Claudia Gherghel

Profile Information

Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Mori Arinori Institute for Higher Education and Global Mobility, Hitotsubashi University

Degree: 博士（心理学）(名古屋大学)
PhD (Psychology)(Nagoya University)

Researcher number: 00876279
J-GLOBAL ID: 201801003597796487
researchmap Member ID: B000297055

Research Interests

Research Areas

Humanities & social sciences / Social psychology /

Research History

Dec, 2022 - Present

Assistant professor, Mori Arinori Institute for Higher Education and Global Mobility, Hitotsubashi University
Apr, 2023 - Mar, 2024

Part-time lecturer, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Bunkyo Gakuin University
Sep, 2022 - Mar, 2024

Part-time lecturer, Faculty of Global Communication, Toyo Gakuen University
Apr, 2020 - Nov, 2022

Research Associate, Mori Arinori Institute for Higher Education and Global Mobility, Hitotsubashi University
Apr, 2018 - Mar, 2020

DC2 Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Apr, 2019 - Sep, 2019

Part-time lecturer, Department of Global and Media Studies, Kinjo Gakuin University
Apr, 2018 - Sep, 2019

Part-time lecturer, College of Human Sciences, Kinjo Gakuin University
Apr, 2017 - Mar, 2019

Teaching assistant (Data analysis), Graduate School of Education and Human Developmental Sciences, Nagoya University
Apr, 2017 - Mar, 2019

Teaching assistant (Intercultural Training), Graduate School of Education and Human Developmental Sciences, Nagoya University
Apr, 2017 - Mar, 2018

Teaching assistant (Introduction to Human Developmental Sciences), Graduate School of Education and Human Developmental Sciences, Nagoya University
Oct, 2017 - Nov, 2017

Teaching assistant (Active Learning in English), Nagoya University Affiliated Highschool
Apr, 2015 - Mar, 2017

Teaching assistant (Research Methods in Psychology), Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shizuoka University

Education

Apr, 2017 - Mar, 2020

Department of Psychology and Human Developmental Sciences, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Nagoya University
Apr, 2015 - Mar, 2017

Master of Human Clinical Sciences, Graduate School, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shizuoka University
Oct, 2013 - Mar, 2015

Research Student, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shizuoka University
Oct, 2011 - Sep, 2013

Human Relations and Communication Master, Faculty of Psychology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University
Oct, 2009 - Sep, 2011

Psychology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University

Awards

Papers

Interpersonal helping in the workplace: Social expectation predicts anticipated guilt and intention to help a coworker

Claudia Gherghel

Cognition and Emotion, Apr 5, 2024 Peer-reviewed
Inferred social expectations are linked to prosocial effort in teamwork in Japan but not in the United States

Claudia Gherghel

Japanese Psychological Research, Jul 11, 2023 Peer-reviewed
Interaction during online classes fosters engagement with learning and self-directed study both in the first and second years of the COVID-19 pandemic

Claudia Gherghel, Shoko Yasuda, Yosuke Kita

Computers & Education, 200 104795-104795, Jul, 2023 Peer-reviewed
Online education and the mental health of faculty during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.

Yosuke Kita, Shoko Yasuda, Claudia Gherghel

Scientific reports, 12(1) 8990-8990, May 30, 2022 Peer-reviewed
Interpersonal harmony pursuit in Japan and the United States: Culture shapes motivation and goal content

Claudia Gherghel, Daisuke Akamatsu

Current Psychology, May 6, 2022 Peer-reviewed
How should time abroad be spent? Effects of social interaction and out-of-class study time while abroad on foreign language proficiency and use

Claudia Gherghel, Shoko Yasuda, Yosuke Kita

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1-15, Dec 22, 2021 Peer-reviewed
Sense of Contribution Mediates Cultural Differences in Support-Seeking

Takeshi Hashimoto, Claudia Gherghel

Cross-Cultural Research, 55(5) 474-496, Dec, 2021 Peer-reviewed
The relationship between frequency of performing acts of kindness and subjective well-being: A mediation model in three cultures

Gherghel Claudia, Nastas Dorin, Hashimoto Takeshi, Takai Jiro

Current Psychology, 40 4446-4459, Sep, 2021 Peer-reviewed
Effect of obligation to help on positive affect: Comparing Japan, Romania, and the United States

