Abstract: Career decision have a great significance for undergraduates’ career development. Nowadays, Psychological distance as an important effect factors of the individual decisions, also affect undergraduates’ career decision-making preferences. Nowadays,the psychological distance is mainly characterized by the four dimensions, spatial distance, temporal distance, social distance and probability distance ?respectively, this research use spatial distance, temporal distance, social distance and probability distance as independent variable respectively,career decision-making preferences as the dependent variable. This study using 2 (psychological distance: distant and near) * 2 (gender: male and female) mixed experimental design,the undergraduates as subjects,four experiment was carried out respectively, exploring the effects of psychological distance and gender on undergraduates’ career decision-making preferences.The psychological distance use participants in design,choosing 128, 147, 100, 104 undergraduates in the spatial distance, temporal distance, social distance and probability distance scenarios respectively,in four scenarios under two different level(distant and near) ,asking participants to make career decision judgment , the experimental results is as follows: (1) In the undergraduates' career decision-making preferences, the main effect of spatial distance (F(1,126)=26.894,p<0.001,η2=0.176),temporal distance (F(1,145)=20.361，p<0.001，η2=0.123), social distance (F(1,98)=4.309,p<0.05,η2=0.042) and probability distance (F(1,102)=4.421,p<0.05,η2=0.042) is remarkable.In the psychological distance scenarios under two different level(distant and near), participants prefer to choose the career of stability, high occupational prestige under the distant spatial distance (M=3.58,SD=1.52), distant temporal distance (M=3.69,SD=1.48), distant social distance (M=3.62,SD=1.50) and low probability distance (M=3.52,SD=1.42) condition;participants prefer to choose the career of high salaries, Professional counterparts under the the near spatial distance (M=2.97,SD=1.41), near temporal distance (M=3.16,SD=1.34), near social distance (M=3.25,SD=1.31) and high probability distance (M=3.21,SD=1.37)condition. (2) In the undergraduates' career decision-making preferences,the interaction of psychological distance and gender is remarkable under two different spatial distance (F(1,126)=7.798,p <0.01,η2=0.058) and temporal distance (F(1,145)=3.967，p<0.05，η2=0.027) condition(distant and near);the main effect of gender (F(1,98)=4.147,p<0.05,η2=0.041)is remarkable under two different social distance condition(distant and near).Boys prefer to choose the career of high salaries, Professional counterparts than girls under the near spatial distance, temporal distance , social distance condition; there is no significant difference between boys and girls undergraduates' career decision-making preferences under the distant spatially distance, temporal distance , social distance condition. In this study, four consecutive experiments were conducted by manipulating psychological distance in two occupational situations.The experimental conclusion is as follows:(1)Psychological distance influences career decision preference.College students prefer to choose the career of stability, high occupational prestige under the distant psychological distance, and prefer to choose career with high salary and professional counterpart in the situation of near psychological distance.(2)Gender influences career decision preference .In the context of near spatial distance,near temporal distance and near social distance, male college students prefer choose career with higher salary and professional counterparts to female college students. The innovation of this study lies in the background of career decision-making, fully discussed the influence of psychological distance (spatial distance, time distance, social distance, probability distance) on career decision preference, and add gender variables that affect career decision-making under the background of Chinese traditional culture. To explore how psychological distance and gender influence career decision preference together. Concurrently the study using materials is a self-designed questionnaire based on previous studies and social survey, therefore, it is more suitable for research purposes.

Key words: psychological distance, career decision-making preference, construal level theory, undergraduates

摘要： 职业决策对大学生职业生涯发展具有重要意义。心理距离作为个体决策的重要影响因素之一，是否也影响着大学生的职业决策偏好？研究通过4个实验，采用2（心理距离：远、近）*2（性别：男、女）混合实验设计，以大学生为研究对象，探讨了心理距离（空间距离、时间距离、社会距离、假设性）和性别对职业决策偏好的影响。研究发现：(1)大学生在心理距离远的情境下更偏好选择稳定、职业声望高的职业；在心理距离近的情境下更偏好选择薪资高、专业对口的职业。（2）空间距离、时间距离、社会距离近的情境下，男大学生比女大学生更偏好选择薪资高、专业对口的职业。

关键词: 心理距离, 职业决策偏好, 解释水平理论, 大学生