The University of Texas at Arlington, USA.
Public Underst Sci. 2024 Apr;33(3):353-369. doi: 10.1177/09636625231203478. Epub 2023 Oct 21.
This study examines whether engaging in science work and work that is substantively complex (e.g. requiring independent thought and judgment) is related to interest in science, science knowledge, and confidence in the scientific community in the United States. It also examines whether the conditions of work mediate the relationship between education and these science-related outcomes. Occupation-level data from O*NET are merged with survey data from the General Social Survey. Results indicate that science work is related to interest in science and science knowledge and that work complexity is related to confidence in the scientific community. Results offer only limited evidence of mediation-science work mediates the relationship between educational attainment and science knowledge but not the relationships involving interest or confidence. In sum, results indicate that the conditions of work are associated with science attitudes, and that researchers should examine these connections in future research.
本研究考察了从事科学工作和实质性复杂工作（例如需要独立思考和判断）是否与对科学的兴趣、科学知识以及对美国科学界的信心有关。它还考察了工作条件是否在教育和这些与科学相关的结果之间起到了中介作用。本研究将 O*NET 的职业数据与综合社会调查的调查数据进行了合并。结果表明，科学工作与对科学的兴趣和科学知识有关，工作复杂性与对科学界的信心有关。结果仅提供了有限的中介证据——科学工作在教育程度与科学知识之间起到了中介作用，但在兴趣或信心方面则没有起到中介作用。总之，结果表明工作条件与科学态度有关，研究人员应该在未来的研究中检验这些联系。