Gherghel Claudia, Nastas Dorin

Journal of Community Psychology, 49(6) 1617-1629, Aug, 2021 Peer-reviewed
The bright and dark sides of emotional intelligence: Implications for educational practice and better understanding of empathy

Akamatsu Daisuke, Gherghel Claudia

International Journal of Emotional Education, 13(1) 3-19, May, 2021 Peer-reviewed
The meaning of kindness and gratitude in Japan: A mixed-methods study

International Journal of Wellbeing, 10(4) 55-73, Oct, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Culture moderates the association between social expectations regarding helping and positive affect

Gherghel Claudia, Hashimoto Takeshi, Takai Jiro

The Japanese Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 60(1) 56-60, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Culture, morality, and the effect of prosocial behavior motivation on positive affect

Gherghel Claudia, Nastas Dorin, Hashimoto Takeshi, Takai Jiro, Cargile Aaron Castelan

Ethics and Behavior, 30(2) 126-149, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Prosocial behavior and well-being in different cultures

Gherghel Claudia, Takai Jiro

Bulletin of the Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Nagoya University (Psychology and Human Development Sciences), 66 17-30, Dec, 2019
Quieting the ego through group activities: A thematic analysis of Romanian and Japanese students' positive group experiences

Gherghel Claudia, Nastas Dorin, Hashimoto Takeshi

Journal of Happiness Studies, 19(5) 1283-1303, 2018 Peer-reviewed

Misc.

The effect of interactive learning on learning engagement in online classes

Gherghel Claudia, Yasuda Shoko, Kita Yosuke

Working Paper Series Mori Arinori Institute for Higher Education and Global Mobility, WP2022-01, Dec, 2022
The Effect of Short-term Study Abroad on Second Language Acquisition

Gherghel Claudia, Yasuda Shoko, Kita Yosuke

Working Paper Series Mori Arinori Institute for Higher Education and Global Mobility, WP2021-02, Jul, 2021
Faculty Perspectives and Opinions on Online Education

Kita Yosuke, Yasuda Shoko, Gherghel Claudia

Working Paper Series Mori Arinori Institute for Higher Education and Global Mobility, WP2021-01, May, 2021
The Effect of University Entrance Examination on Academic Performance: Focusing on Entrance Test Scores and Admission Category

Gherghel Claudia, Yasuda Shoko, Kita Yosuke

Working Paper Series Mori Arinori Institute for Higher Education and Global Mobility, WP2020-02, Mar, 2021

Books and Other Publications

Workplace benefits of self-detachment in group activities. In Negruti, A., Hristova, P., Larsen, K.S and Krumov, K (Eds), Positive Organizational Psychology – Advances in Creating Improved Workplaces and Employee Well-Being

Gherghel Claudia, Nastas Dorin (Role: Contributor, pp. 74-86)

Kassel: Kassel University Press., 2015
Do groups help women become less self-focused? Exploring gender differences in self-detachment in group activities on a Romanian sample. In Turliuc, N. (Ed), Gen, muncă, familie și schimbare

Gherghel Claudia, Nastas Dorin (Role: Contributor, 287-299)

Iași: Institutul European., 2013

Presentations

Helping and guilt avoidance at work

Claudia Gherghel

The 69th Conference of the Japanese Group Dynamics Association, Sep 23, 2023
Guilt aversion in the workplace: Others’ expectations predict intention to help

Claudia Gherghel

The 15th Biennial Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology, Jul, 2023
Social expectations promote prosocial effort in a tedious task

Gherghel, Claudia

The 86th conference of the Japanese Psychological Association, Sep, 2022
Perceived social expectations promote prosocial effort in teamwork among Japanese

Gherghel, Claudia

26th International Congress of the IACCP, Jun 12, 2022
Social obligations and prosocial effort across cultures: The role of distinctiveness of the self

Gherghel Claudia

67th annual conference of the Japanese Group Dynamics Association, Sep 11, 2021
The effect of expectations to help on benefactors' need satisfaction and positive affect

Gherghel Claudia, Hashimoto Takeshi

32nd International Congress of Psychology, Jul 19, 2021
Culture shapes the effect of obligation on sense of choice and prosocial effort

