TANAKA Kengo
Department
Osaka University of Economics
Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Business Administration
Position
Professor
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Language | Japanese |
Publication Date | 2015/05 |
Type | |
Title | An analysis of the stress reaction scale for home caregivers by utilizing Item Response Theory |
Contribution Type | |
Volume, Issue, Page | 66(1),pp.43-56 |
Author and coauthor | TANAKA Kengo, MATSUURA Saori |
Details | The aim of this study was to investigate the characteristics of a psychological stress reaction scale for home caregivers , using Item Response Theory (IRT). Participants consisted of 337 home caregivers who filled out a questionnaire in order to measure several levels of psychological stress reaction. Grade response model was used to estimate the parameters, discrimination, and the level of difficulty regarding each item. We assessed the precision of measurement and the fit of the model, and found both precision and fit to be satisfactory. |
ISSN | 0474-7909 |