A Study of the Construct Validity of the Public Health Research Foundation Stress Checklist (Short Form) : The Relationship between Stress Response and Egograms (SGE) in Patients Visiting the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine

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  • Imazu Yoshie
    Institute of Stress Science, Public Health Research Foundation Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, Nihon University Itabashi Hospital
  • Matsuno Toshio
    Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, Nihon University Itabashi Hospital
  • Murakami Masato
    Institute of Stress Science, Public Health Research Foundation International University of Health and Welfare
  • Hayashi Yoko
    Institute of Stress Science, Public Health Research Foundation
  • Sugiyama Tadashi
    Institute of Stress Science, Public Health Research Foundation

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  • Public Health Research Foundationストレスチェックリスト・ショートフォームの構成概念妥当性の検討
  • Public Health Research Foundationストレスチェックリスト・ショートフォームの構成概念妥当性の検討 : 心療内科受診者におけるストレス反応とエゴグラム(SGE)の関連
  • Public Health Research Foundation ストレスチェックリスト ・ ショートフォーム ノ コウセイ ガイネン ダトウセイ ノ ケントウ : シンリョウナイカ ジュシンシャ ニ オケル ストレス ハンノウ ト エゴグラム(SGE)ノ カンレン
  • —心療内科受診者におけるストレス反応とエゴグラム (SGE) の関連—

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Objectives : The Public Health Research Foundation Stress Checklist (Short Form) (PHRF-SCL (SF) hereinafter) is a scale for measuring stress response in adults. It consists of four subscales ( “Feelings of Anxiety and Uncertainty”, “Fatigue and Physical Symptoms”, “Autonomic Symptoms”, and “Feelings of Depression and Inadequacy”), and has been verified in terms of reliability and validity. On the other hand, egograms have been shown to be associated with mental health and physical disorders. Therefore, in order to confirm the construct validity of PHRF-SCL (SF), we examined its association with Self-growth Egogram (SGE hereinafter). Subjects : 233 patients visiting the department of psychosomatic medicine Method : Subjects were requested to complete a PHRF-SCL (SF) and SGE. Results : Four separate clusters were abstracted from a cluster analysis of SGE results, namely “High-A ‘W’ Type”, “Low-A ‘M’ Type”, “Low-FC ‘V’ Type”, and “High NP ‘へ’ Type”. For each type, we calculated the deviation value for each subscale of the PHRF-SCL (SF) and examined the difference in average using a one-way analysis of variance. The results showed that all stress responses for the “Low-FC ‘V’ Type” were higher than the other types, and that those for the “High-NP ‘ヘ’ Type” were lower than the other types. In addition, whereas the “High-A ‘W’ Type” scored high for “Feelings of Anxiety and Uncertainty” and “Feelings of Depression and Inadequacy” and scored average for “Autonomic Symptoms” and “Fatigue and Physical Symptoms”, the “Low-A ‘M’ Type” scored low for “Feelings of Anxiety and Uncertainty” and “Feelings of Depression and Inadequacy” even though scores for “Autonomic Symptoms” and “Physical Symptoms of Fatigue” were also average. Conclusion : A relationship was observed between stress response and ego-state as revealed by SGE, which was consistent with previous studies. The construct validity of the PHRF-SCL (SF) was thus partially verified.

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