A JAPANESE VERSION OF INVENTORY OF ORIENT ATION TOWARD PRIVACY

Marshall (1974) and Pedersen (1979) theorized and studied Orientation toward Privacy, but the concept has not been explored extensively in t his country. In this study, a Japanese version of their Inventory of O rientation toward Privacy was constructed. In Study 1, translated item s of the inventory were examined to see whether they had the same dime nsions as the original scale. The results indicated that the dimension s were similar, except an 'Anonymity' factor. In study 2, excluding an onymity items, a 21-item Japanese version was constructed, incorporati ng Iwata's (1987) findings as well. Factor analysis revealed seven fac tors, Free will, Intimacy with Friends, Reserve, Intimacy with Family, Seclusion, and Isolation. Finally, in study 3, the new Inventory was administered to another sample, and its factor structure re-examined. The structure proved to be reasonably stable, and it therefore may be concluded that the scale meaningfully measured Orientation toward Priv acy.