Hasegawa Akira, Oura Shin-Ichi, Yamamoto Tetsuya, Kunisato Yoshihiko, Fukui Yoshikazu
Department of Psychology, International University of Health and Welfare, 4-1-26 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-8402 Japan.
Tokai Gakuin University, 5-68 Naka-kirino, 504-8511 Kakamigahara City, Gifu Japan.
J Ration Emot Cogn Behav Ther. 2022 Jul 30:1-23. doi: 10.1007/s10942-022-00469-9.
In the past, different stress generation studies have used self-report measures comprising different items to assess each category of negative events. Moreover, the validity of these scales has not been adequately investigated. Therefore, we developed a self-report measure dedicated to assessing experiences of negative interpersonal dependent events, negative non-interpersonal dependent events, and negative independent events in university students, which was named the Negative Independent/Dependent Events Scale.
Japanese undergraduate students (N = 247; mean age = 19.18 years, = 3.08) responded to the Negative Independent/Dependent Events Scale, which had items selected for adequate content validity. They also responded to self-report measures of depressive symptoms, reassurance-seeking behaviors, inattention, and lack of perseverance.
All the negative events subscales had moderate positive correlations with depressive symptoms. In addition, the negative interpersonal dependent events subscale showed a moderate positive correlation with reassurance-seeking behaviors, and the negative non-interpersonal dependent events subscale showed a strong positive correlation with inattention. Furthermore, the negative non-interpersonal dependent events subscale was more strongly correlated with inattention than the other two negative events subscales. In contrast, the negative interpersonal dependent events subscale was more strongly correlated with reassurance-seeking behaviors than with the negative independent events subscale but not more strongly than with the negative non-interpersonal dependent events subscale.
These findings indicated the acceptable construct validity of the Negative Independent/Dependent Events Scale. However, further research is necessary to establish the discriminant validity of the negative interpersonal dependent events subscale and the negative non-interpersonal dependent events subscale.
过去，不同的压力产生研究使用了包含不同项目的自我报告测量方法来评估每一类负面事件。此外，这些量表的有效性尚未得到充分研究。因此，我们开发了一种专门用于评估大学生负面人际依赖事件、负面非人际依赖事件和负面独立事件经历的自我报告测量方法，即负面独立/依赖事件量表。
日本本科生（N = 247；平均年龄 = 19.18岁，标准差 = 3.08）对负面独立/依赖事件量表做出回应，该量表的项目经过筛选以确保内容效度。他们还对抑郁症状、寻求安慰行为、注意力不集中和缺乏毅力的自我报告测量方法做出回应。
所有负面事件子量表与抑郁症状均呈中度正相关。此外，负面人际依赖事件子量表与寻求安慰行为呈中度正相关，负面非人际依赖事件子量表与注意力不集中呈强正相关。此外，负面非人际依赖事件子量表与注意力不集中的相关性比其他两个负面事件子量表更强。相比之下，负面人际依赖事件子量表与寻求安慰行为的相关性比与负面独立事件子量表更强，但不比与负面非人际依赖事件子量表更强。
这些发现表明负面独立/依赖事件量表具有可接受的结构效度。然而，有必要进行进一步研究以确立负面人际依赖事件子量表和负面非人际依赖事件子量表的区分效度。
