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Regular Article Reliability and validity of the Japanese edition of the Defense Style Questionnaire 40.
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Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences . Apr2004, Vol. 58 Issue 2, p152-156. 5p. - Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- Defense styles have a close relationship with ego development and psychopathology. The purpose of the present paper was to examine the reliability and validity of the Japanese edition of the Defense Style Questionnaire (DSQ-40; Andrews et al. 1993). Six hundred and six Japanese university students (348 female) completed the DSQ-40 and Maudsley Personality Inventory (MPI). The neurotic tendency had positive correlations with immature and neurotic defense styles and a negative correlation with the mature defense style. The extroversion tendency had positive correlations with the mature and neurotic defense styles and a negative correlation with the immature defense style. There was a significant test–retest correlation for all items of the DSQ-40 ( n = 284). The results show that the Japanese version of the DSQ-40 had concurrent validity with the MPI and a test–retest reliability of 2 months, although there was some doubt about the validity of the factor structure of the DSQ-40. Therefore, the DSQ-40 is a useful scale in Japan to measure ego development and ego function through defense styles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *EGO (Psychology)
*PATHOLOGICAL psychology
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*SURVEYS
*JAPANESE people
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13231316
- Volume :
- 58
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 12440569
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1819.2003.01209.x