开发和验证易受伪科学影响的规模
Emma Kate Thome1, Patrick Finn1
1Department of Communication Sciences and Special Education, University of Georgia, Athens.
American journal of speech-language pathology
|December 9, 2025
概括
伪科学敏感度 (STOP) 尺度有助于识别临床医生.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 帮助职业的人.
- 教育教育教育教育教育教育.
背景情况:
- 帮助专业的伪科学对临床医生和客户都构成风险.
- 虽然一些临床医生认识到伪科学警告标志,但对识别困难的研究有限.
研究的目的:
- 开发和验证对伪科学 (STOP) 敏感度的尺度.
- 探索参与者在STOP尺度上的表现.
主要方法:
- 开发了10项的STOP尺度和假设的临床场景.
- 评估专家对内容的有效性;使用7个相关尺度对82名本科生进行收和分歧的有效性.
- 通过5名本科生大声思考协议探索构造有效性,并检查本科生和6名演讲语言病理学家 (SLP) 的表现.
主要成果:
- 专家们验证了除了一项外的所有STOP尺度项目.
- STOP等级得分与批判性思维和对经验的开放度量有显著的相关性,与伪科学认可和超自然信仰相反.
- 大声思考数据支持双流程理论;本科生和SLP展示了对伪科学警告标志的不同识别.
结论:
- 停止尺度是评估学生和临床医生的伪科学检测能力的宝贵工具.
- 研究结果表明,需要有针对性的教育干预措施来提高伪科学识别技能.
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