The purpose of study was to develop the scale of help-seeking behavior for family in Japanese university students and examine its reliability and validity. In preliminary research, free descriptive data that showed past help-seeking experience from family obtained from one hundred and sixty six undergraduates were classified and categorized. In study 1, data obtained from fifty seven undergraduates were analyzed. Results showed sufficient internal consistency and criterion-related validity. In study 2, further data were obtained from two hundreds and fifteen undergraduates. These data were analyzed to examine internal consistency, criterion-related validity and construct validity. Results indicated that scale of help-seeking behavior for family had positive correlation with both help-seeking behavior for friends and the degree of help-seeking preferences. These findings provided sufficient support for reliability and validity of the scale of help-seeking behavior for family in Japanese university students.
