國人時間觀念和生活步調的初步研究

A Preliminary Study of Time Perception and Life Pace of Chinese University Students

黃堅厚(Chien-Hou Hwang)

《教育心理學報》 14期 (1981/06) Pp. 1-14

https://doi.org/10.6251/BEP.19810601.1

摘要

本項研究是對國人時間觀念的初步探討。作者利用問卷，調查我國大學生248人，以瞭解他們守時的傾向和對於「遲」「早」的看法。結果顯示：我國大學生頗重時間觀念，赴約遲到的情形較西方大學生且少些，而在遲到時歉疚緊張的反應常較為高；約會時對早到之時限甚寬，而對遲到者所設時限則常較嚴。本研究並曾對臺灣各地區個人及公眾場所時計之正確性作調查，發現臺灣地區城市和鄉鎮之間，在時計正確性上，並沒系統性的差別。

並列摘要

In this study of time perception of Chinese university students, a questionnaire was used to determine (a) the frequency of their being late in social engagements; (b) their feelings of being late; (c) their perceptions of earliness and lateness; (d) the attributions they would make in case of being late; and (e) their evaluation of the personality of people who were punctual, occasionally late, or chronically late. When the results were compared with those of American and Brazilian college students reported by Levine, et al. (1981), Chinese subjects seemed to have a more strict sense of punctuality. While they set a greater allowance for early corners in social gatherings, they showed less tolerance than the Westerners did for late corners; and they themselves would always try to be present ahead of the scheduled time.
The accuracy of public clocks and personal watches was also checked in this study at fifteen localities in Taiwan area. No systematic difference was found between the accuracy of those time pieces in big cities and that of those in small towns.