FF-TIP LAB

In press

• Taku, K., & Hicks, P. (in press). Not enough struggle? Prior knowledge makes positive changes no longer positive. Journal of Positive Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2025.2578846

• Taku, K., & Dominick, W. (in press). Prospective, recollective, and retrospective changes in religiousness and posttraumatic growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mental Health, Religion & Culture. https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2025.2530753

• Tedeschi, R. G., Greene, T., Moore, B. A., Kinman, J., & Taku, K. (in press). A short form of the expanded posttraumatic growth inventory (PTGI-X-SF). Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0002082

• Efthemiou, A., Elam, T., & Taku, K. (in press). Attitudes toward older adults: The roles of posttraumatic growth and empathy. Educational Gerontology. https://doi.org/10.1080/03601277.2025.2528676

2026

• Taku, K., Dominick, W., Jeong, S., Lee, R., & Kim, J. (2026). Thoughts and emotions evoked by thinking about own death: American versus Japanese undergraduates. Death Studies, 50(1), 147-155. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2024.2414934

2025

• Taku, K., & Efthemiou, A. (2025). Posttraumatic growth and resilience: Their distinctive relationships with optimism and pessimism. Behavioral Sciences, 15(11), 1519. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15111519

• Efthemiou, A., Elam, T., Hicks, P., & Taku, K. (2025). Investigating the impact of a psychoeducational program on self-disclosure, posttraumatic growth and resilience for adolescents. Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, 18(2), 365–375. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40653-025-00694-1

• Elam, T., Efthemiou, A., & Taku, K. (2025). The association positive and negative empathy have with depressive symptoms, resilience, and posttraumatic growth. Scientific Reports, 15, 9464. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-86285-4

• Pado, K., Hicks, P., & Taku, K. (2025). Asymmetrical perceptions of tipping points in alcohol consumption: Lower perceived tolerance in oneself versus peer. Journal of American College Health, 73(9), 3395-3403. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2024.2409686

• Sakamoto, S., Suzuki, Y., Yamakawa, I., Muranaka, M., Kameyama, A., & Taku, K. (2025). Developing a self-regulation scale for negative emotions in the workplace (SRS-NEW): Exploring the psychological onset of new-type depression. Psychology, 16(7), 832-853. https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2025.167047

2024

• Hikichi, H., Taku, K., Aida, J., Kondo, K., & Kawchi, I. (2024). Longitudinal associations between post-traumatic stress and post-traumatic growth among older adults 11 years after a disaster. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 33, e33, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1017/s2045796024000362

• Matsui, T., & Taku, K. (2024). Relationship between posttraumatic growth and help-seeking behavior in use of psychosocial support services among patients with cancer. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 18(6), 1771-1781. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11764-023-01418-w   

• Williams, K. A., *Rhodes, J., & Taku, K. (2024). Gender differences in anxiety during COVID-19: Preference for dichotomy and solitude. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 10, 100951. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2024.100951

2023

• Taku, K., & Arai, H. (2023). Values in the risk factors of passive suicide ideation among young adults in the US and Japan. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1239103. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1239103

• Pado, K., Fraus, K., Mulhem, E., & Taku, K. (2023). Posttraumatic growth and second victim distress resulting from medical mishaps among physicians and nurses. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 30, 716-723. doi: 10.1007/s10880-022-09931-3

• Taku, K., Rhodes, J., & Zeigler-Hill, V. (2023). Associations that Hikikomori had with thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness in the United States and Japan. Personality and Individual Differences, 214, 122355. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2023.112355

• Matsui, M., Taku, K., Tsutsumi, R., Ueno, M., Seto, M., Makimoto, A., & Yuza Y. (2023). Role of peer support in posttraumatic growth among adolescent and young adult cancer patients and survivors. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, 12(4), 503-511. doi: 10.1089/jayao.2022.0064

