SENSE OF DIRECTION AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH GEOGRAPHICAL ORIENTATION, PERSONALITY TRAITS AND MENTAL ABILITY
SENSE OF DIRECTION AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH GEOGRAPHICAL ORIENTATION, PERSONALITY TRAITS AND MENTAL ABILITY
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方向感及其与地理取向、性格特征和心理能力的关系
DOI:
10.5926/jjep1953.40.1_47
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发表时间:
1992
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通讯作者:
Yoshiaki Takeuchi
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作者:
Yoshiaki Takeuchi
The purpose of this study was to construct Sense of Direction Questionnaire-Short Form (SDQ-S), and investigate its relationship with geographical orientation, personality traits and mental ability. 532 undergraduate students (female 373, male 159) were administered SDQ-S, and the results were factor-analyzed using the principal factor method and varimax rotation. Two factors, i.e., awareness of orientation Factor I , and memory for usual spatial behavior Factor II, could be identified from 17 items (9 items to Factor I and 8 items to Factor II). The reliability of the questionnaire was tested on the same subjects using internal consistency and split-half methods. The relations between sense of direction and geographical orientation based on 70 subjects suggested the concurrent validity of SDQ-S. Also, 47 subjects (female only) helped examining the influence of personality traits and mental ability on sense of direction.