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KITA, Yosuke

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Affiliation: Faculty of Letters, Department of Humanities and Social Science (Human Relations) (Mita)

Position: Associate Professor

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2008.04

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2011.03

日本学術振興会特別研究員（DC1）
2008.04

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2011.03

東北大学大学院, 教育学研究科, 日本学術振興会特別研究員
2011.04

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2014.03

日本学術振興会特別研究員（PD）
2011.04

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2014.03

国立精神・神経医療研究センター, 精神保健研究所, 日本学術振興会特別研究員
2014.04

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2020.08

国立精神・神経医療研究センター, 精神保健研究所, 室長

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Research Areas 【 Display / hide 】

Humanities & Social Sciences / Special needs education
Humanities & Social Sciences / Experimental psychology
Life Science / Basic brain sciences
Life Science / Medical management and medical sociology

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Research Keywords 【 Display / hide 】

developmental science
disability studies

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DCD・不器用な子も楽しめるスポーツがある社会のために : 運動に悩む子・先生・コーチへのメッセージ

北, 洋輔, 澤江, 幸則, 古荘, 純一, 金子書房, 2022.06, Page： vii, 210p
吃音?チック?読み書き障害?不器用?の子どもたちへ保育所・幼稚園・巡回相談で役立つ気づきと手立てのヒント集

北洋輔, 診断と治療社, 2020.10
発達障害の心理学：特別支援教育を支えるエビデンス

北洋輔, 平田正吾, 福村出版, 2019.10
改訂生理心理学III巻

北洋輔, 北大路書房, 2018.05

Scope: 読み書き処理と脳活動. 室橋春光・苧阪満理子（編）
発達障害医学の進歩30

北洋輔, 日本発達障害連盟, 2018.03

Scope: 学習障害の早期アセスメントと支援

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The Abbreviated Math Anxiety Scale (AMAS): Applicability and Utility in a Sample of Japanese Elementary School Children

Yoshifumi Ikeda, Yosuke Kita, Riko Takagi, Kento Suzuki, Irene Cristina Mammarella, Sara Caviola, Silvia Lanfranchi, Francesca Pulina, David Giofrè

International Journal of Psychology (Wiley) 60 ( 2 ) 2025.02

Accepted, ISSN 0020-7594

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Math anxiety negatively affects math performance and future career choices in math‐related fields. Various tools assess math anxiety, but the Abbreviated Math Anxiety Scale (AMAS) is noteworthy for its ease of administration and good psychometric properties. This study evaluates the AMAS's applicability and utility in a sample of approximately 170 Japanese elementary‐school children. Findings indicate that the Japanese version of the AMAS has very good internal consistency, good test–retest reliability and validity, both convergent and concurrent. Results from a multigroup analysis showed that the scale shows no gender bias, although girls scored higher on the AMAS despite similar performance to boys on a standardised math test. These findings highlight the AMAS's potential as a screening tool for math anxiety in young children.
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ひらがな読み検査に基づく読字困難の過剰判定と検査基準値の検証

奥村安寿子, 北村柚葵, 櫻井晴子, 白川由佳, 大山帆子, 稲垣真澄, 浅野倫子, 北洋輔

脳と発達 ((一社)日本小児神経学会) 56 ( 6 ) 420 - 426 2024.11

Last author, Accepted, ISSN 0029-0831

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【目的】ひらがな読み検査は,発達性読み書き障害の診断と治療に不可欠である.その一方で,現行の検査では低学年において読字困難の過剰判定をもたらす危険性がある.本研究では,小学校1,2年生における同検査の大規模データを収集し,実態解明,過剰判定の検証,ならびに新たな基準値の探索と現行基準との比較検討を目的とした.【方法】公立小学校の1年生511名,2年生422名にひらがな読み検査を実施し,音読時間を現行基準と比較した.次に,現行基準に基づく,各学年の異常判定率を検証した.さらに,3年生までの縦断追跡データから新基準値を作成し,1,2年生の異常判定率を検証するとともに,縦断追跡経過を現行基準と比較した.【結果】1,2年の音読時間は現行基準よりも大幅に長く,現行基準に基づく異常判定率は1年生で47.0%,2年生で30.3%に達した.新基準は,現行基準よりも大幅に寛容な値となり,異常判定率は両学年で7%前後となった.縦断追跡経過の比較では,現行基準下で対象児の半数近くが読字困難に分類されたのに対し,新基準下では約15%に低下し,過剰判定の改善が示された.【結論】ひらがな読み検査の現行基準は,1,2年生の実態よりも厳格であり,読字困難を過剰判定する危険性が極めて高いことが示された.新基準は,医学診断および教育的介入の両面でより適切と考えられ,今後は学年基準値の修正を進めていく必要がある.(著者抄録)
Difficulties in perceptual-motor coordination of reaching behavior in children with autism spectrum disorder.