• Platte S., Wiesmann, U., Tedeschi, R. G., Taku, K., & Kehl, D. (2023). A short form of the posttraumatic growth and posttraumatic depreciation inventory – Expanded (PTGDI-X-SF) among German adults. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 15(5), 838-845.　doi: 10.1037/tra0001378

• O’Brien, C., & Taku, K. (2023). Distinguishing between resilience and posttraumatic growth: Perceptions and attitudes toward depression. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 28(6), 1487-1494. doi: 10.1080/13548506.2022.2064521
  

• Oshiro, R., Soejima, T., Kita, S., Benson, K., Kibi, S., Hiraki, K., Kamibeppu, K., & Taku, K. (2023). Reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the short form of the expanded version of the posttraumatic growth inventory (PTGI-X-SF-J): A cross-sectional study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20, 5965. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20115965

• Fraus, K., Dominick, W., Walenski, A., & Taku, K. (2023). The impact of multiple stressful life events on posttraumatic growth in adolescence. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 15(1), 10-17. doi: 10.1037/tra0001181

• Romeo, A., Tella, M., Rutto, F., Castelli, L., Taku, K., & Loera, B. L. (2023). Expanded version of the posttraumatic growth and depreciation inventory: Scale validation and refinement among Italian adults. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 15(1), 1-9. doi: 10.1037/tra0001203

• Arai, H., Enomoto, K., Kuribayashi, C., Kanazawa, J., Fukamachi, H., & Taku, K. (2023). Are university student-athletes who have a clear sense of their worth happy? Journal of Japan Society of Sports Industry, 33(4), 281-293. https://doi.org/10.5997/sposun.33.4_281

2022

• Elam, T., & Taku, K. (2022). Differences between posttraumatic growth and resiliency: Their distinctive relationships with empathy and emotion recognition ability. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 825161. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.825161

• Elam, T., O’Brien, C., & Taku, K. (2022). Exploring the reasons behind perceived severity of modern and traditional types of depression in an American undergraduate sample. International Journal of Psychiatry Research, 5(4), 1-6. doi: 10.33425/2641-4317.1139

• Luo, C., Santos-Malave, G., Katz, C., Taku, K., & Yanagisawa, R. (2022). Posttraumatic growth and resilience among American medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychiatric Quarterly, 93, 599-612. doi:10.1007/s11126-022-09981-8

• Benson, K., Nicholas, A., & Taku, K. (2022). Complex outcomes of failure: How loss of success yields wisdom alongside depression. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 27(8), 693-702. doi: 10.1080/15325024.2022.2037896
  

• Kibi, S., Oshiro, R., Soejima, T., Kamibeppu, K., Hiraki, K., Sasaki, T., Takano, A., & Taku, K. (2022). Influence of perceived trauma on the cognitive processing model of posttraumatic growth among university students. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 27, 2021-2029. doi: 10.1080/13548506.2021.2001548 

• O’Brien, C., & Taku, K. (2022). Alpha and beta changes in anxiety in response to mass shooting related information. Personality and Individual Differences, 186, Part A. doi: 10.1016/j.paid/2021.111326
  

• Dominick, W., Elam, T., Fraus, K., & Taku, K. (2022). Non-traditional social support, core belief disruption, and posttraumatic growth during COVID-19. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 27(3), 244-256. doi: 10.1080/15325024.2021.1932968

• Ho, S. M. Y., Cheng, C., Shih, S., Taku, K., & Tedeschi, R. G. (2022). The Chinese version of Post-traumatic Growth and Depreciation Inventory – Expanded version (PTGDI-X) for cancer survivors. Supportive Care in Cancer, 30, 237-249. doi: 10.1007/s00520-021-06223-8
  

• Orille, A., Marton, V., & Taku, K. (2022). Posttraumatic growth impacts views of others’ trauma: The roles of shared experience and gender. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 62(5), 669-682. doi: 10.1177/0022167820961928

