Standardization of Focusing Manner Scale Revised edition

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26380967
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Otemon Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: Nagano Koji 追手門学院大学, 心理学部, 准教授 (80330166)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 健康心理学・健康開発 / フォーカシング / 体験過程尊重尺度 / FMS / メンタルヘルス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, FMS (Focusing Manner Scale) that measures daily use of Focusing attitude was revised (FMS-18). After researching for three years, it was observed that FMS-18 had negative correlation with multiple stress response scales, positive correlation with Psychological Well-being scale and Authentic scale, which confirmed FMS-18’s construct validity. Covariance structure analysis revealed that Focusing attitude not only directly decreases stress response, but also increases work motivation, hence, indirectly decreases stress response as well. These results confirmed that FMS-18 is a useful scale for mental health.

Free Research Field

心理学・臨床心理学