Surveying the Effect of COVID-19 on Trust

在危机时期，信任和团结有助于人们走到一起解决难题，并在解决方案上团结一致。另一方面，低水平的信任可能会阻碍危机应对的有效性，并威胁到机构的完整性。该项目调查了数千名美国人，以了解COVID-19大流行和更广泛的气候如何塑造信任和社区团结的感觉。该项目将研究危机如何影响信任和团结，以及信任和团结如何影响人们的思维和行为。这项调查将向美国人提出一系列问题，旨在了解他们对疫情的看法，以及他们对抗击疫情的决定的态度。该项目的研究结果不仅将帮助决策者更好地了解COVID-19大流行的影响，还将为未来应对公共卫生危机提供信息。该项目将利用新三波2019冠状病毒病社会变革调查（CSCS）来研究大流行如何影响社会信任和社区团结。CSCS于2020年3月首次进行调查，抽取了8000名美国人的全国代表性样本，对55岁以上的人进行了过度抽样。到目前为止，这项调查已经从最初的受访者中抽取了四批人。这一新阶段的调查将涉及三波新浪潮，结合与其他答复者的重新接触，产生约5000人的具有全国代表性的样本。计划在2021年4月/ 5月，2021年10月/ 11月和2022年10月/ 11月进行额外的波浪。该项目的研究结果将为有关制度、社区和社会信任的社会学理论提供信息。该项目还将提供一个可供公众、学生和其他研究人员使用的交互式数据工具。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

During periods of crisis, trust and solidarity help people come together to solve difficult problems and unify behind solutions. Alternatively, low levels of trust may hamper the effectiveness of crisis responses and threaten the integrity of institutions. This project surveys thousands of Americans to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic and broader climate shape feelings of trust and community solidarity. The project will study how crises affect trust and solidarity, and in turn how trust and solidarity influence how people think and behave. The survey will ask Americans a broad range of questions designed to understand their perceptions of the pandemic and attitudes towards the decisions made to combat its effects. Findings from the project will not only help decision-makers to better understand the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic but will also inform future responses to public health crises. This project will study how the pandemic has shaped social trust and community solidarity using three new waves of the COVID-19 Social Change Survey (CSCS). First fielded in March 2020, the CSCS drew a nationally representative sample of 8,000 Americans, oversampling individuals over age 55. The survey so far has included four waves pulled from the initial respondents. This new phase of the survey will involve three new waves, combining re-contacts with additional respondents to produce nationally representative samples of approximately 5,000 individuals. Additional waves are planned for April/May 2021, October/November 2021, and October/November 2022. Findings from the project will inform sociological theories of institutions, communities, and social trust. The project will also provide an interactive data tool that can be used by the public, by students, and by other researchers.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.