评估研究人员的知识焦虑:一个全面的测量尺度
Yu Zhenlei1,2, Lin Song3, Dong Minyi4
1Shandong University, Jinan, China.
PeerJ
|December 3, 2024
概括
研究人员现在可以测量知识焦虑,一种由信息过载引起的不足感. 一个新的尺度评估了认知,情绪,行为和能力相关的因素,有助于福祉和生产力.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 研究方法研究方法研究方法学
- 信息科学 信息科学 信息科学
背景情况:
- 科学信息的快速增长在研究人员中引起了"知识焦虑".
- 这种心理状态会影响研究人员的生产力和精神健康.
- 目前还没有标准化工具可以在不同研究领域测量知识焦虑.
研究的目的:
- 开发和验证一个多维尺度来评估知识焦虑.
- 为研究人员提供可靠的工具来量化信息过载对研究人员的心理影响.
主要方法:
- 采用混合方法方法,结合文献评论和定性访谈.
- 最初的项目生成涉及313名研究人员,随后进行了试点测试和一项主要研究,共有26名参与者.
- 探索性因子分析 (EFA) 和确认性因子分析 (CFA) 用于尺度的细化和验证.
主要成果:
- 开发了一个16项规模,包括四个因素:认知,情感,行为和能力相关的焦虑.
- CFA证实了一个强大的模型,适合高标准化因子负载 (0.5490.887).
- 该尺度表现出极好的可靠性,由0.883.88的复合克朗巴赫α表示.
结论:
- 一个新的,测量知识焦虑的心理测量尺度已经成功开发出来.
- 这种经过验证的工具将帮助研究人员评估和管理知识过载对心理的影响.
- 该尺度为了解和应对当代研究环境的挑战提供了有价值的工具.
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