Ken Kikuchi, Manami Honda, Yusuke Baba, Yosuke Kita, Takahiro Higuchi

Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior 180 111 - 125 2024.11

Accepted, ISSN 00109452

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Increased risk of injury from collisions with objects is an important issue in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The purpose of the present study was to examine whether impaired perceptual-motor coordination may underlie the high frequency of collisions. Specifically, we hypothesized that collisions are likely to occur frequently in children with ASD due to their difficulty with body-related spatial perception and their inadequate motor planning, due to their detail-focused processing style, i.e., a tendency to focus attention on specific details rather than on the overall context. To evaluate impairment of perceptual-motor coordination in children with ASD, an original action selection task was developed to assess (a) body-related spatial perception and (b) predictive attentional properties for planning the subsequent movements based on the measures of hand movement and gaze behavior. Twenty-six children (13 diagnosed as ASD and 13 with typical development [TD]) completed the task, and their parents completed a questionnaire regarding their child's susceptibility to injury. Results showed that children with ASD displayed inaccurate body-related spatial perception and inadequate motor planning under conditions that induced their detail-focused processing style. In addition, analyses of gaze behavior reflected the characteristics of a detail-focused processing in children with ASD. This was correlated with the severity of ASD and the measure of motor planning. The present findings suggest that difficulty with perceptual-motor coordination, resulting in part from the detail-focused processing style, might contribute to susceptibility to injury in children with ASD. We consider that our evaluation of the difficulty with perceptual-motor of individuals with ASD provides a framework for understanding their high rate of collision-related injuries and could inform strategies for preventing these injuries.
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Association between Motor Skills, Occupational Performance, and Mental Health in Japanese Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Cross-Sectional Correlational Study

Masanori Yasunaga, Hideki Miyaguchi, Chinami Ishizuki, Yosuke Kita, Akio Nakai

Children (MDPI AG) 11 ( 8 ) 899 - 899 2024.07

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Background: Motor skills have been linked to executive functions (EFs) in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD). However, the traits of other neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder, remain overlooked. Therefore, this study explored the association between motor skills, occupational performance, and mental health in older kindergarten children with DCD and other NDDs. Overall, 95 participants aged 5–6 years were included in this study and divided into four groups: DCD traits (DCD-t), DCD-t + NDD traits (DCD-t + NDD-t), NDD-t-only, and typically developing children. Motor skills, EFs, and mental health were assessed using the DCD Questionnaire (DCDQ-J) and Movement Assessment Battery for Children—Second Edition, School Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (S-AMPS), and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), respectively. The DCD-t + NDD-t group exhibited a strong correlation between the S-AMPS motor skill score and the DCDQ-J fine motor skill score (r = 0.88, p < 0.001) and between the total DCDQ-J score and the SDQ Total Difficulties Score (r = −0.94, p < 0.001). The findings indicate that children with DCD-t and NDD-t are more likely to experience EF and mental health problems than those with DCD-t only.
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Overdiagnosis of reading difficulties based on a Hiragana reading test and the proposal of a new norm

Okumura Y., Kitamura Y., Sakurai H., Shirakawa Y., Oyama H., Inagaki M., Asano M., Kita Y.

No To Hattatsu 56 ( 6 ) 420 - 426 2024

ISSN 00290831

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Objective:While the Hiragana reading test is essential for the diagnosis and treatment of developmental dyslexia in Japan, the current norm may overdiagnose reading difficulties, especially among lower graders. The present study aimed to verify the current norm and the extent of overdiagnosis based on a large sample of first graders(G1)and second graders(G2). In addition, more appropriate norm was explored using longitudinal data. Methods:A total of 511 and 422 students enrolled in G1 and G2 at public elementary schools, respectively, completed the Hiragana reading test. First, we compared the reading time distributions between the present sample and the current norm. Second, the diagnosis rate of reading difficulty was examined for each grade. Finally, a new norm was established for the Hiragana reading test based on a three-year longitudinal data, which were contrasted with the current norm with respect to diagnosis rate and longitudinal trajectory. Results:Reading times in the present G1 and G2 samples were considerably longer than the current norm. Diagnosis rate of reading difficulty reached as high as 47.0% in G1 and 30.3% in G2. The longitudinally established new norm was more moderate and led to diagnosis rate of around 7% for both grades. In a comparison of three-year trajectory, nearly half of the students were classified as having reading difficulties, at least once based on the current norm, whereas the use of new norm dropped the classification rate to around 15% and improved overdiagnosis. Conclusions:The current norm of the Hiragana reading test was overly strict for both G1 and G2 graders, which indicates that there is a high risk of overdiagnosing reading difficulties. The new norm was suggested to be more useful for both medical diagnosis and educational intervention. Therefore, it is necessary to modify grade norms of the Hiragana reading test.
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Cognitive process of motor anticipation in patients with developmental coordination disorder

