Abstract
The present study investigated the developmental changes and sexual difference of the role saliance in Japanese adults, by using The Salient Inventory (SI), and compared the SI-scores of adults in Japan with those of adults in other countries. The procedure was (a)to make the Japanese version of the SI, and (b) to administer it to 605 male and 278 female adults. The main results were follows. (a) The internal consistency (alpha coefficients) for male was from .88 to .95 ,and from .87 to.96 for female. (b) We found the developmental changes of role salience both in males and females. In the case of male, Work role of Participation scale shows the highest score in their 40s. In the case of famale, the Home and family role in Participation scale was dominant, but the developmental changes were very few. We found the same trend in Commitment scale. However there were no developmental changes in Value Expectations scale. (c) We found the sexual difference of role salience. The female subjects show higher score of Home and Family role than male in participation scale. The Commitment scale shows the same trend. However, we did'nt find the sexual differrence in the role of Community Service and Leisure Activities. We found higher score of Work role in male and Leisure Activities. We found higher score of Work role in male and higher score of Home and Family role in female, in the Value Expections Scale. (d) Comparing the role salience of Japanese adults with that of adults in U.S. A. .Canada, Yugoslavia, we found that Japanese male adults show higher score of Work role and female adults show higher score of Leisure role.
