Engaging in political action can ensure adequate political representation for citizens. Except for voting, however, only a nonrepresentative, small group of people regularly engages in political action. Social psychological theories provide individual, group, and system‐level explanations for why people could remain inactive. However, they often focus only on personally held attitudes and do not fully consider the dynamics of attitude formation in interactions. Based on 26 focus group discussions conducted in Brazil, Hungary, and the Netherlands, we explored how citizens explain political inaction. We used latent thematic analysis, informed by social psychological theories, to understand how people form opinions about their own and others’ political inaction. In all three countries, the prevalent norm in the focus group discussions was that political inaction should be reduced but a lack of political efficacy constituted a core theme in explaining why people remain politically inactive. Depending on the sociopolitical context and how people self‐categorized within the discussions, people blamed unresponsive governments, or cited personal fears of repercussions and cultural differences within and between countries as reasons for inaction. The findings and interpretations are discussed within a framework that extends and integrates previous perspectives on why people remain politically inactive.

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政治不作为的社会心理学解释：巴西，匈牙利和荷兰的公民观点

参与政治行动可以确保公民有足够的政治代表权。但是，除了投票外，只有少数人没有代表性，他们经常参与政治活动。社会心理学理论提供了个人，团体和系统级的解释，说明人们为何仍然保持不活动状态。但是，他们通常只关注个人持有的态度，而没有充分考虑互动中态度形成的动力。基于在巴西，匈牙利和荷兰进行的26个焦点小组讨论，我们探讨了公民如何解释政治不作为。在社会心理学理论的指导下，我们使用了潜在的主题分析，以了解人们如何形成对自己和他人的政治无为的看法。在这三个国家中 焦点小组讨论中普遍存在的准则是应减少政治不作为，但缺乏政治效力是解释人们为何保持政治不活跃的核心主题。人们根据社会政治背景以及人们在讨论中的自我分类方式，将责任归咎于政府反应迟钝，或者将个人对国家内部和国家之间的影响和文化差异的恐惧作为不作为的原因。在一个框架内讨论了这些发现和解释，该框架扩展并整合了以前有关人们为何不参与政治活动的观点。人们指责政府反应迟钝，或将个人对国家内部和国家之间的影响和文化差异的恐惧作为不作为的原因。在一个框架内讨论了这些发现和解释，该框架扩展并整合了以前有关人们为何不参与政治活动的观点。人们指责政府反应迟钝，或将个人对国家内部和国家之间的影响和文化差异的恐惧作为不作为的原因。在一个框架内讨论了这些发现和解释，该框架扩展并整合了以前有关人们为何不参与政治活动的观点。