title: Comparison of factor-analyzed Adolescent Reinforcement Survey Schedule (ARSS) responses from Japanese and American adolescents.
abstract: The Adolescent Reinforcement Survey Schedule (ARSS) was administered to a sample of male and female late adolescent college students from Japan (N = 500). The responses to the ARSS are factor analyzed using a principal component method. The results of the factor-analyzed ARSS from the Japanese sample are compared and contrasted with the results from a previous study (Holmes et al., 1987) in which ARSS was administered to a sample of American male and female college students (N = 231). Both the American and Japanese samples produced 10 interpretable factors. A recommendation is made to replicate the present study with groups of early and mid-adolescents in each culture in order to study shifts in reinforcers during different periods of adolescent development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia 29203.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Holmes
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakano
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cautela
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Holmes
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012944:Social Support