- Tokyo, Japan
Hirofumi MINAMI
Kyushu University, Faculty of Human-Environment Studies, Faculty Member
Research Interests: Business and Advertising
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The present study investigated the structure of and changes in the personal projects, time perspective, and personal networks of Japanese university graduates prior to and after the transition from graduation to employment. Results... more
The present study investigated the structure of and changes in the personal projects, time perspective, and personal networks of Japanese university graduates prior to and after the transition from graduation to employment. Results revealed that the pretransition period is dominated by projects in the area of leisure, hobbies, and daily life and that in the posttransition period the newly employed participants increased projects in the area of professional life with little changes in the area of personality and self-actualization. Further, pretransition projects were generally conflicting and unintegrated although after half a year they regained some structural coherency. As to time perspective, just after beginning work, participants exhibited short-term time perspectives and feelings of time deficit. In 6 months after the transition they regained a long-term time perspective. As to personal networks, contact with the pretransition members decreased whereas those with posttransitio...
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A dialogical commentary on Yuly Zentella' s (2009) article dealing with the cultural experiences of the loss of ties with their land among the Hispanos of Northern New Mexico is attempted firstly by referring to the psychological... more
A dialogical commentary on Yuly Zentella' s (2009) article dealing with the cultural experiences of the loss of ties with their land among the Hispanos of Northern New Mexico is attempted firstly by referring to the psychological literature on transitions which utilizes Bowbly's theory of attachment and loss in actual incidents of relocations and displacement, and secondly by critically questioning the validity of combining concepts emerging from a grounded theory approach with general notions borrowed from attachment and place attachment theories. Although there are similarities between Zentella's study and studies of psycho-social transition that reveal stage-like processes following loss and grieving reactions of individuals, the former study is characterized by the impact's longer time-frame, which extends over generations of the population, while the latter literature deal with the loss of immediate environment by individuals, who undergo critical changes in a r...
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1 The Kyushu University Museum: 6-10-1 Hakosaki, Higashiku, Fukuoka 812-8581, JAPAN 2 Department of Kansei Science, Graduate School of Integrated Frontier Sciences, Kyushu University: 6-10-1 Hakosaki, Higashiku, Fukuoka 812-8581, JAPAN 3... more
1 The Kyushu University Museum: 6-10-1 Hakosaki, Higashiku, Fukuoka 812-8581, JAPAN 2 Department of Kansei Science, Graduate School of Integrated Frontier Sciences, Kyushu University: 6-10-1 Hakosaki, Higashiku, Fukuoka 812-8581, JAPAN 3 Department of Design Strategy, Faculty of Design, Kyushu University: 4-9-1 Shiobaru, Minamiku, Fukuoka 815-8540, JAPAN 4 Venture Business Labolatory, Kyushu University: 6-10-1 Hakosaki, Higashiku, Fukuoka 812-8581, JAPAN 5 Department of Architecture and Urban Design, Faculty of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University: 6-10-1 Hakosaki, Higashiku, Fukuoka 812-8581, JAPAN
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Different from statistically analyzed self-reports of Subjective Well-Being (SWB), we explored how dialogue engenders the meaning of SWB as constituted through an individual’s daily experiences. A revised Day Reconstruction Method (DRM;... more
Different from statistically analyzed self-reports of Subjective Well-Being (SWB), we explored how dialogue engenders the meaning of SWB as constituted through an individual’s daily experiences. A revised Day Reconstruction Method (DRM; Kahneman et al. 2004 ) was used to describe the participants’ previous day episodically, followed by a semi-structured life world interview (Kvale 1996 ) for the explication through dialogue of those episodes. The results of qualitative analyses on the structure and contents of the discourse of the DRM and interviews with three participants highlighted the following: 1) the participants construed the meaning of daily experiences by organizing and weighting them in individualized ways; 2) the meaning of daily episodes emerged and was clarified in the process of collaborative dialogue in the interview as well as in the analyses, and was vividly expressed in particular protocol sequences; and 3) Kelly’s ( 1955 ) notion of Personal Construct is applicable to make sense of individualized narratives as a form of Well-Being. We concluded that the subjectivity of SWB does not merely imply the first-person authority in charge of the evaluation in the questionnaires, but rather is understood as a construct that reveals the personal meaning of one’s daily experiences. The emergent quality of this process is crucial for understanding the nature of subjectivity in SWB.
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The present study investigated people’s understanding of their own community in the context of urban renewal. In particular, elderly residents were taken as focal informants who provided narrative accounts on the insiders’ view of the... more
The present study investigated people’s understanding of their own community in the context of urban renewal. In particular, elderly residents were taken as focal informants who provided narrative accounts on the insiders’ view of the urban renewal process and their relationship with the community in the course of lifelong development. In addition, elderly residents were assumed to constitute the population that is most vulnerable to radical changes induced by the renewal process and, therefore, in need of particular understanding and care.
More than a decade ago, Hagino, Mochizuki, and Yamamoto (1987), in their handbook chapter of “Environmental psychology in Japan,” posted a list of tasks for “future environmental psychologists in Japan.” They include such tasks and... more
More than a decade ago, Hagino, Mochizuki, and Yamamoto (1987), in their handbook chapter of “Environmental psychology in Japan,” posted a list of tasks for “future environmental psychologists in Japan.” They include such tasks and questions as the following: How can we ease the conflict between rapid industrialization and traditional Japanese culture? How do we design habitats to better house our elderly and keep them in touch with other people? How do we design environments for our elderly where they can continue to do useful and confidence-building work? How do we design educational and relaxing playgrounds in a very small area? The list goes on. While looking over the list we cannot but feel some cynicism. During the intervening years there has been a wide range of construction of public and private facilities, a variety of city-renewal projects, and much “resort” making all over the country. Yet, the living situation for the elderly citizens and educational environments for the young people in this country do not seem better since then; there are numerous signs telling of crises among these populations which are at least partially due to environmental qualities surrounding their everyday life.
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... International Journal of Psychology, 21, 463-485. Quirk, M., Sexton, M., Ciottone, R., Minami, H.. & Wapner, S.(1984). Values mothers hold for handicapped and nonhandicapped preschoolers. ... New York: Free Press.... more
... International Journal of Psychology, 21, 463-485. Quirk, M., Sexton, M., Ciottone, R., Minami, H.. & Wapner, S.(1984). Values mothers hold for handicapped and nonhandicapped preschoolers. ... New York: Free Press. Segall. MH, Lonner, WJ, & Berry, JW (1998). ...