Open AccessThe translation and validation of the M ini‐ K scale in J apanese
Author(s) -
Kawamoto Tetsuya
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
japanese psychological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.392
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1468-5884
pISSN - 0021-5368
DOI - 10.1111/jpr.12083
Subject(s) - convergent validity , scale (ratio) , psychology , personality , reliability (semiconductor) , clinical psychology , psychometrics , social psychology , cartography , physics , geography , power (physics) , quantum mechanics , internal consistency
The purpose of this study was to validate the 20‐item M ini‐ K scale, which is the short form of the A rizona L ife H istory B attery, as translated into J apanese. Two samples of Japanese adults ( N = 2000; 50.0% men; M age = 40.9 for the first survey; N = 400; 50.0% men; M age = 42.2 for the second survey) completed a web‐based questionnaire, including the J apanese translation of the M ini‐ K . The results showed that the psychometric properties of the J apanese M ini‐ K scale were comparable to those of the original E nglish version. The scale had good reliability based on C ronbach's α and McD onald's ω. Convergent validity was demonstrated by the correlation between the M ini‐ K scores and life history indicators. In addition, the M ini‐ K score was related to both personality and psychosomatic health. The translated scale provides a valid and reliable instrument in J apanese that measures human life‐history strategy.