A psychological study on measurement of the degree of urbanization by Urbanization of Living Environment Scale

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25380846
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social psychology
• Research Institution: Osaka City University
• Principal Investigator: Saeki Daisuke 大阪市立大学, 大学院文学研究科, 准教授 (60464591)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MIYAZAKI Genta 東京女子大学, 現代教養学部, 講師 (80636176) ; IKEGAMI Tomoko 大阪市立大学, 大学院文学研究科, 教授 (90191866)
• Research Collaborator: YADA Naoya
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 集合現象 / 都市化 / 主観的幸福 / 価値判断 / 自尊感情 / 刺激欲求 / 親和動機 / 都市度

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The present study developed two psychological scales, one of which measures the degree of urbanization of participants’ living environment (Urbanization of Living Environment Scale; ULES), and the other measures the degree of importance that participants attach to the urban living environment (Value of Urban Living Environment Scale; VULES), and also examined the relationship between these scales and other psychological variables such as self-esteem and subjective well-being. Results of factor analyses showed that ULES has five subscales and VULES has four subscales. And it was found that the relationships between these subscales and psychological variables are not necessarily in the same directions.

Free Research Field

行動分析学