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Development of the Counseling Center Assessment of Psychological Symptoms‐Japanese version: Pilot study
Author(s) -
Horita Ryo,
Kawamoto Aki,
Nishio Akihiro,
Sado Tadahiro,
Locke Benjamin D.,
Yamamoto Mayumi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical psychology and psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.315
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1099-0879
pISSN - 1063-3995
DOI - 10.1002/cpp.2412
Subject(s) - psychology , equivalence (formal languages) , confirmatory factor analysis , clinical psychology , reliability (semiconductor) , structural equation modeling , applied psychology , statistics , philosophy , linguistics , power (physics) , mathematics , physics , quantum mechanics
There is currently no reliable and valid multidimensional instrument for measuring psychological symptoms among Japanese university students. The purpose of this pilot study was to translate the Counseling Center Assessment of Psychological Symptoms‐62 (CCAPS‐62) into Japanese and evaluate its validity and reliability. Following robust translation procedures, the CCAPS‐Japanese was created. In the validation study, 2,758 undergraduate students from 11 universities (mean age = 19.08 ± 1.85 years) completed the CCAPS‐Japanese. The results of confirmatory factor analysis supported the theoretical eight‐factor structure model of the CCAPS‐Japanese with the exclusion of seven items. The decision to retain/remove items was made by evaluating factor loadings and model fit indices while considering cultural equivalence and structural validity. Using the finalized 55‐item CCAPS‐Japanese, further analyses demonstrated that the eight subscales had acceptable to good internal consistencies ( α = .61–.89). Thus, the tool's validity and reliability were established. The CCAPS‐Japanese may be appropriate for assessing the psychological concerns of Japanese university students.

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