Abstract
The purpose of this study was to construct a scale to measure sense of responsibility toward community among Japanese university students. A review of the literature revealed that a sense of responsibility toward one’s community was defined as an attitude to accept one’s obligations to promote social welfare voluntarily, and a self-efficacy in the community. In order to develop a responsibility scale, Japanese university students (N=649) answered questionnaires regarding responsibility to community, with questions relating to ‘The prosocial behavior scale’ and so on. When factor analysis was performed on the 11 items of the responsibility scale, two factors were found which corresponded with the hypothesized result. Reliability of the scale was confirmed by Cronbach’s alpha and test-retest method. Validity of the scale was also confirmed by logistic regression analysis and correlation analysis.
