2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Developing the work-life balance scale through participatory research with mental health service users

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23500807
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Applied health science
Research Institution	Tokyo Metropolitan University
Principal Investigator	TANIMURA Atsuko 首都大学東京, 人間健康科学研究科, 准教授 (70315761)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2013
Keywords	精神保健 / ワークライフバランス / リカバリー / 当事者参加型研究 / ノミナールグループテクニック / 尺度開発 / 人間作業モデル
Research Abstract	We could develop the work-life balance scale that obtained high contextual validity through a participatory action research method and nominal group techniques, following the Model of Human Occupation. Participants encouraged their learning and recovery, and improved their work-life balance, too. In addition, we administered research to 108 mental health service users and examined reliability and validity of the scale. The results indicated high reliability (internal consistency) and mild criterion-related validity of it. Five factors were formed through factor analysis and we interpreted the results of the factor analysis fit the research data of the scale.