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 (n = 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.

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对气候变化、种族不平等和 COVID-19 的关注和行动的社会比较


防止重大、交叉性社会问题的负面影响取决于个人的关注和采取行动的意愿。本研究考察了 2020 年秋季气候变化、种族不平等和 COVID-19 背景下的社会比较。美国大学样本的参与者 ( n = 288) 报告了个人的关注和行动水平，并估计了同龄人对以下方面的关注和行动：这三个问题。参与者估计，他们比同龄人更关心这三个问题，并且在 COVID-19 和气候变化方面比同龄人采取了更多行动。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的行动（相对于报告关注程度较低的参与者）。探索性分析发现，个人对社会问题的控制感与对种族不公正和气候变化的更大关注和行动有关，但与 COVID-19 无关。这表明特定问题的特征，包括感知的可控性，可能会促使人们以不同的方式评估他们对不同社会问题的经历。