心理学学科形象的结构探索研究——以非心理学专业大学生为被试

Research on the exploration of structure of the disciplinary image of psychology——undergraduates not majoring in psychology as example

为了探索在非心理学专业大学生心目中心理学学科形象的结构,首先对110名非心理学专业大学生进行了开放式问卷调查和访谈,对内容进行收集整理后并结合已有文献形成了包括63个条目的调查问卷,再对450名非心理学专业大学生进行施测,404份有效问卷的探索因素分析的结果表明,在非心理学专业大学生心中心理学的学科形象主要包含了五个维度:对心理学的态度、心理学的价值、心理学的重要性、心理学的特性和心理学的本质。

The primary purpose of this research was to explore the structure of disciplinary image of psy- chology in the minds of undergraduates not majoring in psychology. An initial sample （n=110） from university completed the open-ended questionnaire and inter- view, a questionnaire including sixty-three items was formed after analyzing the responses and combining the existing literatures. A second sample （n=450） com- pletled the questionnaire. The result of exploratory factor analysis according 404 valid questionnaires showed that the struclure of disciplinary image of psy- chology in the minds of undergraduates not majoring in psychology includes five aspects： the attitude toward psychology, the value of psychology, the importance of psychology, the character of psychology and the nature of the psychology.