Gherghel Claudia

25th International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Jul, 2021
Helping more when it's expected: The effect of culture and obligation to help on prosocial effort

Gherghel Claudia, Hashimoto Takeshi

Society for Personality and Social Psychology Convention, Feb 9, 2021
Comment to Fan Xiao "Money-helping behavior effects on subjective wellbeing distinguished by dissimilar interpersonal relations: Evidence from China"

Gherghel Claudia

Japan Association for Applied Economics Fall Conference, Nov 21, 2020 Invited
The effect of prosocial behavior on benefactors' positive affect: Focusing on the role of request for help and culture

Gherghel Claudia

The 84th Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association, Sep 8, 2020
Prosocial behavior enhances relatedness need satisfaction, but only momentarily

Gherghel Claudia, Hashimoto Takeshi

83rd Meeting of the Japanese Society of Psychology, Sep 12, 2019
The kinder I am, the happier I feel: The relationship between kindness and well-being in three cultures

Gherghel Claudia, Nastas Dorin, Hashimoto Takeshi, Takai Jiro

13th Biennial Asian Association of Social Psychology Conference, Jul 11, 2019
Culture, moral discourse and motivation to perform kind acts

Gherghel Claudia, Hashimoto Takeshi, Takai Jiro, Nastas Dorin

65th Annual Conference of the Japanese Group Dynamics Association, Sep, 2018
The effect of desire to be kind on positive affect - Focusing on the moderating effect of the community ethic

59th Annual Conference of the Japanese Association of Social Psychology, Aug, 2018
The effect of perceived duty and desire to be kind on expected positive affect

Gherghel Claudia, Nastas Dorin, Hashimoto Takeshi, Takai Jiro

24th Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Jul, 2018
Ruumania jin to nihonjin no doutoku kiban [The moral foundations of Romanians and Japanese]

Gherghel Claudia, Hashimoto Takeshi, Nastas Dorin

Japanese Association of Social Psychology, Oct, 2017
The effect of culture, moral foundations and interpersonal stressors on depression

Nastas, Dorin, Gherghel Claudia, Hashimoto Takeshi

7th International Conference on Applied Psychology and Educational Sciences, Oct, 2017
The moderating effect of moral foundations on the relationship between positive activity involvement and well-being.

Gherghel Claudia, Hashimoto Takeshi

15th Annual Meeting International Society for Quality of Life Studies, Sep, 2017
Enjou yousei no seisa to sono riyuu (2) [Gender differences in help-seeking and their causes (2)]

Hashimoto Takeshi, Gherghel Claudia, Ishikawa Sakiko

Japanese Association of Social Psychology, Sep, 2016
Enjou yousei no seisa to sono riyuu (1) [Gender differences in help-seeking and their causes (1)]

Ishikawa Sakiko, Gherghel Claudia, Hashimoto Takeshi

Japanese Association of Social Psychology, Sep, 2016

Teaching Experience

Apr, 2023 - Mar, 2024

Introduction to data science (Bunkyo Gakuin University)
Sep, 2022 - Mar, 2024

Intercultural exchange and communication (Toyo Gakuen University)
Apr, 2019 - Sep, 2019

Statistics (Kinjo Gakuin University)
Apr, 2019 - Sep, 2019

Introduction to Psychology (Kinjo Gakuin University)
Apr, 2018 - Sep, 2019

Experimental Psychology (Kinjo Gakuin University)

Professional Memberships

Mar, 2024 - Present

Japan Association for Institutional Research
2020 - Present

American Psychological Association
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
THE JAPANESE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
Japanese Group Dynamics Association

Research Projects

向社会的行動の効果を規定する対人的相互作用と文化的背景

科学研究費助成事業若手研究, 若手研究, 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2022 - Mar, 2025

Gherghel Claudia・Emilia
Interpersonal processes promoting prosocial effort

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up, Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Sep, 2020 - Mar, 2023
The effect of expectations to help on benefactors’ need satisfaction and positive affect

Overseas Conference Travel Grant, The Japanese Society of Social Psychology, May, 2020
The moderating effect of culture and morality on the relationship between prosocial behavior and well-being

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows, Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2018 - Mar, 2020
The moderating effect of moral foundations on the relationship between positive activity involvement and well-being

Overseas Conference Travel Grant, Nagoya University, Sep, 2017

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