Japanese response styles : An exploratory study using structural equation modeling
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- TASAKI Katsuya
- School of International Politics, Economics and Communication, Aoyama Gakuin University
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- NINOMIYA Takuya
- Senko Sangyo
Bibliographic Information
- Other Title
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- 日本人のレスポンス・スタイル : 構造方程式モデリングを用いた探索的研究
- ニホンジン ノ レスポンス ・ スタイル : コウゾウ ホウテイシキ モデリング オ モチイタ タンサクテキ ケンキュウ
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Abstract
The aim of this study is to identify response styles among Japanese participants. Response style research has had a methodological concern that biased responses defined by the number of counts responding to certain category options run the risk of being confounded with item contents. Thus, following the approach delineated and outlined by Billiet and McClendon (2000), this study identifies response styles with the aid of structural equation modeling. Based on the premise that stable tendencies in response behavior are related to personality traits, the impact of response styles is partialed out from item responses by modeling a "style factor." Confirmatory factor analyses on two distinctive psychological scales found a significant effect of the acquiescence response style (ARS) on item responses. On the other hand, strong evidence of the (in) extreme response style (ERS) and the mid-point response style (MRS), often mentioned as Japanese response styles, was not identified.
Journal
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- Japanese Journal of Social Psychology
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Japanese Journal of Social Psychology 29 (2), 75-85, 2013
The Japanese Society of Social Psychology
