中庸实践思维体系构念图的建构效度研究

本研究的目的是就杨中芳(2010)提出的"中庸实践思维体系构念图"中的13个关键构念加以测量及进行相关分析,藉以探看它们之间的联系是否与杨氏构念图的构想一致。同时检验结果也提供了未来修订该图及相关测量工具的方向。这13个关键构念分别为:"两极感知"与"转换感知"的认识世界方式、"待人守则"、"拿捏意识"与"处世信念/价值"的处世原则、"趋势掌握"与"多面性"的择前思考、"整合性"的抉择策略、"和谐性"的抉择执行、"公我意识"与"私我意识"的事后反思,以及"生活满意度"与"安适感"的事后心理状态。厦门大学128名大学生参与了这项实证研究。结果显示,除了"转换感知"外,本研究的其他关键构念间的相关形态大致与杨氏构念图中的构想吻合,表明这些关键构念确实有联系成一体系的现象。然而,由于"转换感知"的例外结果,不论对有些关键构念的设想及测量,或对杨氏构念图本身,都有再思考及修订的空间。

A Construct Validity Study of C. F. Yang’s Zhong Yong Conceptualization

This paper reports a study examining empirically the connectivity of 13 key constructs laid out in a conceptualization proposed by C. F. Yang for conducting social psychological research on an indigenous concept——zhong yong,the influence of which is still being observed and felt by people living in modern Chinese societies. The 13 constructs include: ( 1) yin / yang co-existence,( 2) yin / yang convertibility in social perception,( 3 ) social interactional principles,( 4 ) balance-consciousness,( 5) zhong yong beliefs / values,( 6) trend-awareness,( 7) holistic,( 8) integrative and ( 9) harmonious orientation in dealing with life-events,( 10) public and ( 11) private self-consciousnesses,( 12) feeling of ease and ( 13) life-satisfaction. Eight instruments,five indigenously developed and two Western originated,were adopted to measure these 13 constructs and administered on 163 college students from Xia Men University. Pair-wise correlations were compared against the predictions formulated by Yang’s model. The results in general supported the model’s predictions, except one,yin / yang convertibility. This unexpected result demands some revisions of both the construct measurements and Yang’s model.