研究兴趣（Research Interest）范文模板 - 心理学 - 2

Statement of Research Interests

My research focuses on the investigation of cause-effect-relationships in different fields of Psychology, primarily Applied Psychology. I am particularly interested in analyzing how different kinds of “environments” - natural, man-made, social or work related – influence our perceptions, our well-being, our behavior, and how individuals try to cope with these demands in the sense of reducing stress by applying different coping strategies (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984). To date, I worked in three different research areas: the theoretical background of my work in the environmental field lies in the theory of affordances (Gibson, 1977), Barkers‘ behavior setting approach (1968), the transactional stress theory (Lazarus & Launier, 1978) and the notion of environmental stressors (Evans & Cohen, 1987) (capitalize all or none). In the field of Social Psychology, I applied Fishbein & Ajzens’ “theory of reasoned action” (1975) on the environmental field. My work in the field of Organizational Psycholgy is influenced by Hackers’ action theory (1997) and Ulichs‘ approach of socio-technical systems (1989) as well as by Clarks’ psycholinguistical theory of common ground (1996). Since I regard ecological validity as very important in the field of Applied Psychology, most of my studies are field studies of quasiexperimental design. Even though my research is predominantly quantitative and questionnairebased, I have recently begun to use more qualitative and process-oriented approaches such as learning histories (Kleiner & Roth, 1997) and observation-oriented methods such as video analyses and diary methods.