Research On Noise In Environmental Psychology And Relevant Mood Questionnaire Revision

Environmental psychology is a important field of psychology. A review is given about the studies of noise and human's health in environmental psychology. The results and new progress are introduced, especially about campus environment and noise. Then we revised a tool of assessing noise effect in mood, that is , the self-reported mood questionnaire in classroom environment . Test was conducted in 538 students in elementary schools and middle schools of Beijing, by using the translated self-reported mood questionnaire and BFS questionnaire. We processed the data by SPSS. Factor analysis indicates that the revised questionnaire is still made up of 2 factors. The 2 factors explain 56.1% of total variance. The questionnaire has good criterion validity. Cronbach's coefficient Alpha is 0.81 and 0.86. Spearman-Brown split-half reliability is 0.862 and 0.860. The revised self-reported mood questionnaire in classroom has good reliability and validity. It can be applied in future research.Finally, conclusion and expectation are made about studies in noise in environmental psychology, situation of studies in China, and revised mood questionnaire.