Friends, relatives, sanity, and health: The costs of politics
Friends, relatives, sanity, and health: The costs of politics
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DOI：
10.1371/journal.pone.0221870
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发表时间：
2019-09-25
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影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Hibbing, John R.
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作者：
Smith, Kevin B.;Hibbing, Matthew, V;Hibbing, John R.
政治学家早就知道政治参与需要付出代价，但他们通常用相对狭窄的、主要是经济术语来定义这些代价。尽管坊间证据表明，政治的成本实际上可能超出了经济层面，包括个人关系的破裂、情绪的不稳定甚至身体上的问题，但没有系统的证据表明这些更广泛的成本。我们构建和验证电池的调查项目，描绘的物理，社会和情感成本的政治参与和管理这些项目的人口统计学上代表性的美国样本。结果表明，许多美国人认为他们的身体健康受到了政治的伤害，甚至更多的人报告说，政治导致了情感成本和友谊的丧失。
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.