疫情风险下系统依赖与系统合理信念的关系

The Effect of System Dependence on System-justifying Belief During the COVID-19 Pandemic

目的:构建了一个有调节的中介模型考察疫情上升期民众的系统依赖与系统合理信念的关系及政府责任归因的中介作用和风险感知的调节作用。方法:通过问卷法使用系统依赖问卷、系统合理信念问卷、政府责任归因问卷和风险感知问卷对933名被试进行调查。结果:直接效应显示系统依赖正向预测系统合理信念;间接效应显示系统依赖通过政府责任归因负向预测系统合理信念,政府责任归因起遮掩效应;间接效应受到风险感知的调节,疫情风险感知较高时政府责任归因的间接效应显著,而风险感知较低时效应不显著。结论:民众对系统的高依赖可以增强系统合理信念;而当民众感知到较高的疫情风险时,系统依赖又会通过提高对政府的责任归因削弱系统合理信念。

Objective: The present study constructed a moderated mediation model to examine the effect of system dependence on system-justifying belief and the underlying mechanisms during the rapid development of the epidemic. Methods: 1,562 adults took part in the survey. Questionnaires measured system dependence, system justification theory, attribution of responsibility, and risk perception. Results: The direct effect showed that system dependence would accelerate system-justifying belief. Attribution of government responsibility had the suppressing effect in the relationship between system dependence and system-justifying belief. The risk perception played a significant role in moderating the indirect effect of attribution of government responsibility. To be more specific, when risk perception was high, system dependence would attribute more responsibility to government, and the indirect effect in the relationship between system dependence and systemjustifying belief would be significant, but when risk perception was low, system dependence would not predict attribution of government responsibility and the indirect effect would not be significant. The moderating effect of risk perception cannot be found in the direct effect of system dependence. Conclusion: Higher dependence of the public on the system can strengthen the system-justifying belief, and when the public perceives a higher risk, the system dependence will weaken the system-justifying belief by increasing the attribution of responsibility to the government.