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The Japanese version of the Multiple Affect Adjective Checklist—Revised: Development and validation
Author(s) -
Yasuda Tomoyuki,
Lubin Bernard,
Kim Juhu,
Van Whitlock Rodney
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.10120
Subject(s) - psychology , hostility , sensation seeking , affect (linguistics) , adjective check list , discriminant validity , anxiety , checklist , clinical psychology , test validity , construct validity , convergent validity , psychometrics , personality assessment inventory , personality , internal consistency , psychiatry , social psychology , cognitive psychology , communication
In order to develop a Japanese version of the Multiple Affect Adjective Checklist—Revised (MAACL‐R), the 66 scored adjectives were translated into Japanese and translated back into English as recommended by Werner and Campbell (1971). Confirmatory factor analyses evidenced the existence of five first‐order factors (i.e., the anxiety, depression, hostility, positive affect, and sensation‐seeking factors) and the two second‐order factors (i.e., the dysphoric and pleasant affect factors) underlying the response to the Japanese MAACL‐R. Internal consistency ranged from .73 to .91, and four‐week retest reliability ranged from .67 to .74 on the seven scales (Anxiety, Depression, Hostility, Positive Affect, Sensation Seeking, Dysphoria, and PASS). Although correlations with the scales of the State‐Trait Personality Inventory, State‐Trait Anxiety Inventory, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale, a sensation‐seeking scale, and a subjective well‐being scale indicated only acceptable discriminant validity, adequate convergent validity was evidenced by the examination of these correlations. The Japanese version of the MAACL‐R seems to be ready for use in research. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 59: 93–109, 2003.