2021

• Irie, W., Shiwaku, H., Taku, K., Suzuki, Y., & Inoue, Y. (2021). Roles of re-examination of core beliefs and rumination in post-traumatic growth among parents of children with cancer: Comparisons with parents of children with chronic disease. Cancer Nursing, 44(1), 20-28. doi: 10.1097/NCC.0000000000000731
• Santos-Malave, G., Luo, C., Taku, K., Yanagisawa, R., & Katz, C. (2021). Post-traumatic growth and resilience in adolescents in Puerto Rico post-hurricane Maria. ISMMS Journal of Science and Medicine, 1(2): 10, 1-3. doi: 10.29024/ijsm.57
  

• Taku, K., Tedeschi, R. G., Shakespeare-Finch, J., Krosch, David, G., Kehl, D., Grunwald, S., Romeo, A., Tella, M. D., Kamibeppu, K., Soejima, T., Hiraki, K., Volgin, R., Dhakal, S., Zięba, M., Ramos, C., Nunes, R., Leal, I., Gouveia, P., Silva, C. C., Chaves, P. N. D. P., Zavala, C., Paz, A., Senol-Durak, E., Oshio, A., Canevello, A., Cann, A., & Calhoun, L. G. (2021). Posttraumatic growth (PTG) and posttraumatic depreciation (PTD) across ten countries: Global validation of the PTG-PTD theoretical model. Personality and Individual Differences, 169, 110222. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2020.110222
  

• Mieda, T., Taku, K., & Oshio, A. (2021). Dichotomous thinking and cognitive ability. Personality and Individual Differences, 169, 110008. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2020.110008

2020

• Taku, K., & Arai, H. (2020). Impact of COVID-19 on athletes and coaches, and their values in Japan: Repercussions of postponing the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 25, 623-630. doi: 10.1080/15325024.2020.1777762
  

• Dominick, W., Walenski-Geml, A., & Taku, K. (2020). The impact of pets on posttraumatic growth and stress symptoms in adolescents. Anthrozoӧs, 34, 547-560. doi: 10.1080/08927936.2020.1771059

• Seyburn, S. J., LaLonde, L., & Taku, K. (2020). A sense of growth among teenagers after hurting others: A potential application of posttraumatic growth theory. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 25, 22-33. doi: 10.1080/15325024.2019.1645449

2019

• Britton, M., McDiarmid, L., Oshio, A., & Taku, K. (2019). Relationships among optimism, pessimism, and posttraumatic growth in the US and Japan: Focusing on varying patterns of perceived stressfulness. Personality and Individual Differences, 151(1), 109513. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2019.109513
  

• Kaye-Kauderer, H. P., Levine, J., Takeguchi, Y., Machida, M., Sekine, H., Taku, K., Yanagisawa, R., & Katz, C. (2019). Post-traumatic growth and resilience among medical students after the March 2011 Disaster in Fukushima, Japan. Psychiatric Quarterly, 90, 507-518. doi: 10.1007/s11126-019-09646-z

• Kashihara, J., Yamakawa, I., Kameyama, A., Muranaka, M., Taku, K., & Sakamoto, S. (2019). Perceptions of traditional and modern types of depression: A cross-cultural vignette survey comparing Japanese and American undergraduate students. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 73, 441-447. doi: 10.1111/pcn.12838

• Dominick, W., & Taku, K. (2019). Cultural differences in the perception of personal growth among adolescents. Cross-Cultural Research, 53, 428-442. doi: 10.1177/1069397118815111

• Taku, K., Oshio, A., & Dominick, W. (2019). Perceived responsibility and stressfulness among college students in the United States and Japan. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 24, 97-110. doi: 10.1080/15379418.2018.1549206

• Orille, A., Harrison, L., & Taku, K. (2019). Individual differences in attitudes and perceptions toward posttraumatic growth and illusory growth. Personality and Individual Differences, 142, 153-158. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2019.02.002

• Oshiro, R., Kopitz, J., Soejima, T., Kibi, S., Kamibeppu, K., Sakamoto, S., & Taku, K. (2019). Perceptions of positive and negative changes for posttraumatic growth and depreciation: Judgments from Japanese undergraduates. Personality and Individual Differences, 137, 17-21. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2018.07.040

2018

• Iwabuchi, S., Taku, K., & Fujiwara, T. (2018). Examination of the reducing effect of stress reactions on PTG (posttraumatic growth) among junior high school students in the disaster area of Great East Japan earthquake (Written in Japanese with English abstract). Japanese Journal of School Mental Health, 21(2), 1-9.

