Yoshito is a sixth year doctoral student at the Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota.  He received his B.A. in Psychology from the University of Oregon in 2000.  He then earned his M.S. from Oregon in 2002.  Yoshito’s research interest lies in relational aggression, victimization, and race/ethnicity/culture.  He is also interested in examining the role of cross-racial/ethnic friendships in social-psychological adjustment. He is currently working on cross-cultural research on relational aggression, victimization (bullying), and friendship qualities.

Representative Presentations

Kawabata, Y. (2003). The role of ethnicity in the formulation of cross-race friendships and adolescents’ peer status. Poster presented at Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, FL.

Kawabata, Y. & Crick, N. R. (2005). Relational Victimization, Social Information-Processing Patterns, and Socio-Emotional Adjustment: A Cultural-Developmental Approach. Poster presented at Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.

Kawabata, Y. & Crick, N. R. (2005). Relational Aggression, Social-Information Processing Patterns, and Social-Emotional Adjustment among Japanese School Children. Poster presented at Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.

Kawabata, Y., Taylor, E. L., & Crick, N. R. (2006). The Role of Cross-Race Friendships in Social-Psychological Adjustment. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Adolescence, San Francisco, CA

Other Interests

traveling, music, indoor sports (volleyball and basketball).