Ulichney Virginia, Jarcho Johanna M, Shipley Thomas F, Ham Joy, Helion Chelsea
Department of Psychology, Temple University Philadelphia PA USA.
Anal Soc Issues Public Policy. 2022 Mar 20. doi: 10.1111/asap.12309.
Preventing the negative impacts of major, intersectional social issues hinges on personal concern and willingness to take action. This research examines social comparison in the context of climate change, racial injustice, and COVID-19 during Fall 2020. Participants in a U.S. university sample ( = 288), reported personal levels of concern and action and estimated peers' concern and action regarding these three issues. Participants estimated that they were more concerned than peers for all three issues and took more action than peers regarding COVID-19 and climate change. Participants who reported higher levels of personal concern also estimated that they took greater action than peers (relative to participants who reported lower levels of concern). Exploratory analyses found that perceived personal control over social issues were associated with greater concern and action for racial injustice and climate change but not for COVID-19. This indicates that issue-specific features, including perceived controllability, may drive people to differently assess their experiences of distinct social issues.
预防重大的、交叉性社会问题的负面影响取决于个人的关注程度和采取行动的意愿。本研究考察了2020年秋季在气候变化、种族不公正和新冠疫情背景下的社会比较情况。美国一所大学的样本（N = 288）中的参与者报告了个人的关注程度和行动情况，并估计了同龄人对这三个问题的关注程度和行动情况。参与者估计，他们对所有三个问题的关注程度都高于同龄人，并且在新冠疫情和气候变化方面采取的行动比同龄人更多。报告个人关注程度较高的参与者还估计，他们比同龄人采取了更多行动（相对于报告关注程度较低的参与者）。探索性分析发现，对社会问题的感知个人控制与对种族不公正和气候变化的更多关注及行动相关，但与新冠疫情无关。这表明，包括感知可控性在内的特定问题特征可能会促使人们对不同社会问题的经历进行不同的评估。