• Hirooka, K., Fukahori, H., Taku, K., Izawa, S., & Ogawa, A. (2018). Posttraumatic growth in bereaved family members of patients with cancer: A qualitative analysis. Supportive Care in Cancer, 27, 1417-1424. doi: 10.1007/s00520-018-4440-6

• Taku, K., & McLarnon, M. J. W. (2018). Posttraumatic growth profiles and their relationships with HEXACO personality traits. Personality and Individual Differences, 134, 33-42. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2018.05.038

• Taku, K., Prioleau, P. G., Anderson, D. S., Takeguchi, Y., Sekine, H., Maeda, M., Yabe, H., Yanagisawa, R. T., & Katz, C. L. (2018). Medical student reactions to disaster after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake: Motivation and posttraumatic growth. Psychiatric Quarterly, 89, 1007-1018. doi: 10.1007/s11126-018-9601-8

• Bagayogo, I. P., Turcios-Wiswe, K., Taku, K., Peccoralo, L., & Katz, C. L. (2018). Providing mental health services in the primary care setting: The experiences and perceptions of general practitioners at a New York City clinic. Psychiatric Quarterly, 89, 897-908. doi: 10.1007/s11126-018-9587-2

• Nakamura, T., Tsuchiya, H., & Taku, K. (2018). The features of posttraumatic growth after athletic injury. Japan Journal of Physical Education, Health and Sport Sciences, 63, 291-304. doi: 10.5432/jjpehss.17039

• Iimura, S., & Taku, K. (2018). Positive developmental changes after transition to high school: Is retrospective growth correlated with measured changes in current status of personal growth? Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 47, 1192-1207. doi: 10.1007/s10964-018-0816-7

• Iimura, S., & Taku, K. (2018). Gender differences in relationships between resilience and Big Five personality traits in Japanese adolescents. Psychological Reports, 121, 920-931. doi: 10.1177/0033294117741654

• Loh, D, A., Joshi, A., Taku, K., Mendelsohn, N., & Katz, C. L. (2018). Knowledge and attitudes towards clinical depression among community medical providers in Gujarat, India. Psychiatric Quarterly, 89, 249-259. doi:10.1007/s11126-017-9530-y

• Hirooka, K., Fukahori, H., Taku, K., & Togari, T. (2018). Examining posttraumatic growth among bereaved family members of patients with cancer  who received palliative care at home. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care, 35, 211-217. doi: 10.1177/1049909117703358

• Oshio, A., Taku, K., Hirano, M., & Saeed, G. (2018). Resilience and Big Five personality traits: A meta-analysis. Personality and Individual Differences, 127, 54-60. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2018.01.048

• Taku, K., Iimura, S., & McDiarmid, L. (2018). Ceiling effects and floor effects of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 27, 387-397. doi: 10.1007/s10826-017-0915-1

2017

• McDiarmid, L., Taku, K., & Phillips, M. (2017). Posttraumatic growth associated with perceived changes in health values and reduced alcohol use among bereaved college students. Traumatology, 23, 309-316. doi. 10.1037/trm0000120

• Hirooka, K., Fukahori, H., Taku, K., Togari, T., & Ogawa, A. (2017). Quality of death, rumination and posttraumatic growth among bereaved family members of cancer patients in home palliative care. Psycho-Oncology, 26, 2168-2174. doi: 10.1002/pon.4446

• Taku, K. (2017). Resilience and PTG (Posttraumatic growth). Japanese Journal of Clinical Psychology, 17, 654-658. Kongo Shuppan (ISBN: 9784772415811) [invited].

