title: Transgenerational Authenticity Measurement: A Comment on Ito et al. (2009).
abstract: The authors examined their previously published studies of transgenerational authenticity in a Japanese cohort (Ito, Horikoshi, & Kodama). In the previous paper, the authors addressed semantic and semiotic concerns. In this paper, design flaws and statistical flaws are examined.
authors.affiliation: Community Mental Health Center of Middle Georgia, Dublin, GA, USA varghcv63@gmail.com.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Giannini
authors.affiliation: Community Mental Health Center of Middle Georgia, Dublin, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Wick
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012660:Semantics
keywords: Japanese society; authenticity; research design and scientific rigor