Construction of the Tokimeki Scale for Women

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  • 女性の ｢ときめき｣ 尺度の作成
  • ジョセイ ノ 「 トキメキ 」 シャクド ノ サクセイ

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Tokimeki is a very important feeling for women, and it refers to the excitement and elation caused by people, cosmetics, and accessories, among others. However, the features of this feeling are unclear. Therefore, we investigated factors constituting Tokimeki to clarify the feeling and developed a new scale to assess Tokimeki. Women (N＝122) responded to a questionnaire on the feeling of Tokimeki. The result of factor analyzing their responses indicated the following factors: "Discontent", "Uneventful", "Fatigue", "Happiness" and "Aggression". The reliability of the Tokimeki scale indicated that the Cronbach's alphas of all the factors of the scale exceeded 0.80. Moreover, 19 women rated the Tokimeki Scale twice to determine its test-retest reliability. The validity of the Tokimeki scale indicated that these factors correlated with the subscales of the Japanese version of PANAS. These results indicated that the new scale has sufficient reliability and validity for assessing Tokimeki.

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  • The Journal of Health Sciences

    The Journal of Health Sciences 22 9-17, 2019-03-30

    日本福祉大学健康科学部, 日本福祉大学健康科学研究所

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