Development of the Japanese version of the Revised Unmitigated Communion Scale

The purpose of this study was to develop the Japanese version Revised Unmitigated Communion Scale (J-RUCS) and examine its reliability validity. Participants included 423 university students. confirmatory factor analysis indicated that J-RUCS had two error covariances; however, it did not indicate a unidimensional structure. As for reliability, adequate internal consistency test-retest were confirmed. Regarding validity, there positive associations between affiliation, empathic concern, negative communion, self-devaluative view adjectives, preoccupied attachment style, agreeableness, neuroticism. Additionally, scores negatively correlated with self-assertion self-esteem. These results, which are consistent previous studies, showed validity J-RUCS.