• Taku, K., & Britton, M. (2017). Relationships between self-esteem and posttraumatic growth among adolescents in the U.S. Mental Health in Family Medicine, 13, 656-664.

• Tedeschi, R. G., Cann, A., Taku, K., Senol-Durak, E., & Calhoun, L. G. (2017). The Posttraumatic Growth Inventory: A revision integrating existential and spiritual change. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 30, 11-18. doi: 10.1002/jts.22155

• Taku, K., Cann, A., Tedeschi, R. G., & Calhoun, L. G. (2017). Psychoeducational intervention program about posttraumatic growth for Japanese high school students. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 22, 271-282. doi: 10.1080/15325024.2017.1284504

• Eckleberry-Hunt, J., Kirkpatrick, H., & Taku, K. (2017). Self-report study of predictors of physician wellness, burnout, and quality of patient care. Southern Medical Journal, 110, 244-248. doi: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000629

• McDiarmid, L., & Taku, K. (2017). Family valued and personally important posttraumatic growth in American and Japanese adolescents. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 26, 357-369. doi: 10.1007/s10826-016-0565-8

2016

• Anderson, D., Prioleau, P., Taku, K., Naruse, Y., Sekine, H., Maeda, M., Yabe, H., Katz, C., & Yanagisawa, R. (2016). Post-traumatic stress and growth among medical student volunteers after the March 2011 Disaster in Fukushima, Japan: Implications for student involvement with future disasters. Psychiatric Quarterly, 87, 241-251. doi:10.1007/s11126-015-9381-3

• Eckleberry-Hunt, J., Kirkpatrick, H., Taku, K., Hunt, R., & Vasappa, R. (2016). Relationship between physicians’ work lives and happiness. Southern Medical Journal, 109, 207-212.

• Matsui, T., & Taku, K. (2016). A review of posttraumatic growth and help-seeking behavior in cancer survivors: Effects of distal and proximate culture. Japanese Psychological Research, 58, 142-162.

• Oshio, A., Mieda, T., & Taku, K. (2016). Younger people, and stronger effects of all-or-nothing thoughts on aggression: Moderating effects of age on the relationships between dichotomous thinking and aggression. Cogent Psychology, 3:1244874. doi. 10.1080/23311908.2016.1244874

2015

• Taku, K., Cann, A., Tedeschi, R. G., & Calhoun, L. G. (2015). Core beliefs shaken by an earthquake correlate with posttraumatic growth. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 7, 563-569.

• Taku, K., & McDiarmid, L. (2015). Personally important posttraumatic growth in adolescents: The effect on self-esteem beyond commonly defined posttraumatic growth. Journal of Adolescence, 44, 224-231. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2015.08.001

• Hayashi, M., Ichii, M., Taku, K., & Tominaga, Y. (2015). The role of event-related rumination, self-disclosure, perceived reactions of listeners in post-traumatic stress reactions and posttraumatic growth (Written in Japanese with English abstract). Japanese Journal of Traumatic Stress, 13, 51-59.

• Taku, K., & Oshio, A. (2015). An item-level analysis of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory: Relationships with an examination of core beliefs and deliberate rumination. Personality and Individual Differences, 86, 156-160.

• Taku, K., Tedeschi, R. G., & Cann, A. (2015). Relationships of posttraumatic growth and stress responses in bereaved young adults. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 20, 56-71.

2014

• Taku, K. (2014). Relationships among Perceived Psychological Growth, Resilience and Burnout in Physicians. Personality and Individual Differences, 59, 120-123.

• Taku, K., & Cann, A. (2014). Cross-national and religious relationships with posttraumatic growth: The role of individual differences and perceptions of the triggering event. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 45, 601-617.

