Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Empathy Training in Reducing Anxiety and Improving Empathy in Person with Autism Spectrum Disorder

2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K23387
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: 0110:Psychology and related fields
• Research Institution: University of Human Arts and Sciences
• Principal Investigator: Yoshida Masahiro 人間総合科学大学, 人間科学部, 助教 (10850901)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-08-30 – 2021-03-31
• Keywords: 臨床心理学 / ASD / Stress Survey Schedule / ストレス環境

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We developed a Japanese version of the Stress Survey Schedule (SSS), which measures the degree of stress felt by individuals with ASD in the environment and situations in which they feel stress. The results of confirmatory factor analysis conducted to confirm the eight-factor structure of the original version indicated that the model of the original version was not suitable. Therefore, an exploratory factor analysis was conducted to examine the factor structure of the Japanese version. The results showed that the Japanese version of the SSS has a four-factor structure, and retest reliability was good. Based on these results, a Japanese version of the SSS was developed.

Free Research Field

臨床心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本邦にて作成されていない，ASD者がストレスを感じる状況、環境を把握し、そのストレスを測定する尺度であるStress Survey Schedule（SSS）の日本語版の作成を行った。尺度の開発により，ASD者へのよりこまやかな支援へつながること、およびSSSを用いた今後の研究の発展につながることに学術的な意義がある。