Kita, Yosuke

学事振興資金研究成果実績報告書 (慶應義塾大学) 2022

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シンポジウム3 生理心理学からとらえる生涯発達

北洋輔, 軍司敦子, 皆川泰代, 吉村優子, 岡本悠子

Japanese Journal of Physiological Psychology and Psychophysiology (Japanese Society for Physiological Psychology and Psychophysiology) 41 ( 1 ) 11 - 14 2023.06

ISSN 0289-2405
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漢字熟語呈示時の脳磁図反応について

江頭優佳, 加賀佳美, 加賀佳美, 軍司敦子, 軍司敦子, 軍司敦子, 北洋輔, 北洋輔, 北洋輔, 木村元洋, 廣永成人, 竹市博臣, 竹市博臣, 林小百合, 金子裕, 高橋秀俊, 花川隆, 岡田俊, 稲垣真澄

日本児童青年精神医学会総会抄録(Web) 64th 2023
反復経頭蓋磁気刺激療法前後における前頭部血流反応側性の変化近赤外光スペクトロスコピーを用いた検討

山崎龍一, 井上祐紀, 松田勇紀, 鬼頭伸輔, 北洋輔, 北村柚葵, 繁田雅弘

精神神経学雑誌 ((公社)日本精神神経学会) ( 2021特別号 ) S634 - S634 2021.09

ISSN 0033-2658
多言語環境にある子どもの知的発達水準と学習到達度の関連日本語を学習言語とするスペイン語-日本語環境児の一群の実態調査

奧村安寿子, 奧村安寿子, 北洋輔, 高橋悦子

日本発達心理学会大会プログラム(CD-ROM) 30th 2019

ISSN 2189-6178
注意欠如多動症児の臨床神経生理学的バイオマーカー Go/NoGo課題試行中のNIRSと事象関連電位の同時計測による抑制機能の検討

加賀佳美, 上田理誉, 田中美歩, 北洋輔, 鈴木浩太, 奥村安寿子, 三橋翔太, 北村柚葵, 中川栄二, 稲垣真澄

臨床神経生理学 ((一社)日本臨床神経生理学会) 46 ( 5 ) 501 - 501 2018.10

ISSN 1345-7101

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A preliminary study of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-Second Edition on Japanese children: Age band 1

Suzuki, K. Hirata S, Kita Y, Sakihara K, Inagaki M, Nakai A

The 11th International Conference on Developmental Coordination (Toulouse) ,

2015.07
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Oral presentation (invited, special)
Longitudinal change in motor skills in children with autism spectrum disorders.

Hirata S, Kita Y, Suzuki K, Okuzumi H, Kokubun M, Nakai A

The 11th International Conference on Developmental Coordination (Toulouse) ,

2015.07
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Oral presentation (invited, special)
A preliminary study of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-Second Edition on Japanese children: Age Band 2.

Kita Y, Hirata S, Suzuki K, Sakihara K, Inagaki M, Nakai A

The 11th International Conference on Developmental Coordination (Toulouse) ,

2015.07
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Oral presentation (invited, special)
知能検査の読み方

北洋輔

第57回日本小児神経学会学術集会 (大阪) ,

2015.05
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Face recognition in children with autism spectrum disorders.

Kita Y.

The 17th world congress of psychophysiology, (広島) ,

2014.09
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Oral presentation (general)

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文化的・言語的に多様な背景をもつ子どもの知的能力の発達軌跡と神経活動の関係

2024.04

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2029.03

日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, 基盤研究(B), Principal investigator
注意欠如・多動症（ADHD）と発達性協調運動症（DCD）の鑑別・評価法の開発

2023.04

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2026.03

日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, 基盤研究(C), Coinvestigator(s)
Development and social implementation of unified developmental screening for health checkups for 3-year-old children in local governments

2023.04

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2026.03

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Coinvestigator(s)
適応的歩行障害における歩行調節機能の解明

2022.04

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2026.03

日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, 基盤研究(C), No Setting
文化言語の多様な子どもの発達障害症状の実態把握と認知特性に基づく支援法の確立

2019.04

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2025.03

MEXT,JSPS, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, 基盤研究(C), Principal investigator