The Japanese version of the Multiple Affect Adjective Checklist—Revised: Development and validation

✍ Scribed by Tomoyuki Yasuda; Bernard Lubin; Juhu Kim; Rodney Van Whitlock

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 270 KB
• Volume: 59
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/jclp.10120

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

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.