用词向量空间统一心理构念,实现跨研究的可比分析
Psychological Constructs in Shared Semantic Space

- 将心理构念转化为共享语义空间中的方向向量
- 27种情绪类别在VAD空间中呈现预期分布,尤其在效价与唤醒度上
- 适用于人格五大维度比较,但细粒度特征需谨慎解读
心理构念常通过独立工具、数据集和研究传统测量,导致直接比较困难。本文提出一种框架,通过将构念表示为共享词嵌入空间中的方向,实现语义可比性。利用有监督语义差异法,从文本-结果关联中估计特定构念的语义梯度,并投影到理论驱动的参考轴上。以效价、唤醒度和支配感(VAD)作为情感坐标系进行初步测试:首先从英语词级情感规范中恢复可解释的VAD方向;其次将27个GoEmotions情绪类别的语义梯度投影至该空间,成功复现了情绪在效价和唤醒度上的组织结构;最后对IPIP-NEO-300项目因子关系推导出的五大人格领域与特质进行同样处理,领域级定位总体一致,而特质级结果因问卷文本稀疏更具探索性。结果表明,嵌入空间可支持原本不可比的心理测量间的构念级比较,前提是评估语义定位的稳定性和可解释性。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Psychological constructs are often measured in separate instruments, datasets, and research traditions, which makes direct comparison difficult. This paper proposes a framework for making such constructs semantically commensurate by representing and comparing them as directions in a shared word-embedding space. Using Supervised Semantic Differential, we estimate construct-specific semantic gradients from text-outcome associations and project them onto theoretically motivated reference axes. As an initial test case, we use Valence, Arousal, and Dominance (VAD) as an affective coordinate system. First, we recover interpretable VAD directions from English word-level affective norms. Second, we project semantic gradients for 27 GoEmotions categories into this space and recover the expected organization of emotions, especially along valence and arousal. Third, we apply the same procedure to Big Five personality domains and facets derived from IPIP-NEO-300 item-factor associations. Domain-level placements are broadly coherent, while facet-level results are more exploratory because they rely on sparse questionnaire text. The results suggest that embedding spaces can support construct-level comparison across otherwise incommensurable psychological measurements, provided that semantic placements are assessed for stability and interpretability.
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