Comparison of factor-analyzed Adolescent Reinforcement Survey Schedule (ARSS) responses from Japanese and American adolescents.

The Adolescent Reinforcement Survey Schedule (ARSS) was administered to a sample of male and female late adolescent college students from Japan (N = 500). The responses to the ARSS are factor analyzed using a principal component method. The results of the factor-analyzed ARSS from the Japanese sample are compared and contrasted with the results from a previous study (Holmes et al., 1987) in which ARSS was administered to a sample of American male and female college students (N = 231). Both the American and Japanese samples produced 10 interpretable factors. A recommendation is made to replicate the present study with groups of early and mid-adolescents in each culture in order to study shifts in reinforcers during different periods of adolescent development.