Psychological Distance to Science: Psychometric Evaluation of the Swedish PSYDISC-Scale and as a Predictor of Science Skepticism.

IF 1.8 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Scandinavian journal of psychology Pub Date : 2025-03-03 DOI:10.1111/sjop.13104

Billy Jansson, Catharina Halmedal, Thea Salomonsson

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Abstract

The main purpose of the present study was to test if PSYDISC demonstrates incremental validity in predicting science skepticism across domains, beyond science attitude measures, in a Swedish context. Swedish-speaking participants (N = 314) completed an online survey containing the PSYDISC scale and two science attitude scales (Faith in Science and Negative Perceptions of Science), as well as measures of science skepticism regarding climate change, vaccines, and genetically modified organisms (GMO). Results from confirmatory factor analysis found support for the previously found four-factor model (hypothetical distance, social distance, spatial distance, and temporal distance). Additionally, measurement invariance was supported for age and gender, and local psychometric properties indicated good internal consistency with good discriminant validity but somewhat poor convergent validity. Regression analyses showed that PSYDISC demonstrated incremental predictive validity for climate change and vaccine skepticism but not for GMO skepticism. The present study thus supports PSYDISC as an incremental predictor of science skepticism.

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对科学的心理距离：瑞典psydisc量表的心理测量评估及其作为科学怀疑主义的预测因子。

本研究的主要目的是测试在瑞典的背景下，PSYDISC在预测科学怀疑主义方面是否表现出超出科学态度测量的增量效度。讲瑞典语的参与者（N = 314）完成了一项在线调查，其中包括PSYDISC量表和两个科学态度量表（对科学的信仰和对科学的消极看法），以及对气候变化、疫苗和转基因生物（GMO）的科学怀疑态度的测量。验证性因子分析的结果支持先前发现的四因素模型（假设距离、社会距离、空间距离和时间距离）。此外，年龄和性别支持测量不变性，局部心理测量属性具有良好的内部一致性，具有良好的判别效度，但收敛效度较差。回归分析表明，PSYDISC对气候变化和疫苗怀疑论的预测有效性增加，但对转基因生物怀疑论没有预测有效性。因此，本研究支持PSYDISC作为科学怀疑主义的增量预测因子。

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Scandinavian journal of psychology PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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4.20

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102

期刊介绍： Published in association with the Nordic psychological associations, the Scandinavian Journal of Psychology publishes original papers from Scandinavia and elsewhere. Covering the whole range of psychology, with a particular focus on experimental psychology, the journal includes high-quality theoretical and methodological papers, empirical reports, reviews and ongoing commentaries.Scandinavian Journal of Psychology is organised into four standing subsections: - Cognition and Neurosciences - Development and Aging - Personality and Social Sciences - Health and Disability