Moon Heejeong, Ahn Hyunnie
Department of Psychology, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Front Psychol. 2024 Jul 1;15:1342133. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1342133. eCollection 2024.
In this study, we developed an integrated situational taxonomy by merging the second-generation situational taxonomies of the DIAMONDS and CAPTION models.
The study participants included 363 adults aged 25-39 years, residing in South Korea, with at least a college degree, and currently employed. To integrate the factors of both models, we conducted an exploratory factor analysis and further examined the hierarchical structure of these factors using bass-ackwards analysis.
Our analysis revealed that the integrated situational taxonomy comprises seven domains with a confirmed hierarchical structure. Building on these findings, we further conducted a comparative analysis of the results with prior situational taxonomy research.
It was found that the factors constituting integrated domains derived from previous studies that employed correlation analysis or factor analysis differed from those of our study. However, the taxonomy of the three domains in the third level (negativity, positivity, and tasks) aligned with that of previous relevant research, suggesting that these domains are universally applicable to situational taxonomy. Hence, although the taxonomy of the three domains does not encapsulate specific situational characteristics, like the seven domains, if one seeks a culturally universal, statistically clear, and concise structure of situational taxonomy, the three-domain one is a promising alternative to the seven domains. Moreover, this study is the first situational taxonomic research outside the United States and European cultural spheres that confirms that an integrated situational taxonomy is similarly applicable in East Asian cultures.
在本研究中，我们通过合并DIAMONDS模型和CAPTION模型的第二代情境分类法，开发了一种综合情境分类法。
研究参与者包括363名年龄在25至39岁之间、居住在韩国、至少拥有大学学历且目前有工作的成年人。为了整合两个模型的因素，我们进行了探索性因素分析，并使用反向分析进一步检验了这些因素的层次结构。
我们的分析表明，综合情境分类法由七个领域组成，具有确定的层次结构。基于这些发现，我们进一步将结果与先前的情境分类法研究进行了比较分析。
研究发现，以往采用相关分析或因素分析的研究中构成综合领域的因素与我们的研究不同。然而，第三级中三个领域（消极性、积极性和任务）的分类法与先前的相关研究一致，这表明这些领域普遍适用于情境分类法。因此，尽管这三个领域的分类法不像七个领域那样包含特定的情境特征，但如果有人寻求一种文化上通用、统计上清晰且简洁的情境分类法结构，那么三领域分类法是七个领域分类法的一个有前途的替代方案。此外，本研究是美国和欧洲文化领域之外的第一项情境分类法研究，证实了综合情境分类法在东亚文化中同样适用。
