Development of the Japanese Version of the Test of Self-Conscious Affect-3 (TOSCA-3): A Study Among Student and Parent Population

Overview

Journal Behav Sci (Basel)

Date 2024 Jul 27

PMID 39062399

Authors

Toshinori Kitamura

Ayako Hada

Yuriko Usui

Yukiko Ohashi

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Abstract

Objective: The Test of Self-Conscious Affect-3 (TOSCA-3) is a scenario-based measure of self-conscious emotions. We aimed to create an abridged version of the TOSCA-3 that is appropriate for Japanese populations and has a good fit with the data, as well as validate its subscales.

Methods: The TOSCA-3 was distributed to (a) a university student population ( = 512: Study 1) and (b) a parent population ( = 260: Study 2). In both studies, items with factor loading < 0.33 were deleted one by one to select culturally appropriate scenarios for each of the six domains of self-conscious emotions. In Study 1, self-conscious emotions were correlated with the other correlates.

Results: Most of the final models showed a good fit with the data. In Study 1, the six domains of self-conscious emotions showed correlations with depression and related items, dispositional coping styles, experiences in childhood, ego function, borderline and narcissistic personality traits, and adult attachment styles, almost in the expected fashions.

Conclusions: The TOSCA-3 is a useful tool to measure self-conscious emotions among Japanese student and parent populations if a few culturally inappropriate scenarios are deleted.

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