugano (eds.) Developmental Psychology of Parents and Children: Essences of a Longitudinal Investigation. Shin-yo-sha (Tokyo), pp.2-27, 2008 (in Japanese)

Okamoto, Y. How to visit research participants home. In Y. Okamoto & Y. Sugano (eds.) Developmental Psychology of Parents and Children: Essences of a Longitudinal Investigation. Shin-yo-sha (Tokyo), pp.28-40, 2008 (in Japanese)

Okamoto, Y. How to observe parent-infant interaction. In Y. Okamoto & Y. Sugano (eds.) Developmental Psychology of Parents and Children: Essences of a Longitudinal Investigation. Shin-yo-sha (Tokyo), pp.41-51, 2008 (in Japanese)

Okamoto, Y. Mother fetus interaction. In Y. Okamoto & Y. Sugano (eds.) Developmental Psychology of Parents and Children: Essences of a Longitudinal Investigation. Shin-yo-sha (Tokyo), pp.95-106, 2008 (in Japanese)

Okamoto, Y. Maternal proxy talk for her infant. In Y. Okamoto & Y. Sugano (eds.) Developmental Psychology of Parents and Children: Essences of a Longitudinal Investigation. Shin-yo-sha (Tokyo), pp.134-146, 2008 (in Japanese)

Okamoto, Y. Parents’ fear. In H. Okamoto & M. Kiriu (eds.) Keeping your young children safe from crime. Kitaoji-shobo (Kyoto), pp.28-41, 2006 (in Japanese)

Okamoto, Y. Possibilities on the Education of Crime Prevention in Childhood. In H. Okamoto & M. Kiriu (eds.) Keeping your Young Children Safe from Crime. Kitaoji-shobo (Kyoto), pp.60-70, 2006 (in Japanese)

Okamoto, Y. Concerning Field. In T. Ito, T. Tanaka, & M. Nochi (eds.) Understanding by Moving, Thinking by Concerning. Nakanishiya-Shuppan (Kyoto), pp.49-64, 2005 (in Japanese)

Okamoto, Y. Fetal Movement. In K. Negayama & K. Kawano (eds.) Question on Development from Body. Shin-yo-sha (Tokyo), pp.156-158, 2003 (in Japanese)

Okamoto, Y. Interaction between Mother and Child. In Yamada, Y., et al.(eds.) A Catalog of Field Psychology. Kaneko-Shobo (Tokyo), pp.12-19, 2001 (in Japanese)

Okamoto, Y. Observing Mother-Child Interaction. In Y. Omi & T.Ito(eds.) Fields of Field Study in Psychology. Kitaoji-Shobo (Kyoto) pp.38-47, 2001 (in Japanese)

Okamoto, Y. Micro-Analysis. In N. Tajima & Y. Nishino(eds.) Techniques of Developmental Research. Fukumura-Shuppan (Tokyo), 2000 (in Japanese)