Myths in psychology: psychological misconceptions among Spanish psychology students.
Academic year
Higher education
Myths in psychology
Scientific dissemination
Journal
PeerJ
ISSN: 2167-8359
Titre abrégé: PeerJ
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101603425
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2022
2022
Historique:
received:
30
09
2021
accepted:
07
07
2022
entrez:
17
8
2022
pubmed:
18
8
2022
medline:
18
8
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Myths in Psychology are beliefs that are widely spread and inconsistent with the empirical evidence available within this field of knowledge. They are characterized by being relatively stable, resistant to change, and prevalent both among the non-academic population and among students and professionals within this discipline. The aim of this study was to analyse the prevalence of these myths among Spanish psychology students and the influence of three variables: the type of university, face-to-face (UAM) and online (UNED), the academic year in which participants were enrolled and familiarity with scientific dissemination. Results show that participants from the face-to-face university, enrolled in higher academic years and that reports familiarity with scientific dissemination believe less in myths than those from the online university, enrolled in lower years and that report no familiarity with scientific dissemination.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35975237
doi: 10.7717/peerj.13811
pii: 13811
pmc: PMC9375966
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e13811Informations de copyright
©2022 Rodríguez-Prada et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare there are no competing interests.
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