中国人的关系取向:概念及其测量

“关系”在中国文化和中国人的日常生活中起着十分重要的作用,许多学者认为,中国人具有“关系取向”。本文对“关系取向”的概念进行了系统地回顾与分析,指出“关系取向”是人们以关系作为核心线索和依据对人对己进行界定,并依据这种关系界定作出行为反应的一种心理倾向和行为风格。关系取向既是个体的一种心理定势,又是一种人际行为模式。与典型的西方人相比,中国人具有明显的关系取向。本文论述了关系取向的三个层面并以关系取向的内容结构为理论基础编制了包含12个分量表的“大学生关系取向量表”,选取1250名武汉地区高校大学生进行了关系取向的实证研究,初步获得了武汉地区大学生的关系取向度。

The Chinese Relation Orientation: Concept and Its Measurement

This paper reviewes the "relationship orientation" systematically and points out that the "relation orientation" is a definition of special psychological attendance and behavioral style which people define their own and other's social role according to the relationship. Relation orientation is a kind of psychological attitude of individual and also a kind of behavior pattern. Comparing with typical western people, the Chinese have the obvious relation orientation. Relation orientation has the contents of three levels. The paper also reports the main findings by using a Relation Orientation Scale to measure 1250 university students in Wuhan city of mainland of China.