Xie Xiaona, Zhang Yue, Zhang Robert Jiqi, Ding Yi, Guo Yongyu
School of Psychology Nanjing Normal University Nanjing Jiangsu Province P.R. China.
Anal Soc Issues Public Policy. 2022 Apr;22(1):183-197. doi: 10.1111/asap.12298. Epub 2022 Feb 11.
Individuals increase their support for social systems in response to the threat, panic, and uncertainty that characterized the COVID-19 pandemic. This could be because a powerful social system can compensate for a lack of control at the individual level. However, the levels of public support for national versus local systems could be different in China. Two studies investigate whether people support the national more strongly than the local system during the COVID-19 pandemic. Study 1 analyzed data of 3593 participants from China; the results showed that participants reported higher levels of support for the national system than the local. In Study 2, we further tested a possible moderator for it. With a sample of 275 participants, we found that the difference between public support for national and local systems in China was based on the perceived higher response efficacy with the national government. Implications for research on system justification and governmental pandemic responses were discussed.
个体因新冠疫情所具有的威胁、恐慌和不确定性而增加了对社会制度的支持。这可能是因为一个强大的社会制度可以弥补个体层面上控制感的缺失。然而，在中国，公众对国家制度和地方制度的支持程度可能有所不同。两项研究调查了在新冠疫情期间人们对国家制度的支持是否比对地方制度的支持更强烈。研究1分析了来自中国的3593名参与者的数据；结果显示，参与者对国家制度的支持程度高于对地方制度的支持程度。在研究2中，我们进一步测试了一个可能的调节因素。以275名参与者为样本，我们发现中国公众对国家制度和地方制度支持的差异是基于对中央政府更高回应效能的认知。文中还讨论了对制度正当性研究和政府疫情应对措施的启示。
