Huggins Charlotte F, Cameron Isobel M, Scott Neil W, Williams Justin H G, Yoshikawa Sakiko, Sato Wataru
Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, Foresterhill, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom.
Front Psychol. 2021 Aug 20;12:722108. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.722108. eCollection 2021.
We aimed to assess the psychometric properties of a Japanese version of the Actions and Feelings Questionnaire (J-AFQ), an 18-item self-report measure of non-verbal emotional communication, as well as to examine its transcultural properties. The J-AFQ was administered to 500 Japanese adults (age 20-49, 250 male), alongside the Japanese Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire (BAPQ-J) and Empathy Quotient (EQ-J). These were compared to a group of 597 British and Irish participants (age 16-18, 148 male). J-AFQ was assessed in terms of validity by confirmatory factor analysis and convergence with BAPQ-J and EQ-J using Pearson correlation. Internal consistency and differential item functioning (DIF) were assessed and compared between Japanese and UK/Irish participants. Reversed worded items (RWIs) showed poor item-total correlations but excluding these left a 13-item version of the J-AFQ with good internal consistency and content validity. Consistent with the English version, J-AFQ scores correlated with EQ and lower BAPQ scores. However, comparing across cultures, J-AFQ scores were significantly lower in the Japanese sample, and there was evidence of important DIF by country in over half of the J-AFQ items Cultural differences in attitudes to self-report, as well as increased acquiescence to RWI's also seen in previous studies, limit the value of the 18-item instrument in Japanese culture. However, the 13-item J-AFQ is a valid and reliable measure of motor empathy, which, alongside the English version, offers promise for research in motor cognition and non-verbal emotional communication across cultures.
我们旨在评估日语版的《动作与情感问卷》（J - AFQ）的心理测量特性，这是一种用于非言语情感交流的18项自评量表，同时也检验其跨文化特性。J - AFQ被施用于500名日本成年人（年龄20 - 49岁，男性250名），同时施测的还有日语版的泛自闭症特征问卷（BAPQ - J）和共情商数（EQ - J）。这些数据与一组597名英国和爱尔兰参与者（年龄16 - 18岁，男性148名）的数据进行了比较。通过验证性因素分析评估J - AFQ的效度，并使用皮尔逊相关分析其与BAPQ - J和EQ - J的收敛性。评估并比较了日本和英国/爱尔兰参与者之间的内部一致性和项目功能差异（DIF）。反向计分项目（RWI）的项目总分相关性较差，但排除这些项目后，J - AFQ的13项版本具有良好的内部一致性和内容效度。与英文版一致，J - AFQ得分与EQ以及较低的BAPQ得分相关。然而，跨文化比较时，日本样本中的J - AFQ得分显著较低，并且超过一半的J - AFQ项目存在国家层面的重要DIF证据。先前研究中也发现，日本文化中对自评的态度差异以及对RWI的默认倾向增加，限制了18项量表在日本文化中的价值。然而，13项的J - AFQ是运动共情的有效且可靠的测量工具，与英文版一起，为跨文化的运动认知和非言语情感交流研究提供了前景。
