The influence of intraindividual development on the relationship between support reciprocity and mental health : Developmental changes of underbenefitting and overbenefitting exchange orientation

サポート ノ ゴケイセイ ト セイシンテキ ケンコウ トノ カンレン ニ タイスル コジン ナイ ハッタツ ノ エイキョウ リトク フソク シコウセイ オヨビ リトク カジョウ シコウセイ ノ ハッタツテキ ヘンカ

タニグチ, ヒロカズ

Taniguchi, Hirokazu

田中, 宏二

タナカ, コウジ

Tanaka, Koji

オオサカ ダイガク ダイガクイン ニンゲン カガク ケンキュウカ タイジン シャカイ シンリガク ケンキュウシツ

利得過剰志向性

小学生

中学生

高校生

underbenefitting exchange orientation

overbenefitting exchange orientation

elementary school students

junior high school students

high school students

The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of a revised and translated Japanese version of the original two scales for underbenefitting exchange orientation and overbenefitting exchange orientation (Sprecher, 1992), and to investigate developmental differences and gender differences of the two types of orientation. Underbenefitting exchange orientation shows one’s concern about receiving less in return than one invests, and overbenefitting exchange orientation shows one’s concern about receiving more in return than one invests. The preliminary study was administered to 102 first-year high school students, 100 second-year junior high school students, and 109 sixth-year elementary school students, while the main study was administered to 262 first-year high school students, 223 second-year junior high school students, and 248 sixth-year elementary school students. Item analyses resulted in a 13-item scale for underbenefitting exchange orientation, alpha = .83, and a 13-item scale for overbenefitting exchange orientation, alpha = .83. Elementary school boys scored higher in overbenefitting orientation than junior high school boys. Boys reported higher levels of underbenefitting orientation than girls, while girls reported higher levels of overbenefitting orientation than boys.

田中, 宏二