Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 4 · Licensed source edition
Validation of the Japanese Version of the Multidimensional Measure of Family Supportive Supervisor Behaviors (FSSB-J)
Originally published 2019-11-22 · Frontiers in Psychology
Frontiers Media SA · DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02628 ↗
Workplace evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
Relevant to decisions about using a validated support measure in a comparable workplace; the original evidence concerns japanese workers participating in validation of the FSSB-J measure.
Examines workers, organizations or AI at work. Participants are not necessarily parents; family benefits are not established by this evidence alone.
Editorial reading guide · Trust
How would we know whether family-supportive supervision is actually happening?
This reading brings measuring emotional, instrumental, role-modeling and creative work-family supervisory support into the trust pathway. The japanese measure validation and repeat measurement study offers a specific workplace lens on how employment and family life meet.
Study context
Japanese workers participating in validation of the FSSB-J measure
Age / stage: Working adults; children not directly assessed
Read with three questions
- How did the researchers define and assess the four dimensions of the Japanese support measure?
- What does the study design allow us to conclude about factor structure, temporal invariance and reliability evidence?
- What would need to be checked before adopting using a validated support measure in a comparable workplace?
Keep the limits in view
Scale validation concerns measurement in the studied language and context; it is not evidence that a support intervention improves family outcomes.
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Hisashi Eguchi; Yuko Kachi; Hayami K Koga; Mariko Sakka; Masahito Tokita; Akihito Shimazu (2019). Validation of the Japanese Version of the Multidimensional Measure of Family Supportive Supervisor Behaviors (FSSB-J) Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02628
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