Springett N R, Szulecka Lekarz T K
Br J Med Psychol. 1986 Mar;59(1):69-73. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1986.tb02667.x.
A model of psychological preselection is proposed to account for findings of higher psychiatric morbidity among Arts students than in other faculties. The predictions of this model and a competing 'course factor' model are tested. Arts students are found to show more evidence of anxiety, insomnia, depression and poorer relationships with parents before academic courses have begun. Some of these differences are found to be constructed from distinct sex-linked components. Certain aspects of the preselection model were not supported by the findings, and refinements to the model are presented. It is suggested that the preselection may be based on an interconnection between clarity of identity, cognitive style and educational choice. The data also support the view that adolescent 'storm and stress' may be the experience of the relatively few.
提出了一种心理预选模型，以解释文科学生中精神疾病发病率高于其他院系这一现象。对该模型和与之竞争的“课程因素”模型的预测进行了检验。研究发现，文科学生在学术课程开始之前，就表现出更多焦虑、失眠、抑郁的迹象，以及与父母关系较差的情况。其中一些差异是由不同的性别相关因素构成的。研究结果并未支持预选模型的某些方面，并对该模型进行了改进。研究表明，预选可能基于身份认同清晰度、认知风格和教育选择之间的相互联系。数据还支持这样一种观点，即青少年的“风暴与压力”可能只是相对少数人的经历。
