Validation of the Japanese version of Moral Expansiveness Scale

ホウヤクバン　Moral　Expansiveness　Scale　MES　ノ　サクセイ

タカマツ, レイナ

Takamatsu, Reina

高井, 次郎

タカイ, ジロウ

Takai, Jiro

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

邦訳版作成

信頼性と妥当性の検討

道徳の輪

道徳判断

moral expansiveness

scale development of the Japanese version

validation of psychometric properties

moral circle

moral judgment

The present study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Japanese version of Moral Expansiveness Scale (MES). The MES captures depth and breadth of the moral world in whichthe indi-vidual extends moral concern to a variety of entities, such as human, animals and environment. The original version has been tested on Australian and US samples and includes some target entities that are unfamiliar for Japanese samples (e.g., soldier, redwood tree). To make the entity list correspondent to Japanese society, we altered the entities. In validating the Japanese version, we conducted an online study to draw a diverse sample (n = 246; mean age = 49.24 years). The overall results demonstrated that the Japanese version of the MES has good convergent and predictive validity, hence a sound tool for as-sessing moral expansiveness in Japanese sample

高井, 次郎