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- Title
Validation of the Japanese Version of the Body Vigilance Scale.
- Authors
Tatsuo Saigo; Yoshitake Takebayashi; Jun Tayama; Bernick, Peter J.; Schmidt, Norman B.; Susumu Shirabe; Yuji Sakano
- Abstract
The Body Vigilance Scale is a self-report measure of attention to bodily sensations. The measure was translated into Japanese and its reliability, validity, and factor structure were verified. Participants comprised 286 university students (age: 19±1 years). All participants were administered the scale, along with several indices of anxiety (i.e., Anxiety Sensitivity Index, Short Health Anxiety Inventory Illness Likelihood Scale, Social Interaction Anxiety Scale, and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale). The Japanese version of the Body Vigilance Scale exhibited a unidimensional factor structure and strong internal consistency. Construct validity was demonstrated by significant correlations with the above measures. Results suggest that the Japanese version of the scale is a reliable, valid tool for measuring body vigilance in Japanese university students.
- Subjects
VIGILANCE (Psychology); ATTENTION; JAPANESE people; ANXIETY; COLLEGE students
- Publication
Psychological Reports, 2016, Vol 118, Issue 3, p918
- ISSN
0033-2941
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0033294116648139