Department of Political Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States of America.
Department of Political Science, University of California-Merced, Merced, CA, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2019 Sep 25;14(9):e0221870. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221870. eCollection 2019.
Political scientists have long known that political involvement exacts costs but they have typically defined these costs in relatively narrow, largely economic terms. Though anecdotal evidence suggests that the costs of politics may in fact extend beyond economics to frayed personal relationships, compromised emotional stability, and even physical problems, no systematic evidence on these broader costs exists. We construct and validate batteries of survey items that delineate the physical, social, and emotional costs of political engagement and administer these items to a demographically representative sample of U.S. adults. The results suggest that a large number of Americans believe their physical health has been harmed by their exposure to politics and even more report that politics has resulted in emotional costs and lost friendships.
政治学家早就知道政治参与需要付出代价，但他们通常将这些代价定义为相对狭隘的、主要是经济方面的代价。尽管轶事证据表明，政治的代价实际上可能超出经济范畴，延伸到人际关系紧张、情绪稳定受损，甚至身体健康问题，但这些更广泛代价的系统证据并不存在。我们构建并验证了一系列调查项目，这些项目详细描述了政治参与的身体、社会和情感代价，并向具有代表性的美国成年人样本进行了这些项目的调查。结果表明，大量美国人认为他们的身体健康因接触政治而受到损害，甚至更多的人报告说政治导致了情感代价和失去友谊。
