Abstract
We developed a Sense of Respect towards the
Elderly among Adolescents Scale extending the
work of the Filial Piety Scale (TOYOSHIMA et al.
2011) and the Social Norm Scale (GALLOIS et al.
1999). The refining and further development of
scales to measure and understand the feelings of
those participating is important in facilitating and
fostering co-operative educational opportunities in
intergenerational programs.
We used a self-administered survey with 190
students (88 boys and 102 girls) registered at a
junior high school in Yokohama, and performed
factor analysis using Promax rotation, adopting 18
items consisting of 2 factors.
The Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient
was .80 for the whole scale. The first sub-scale
showed .85 in Respectful Attitudes Toward the
Elderly and the second sub-scale showed .64 in
Respectful Actions Toward the Elderly.
Additionally, overall reliability, content validity and
criterion-referenced validity were confirmed. We
argue that the new scale we developed can be
used/will be useful in future intergenerational
research projects.