2013

• Taku, K., & Shimizu, K. (2013). Shinteki-gaishogo seicho handbook: Taegatai taiken wa hitono kokoroni dou sayousuruka [Japanese translation of Posttraumatic Growth Handbook. L. G. Calhoun & R. G. Tedeschi. (Eds.), 2006, Handbook of Posttraumatic growth: Research and Practice: Mahwah, NJ. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates], Igaku Shoin, Tokyo, Japan.

• Taku, K. (2013). Posttraumatic growth in American and Japanese men: Comparing levels of growth and perceptions of indicators of growth. Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 14, 423-432.

2012

• Taku, K., Kilmer, R. P., Cann, A., Tedeschi, R. G., & Calhoun, L. G. (2012). Exploring posttraumatic growth in Japanese youth. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 4, 411-419.

• Taku, K. (2012). PTG research in the U.S.: From the cross-cultural perspectives [written in Japanese]. In T. Kondo (Ed.), PTG Shinteki gaishogo seicho: Beyond trauma. (pp.170-182). Kaneko Shobo, Tokyo, Japan.

2011

• Taku, K. (2011). Commonly-defined and individually-defined posttraumatic growth in the U.S. and Japan. Personality and Individual Differences, 51, 188-193.

2010

• Cann, A., Calhoun, L. G., Tedeschi, R. G., Taku, K., & Vishnevsky, T. (2010). A short form of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 23, 127-137.

• Cann, A., Stilwell, K., & Taku, K. (2010). Humor styles, positive personality and health. Europe’s Journal of Psychology, 3, 213-235.

• Taku, K. (2010). Posttraumatic growth in cancer survivors. Clinical Oncology (Tokyo), 5, 211-217.

• Taku, K. (2010). Posttraumatic growth in Japan: A path toward better understanding of culture-constant and culture-specific aspects. In R. Berger., & T. Weiss (Eds.), Posttraumatic growth and culturally competent practice: Lessons learned from around the globe. John Wiley.

• Taku, K. (2010). Research on posttraumatic growth: Psychological changes as a result of the stressful experiences among Japanese adolescents. Kazama Shobo. [written in Japanese].

2009

• Kilmer, R. P., Gil-Rivas, V., Tedeschi, R. G., Cann, A., Calhoun, L. G., Buchanan, T., & Taku, K. (2009). Use of the revised Posttraumatic Growth Inventory for Children (PTGI-C-R). Journal of Traumatic Stress, 22, 248-253.

• Taku, K., Tedeschi, R. G., Cann, A., & Calhoun, L. G. (2009). The culture of disclosure: Effects of perceived reactions to disclosure on posttraumatic growth and distress in Japan. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 29, 1226-1243.

• Taku, K., Cann, A., Tedeschi, R. G., & Calhoun, L. G. (2009). Intrusive versus deliberate rumination in posttraumatic growth across U.S. and Japanese samples. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 22, 129-136.

2008

• Taku, K., Calhoun, L. G., Cann, A., & Tedeschi, R. G. (2008). The role of rumination in the coexistence of distress and posttraumatic growth among bereaved Japanese university students. Death Studies, 32, 428-444.

• Taku, K., Cann, A., Calhoun, L. G., & Tedeschi, R. G. (2008). The factor structure of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory: A comparison of five models using confirmatory factor analysis. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 21, 158-164.

2007

• Taku, K., Calhoun, L. G., Tedeschi, R. G., Gil-Rivas, V., Kilmer, R. P., & Cann, A. (2007). Examining posttraumatic growth among Japanese university students. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 20, 353-367.

2005

• Taku, K. (2005). The mechanisms at work in self-growth coming from stress experience: Concentrating on making meaning out of stress (Written in Japanese with English abstract). Journal of Japanese Clinical Psychology, 23, 161-172.

2004

• Taku, K. (2004). “Circulation model focused on the relationships between stress experience and a feeling of self-growth” in high school students: Towards the further understanding of the process of ego development (Written in Japanese with English abstract). Journal of Japanese Clinical Psychology, 22, 181-186.