Two facets:
- Empathic Concern
- Perspective Taking

Items

Zeitgeist comprises two facets:
- Collective Discontent
- Personal Discontent

Collective Discontent

How many out of the last 30 days did the average American encounter problems with, or was bothered by...

Personal Discontent

How many out of the last 30 days did YOU encounter problems with, or was bothered by...

1. Crime
2. Immigrants
3. Social Injustice
4. Health care provision
5. Global warming
6. The economy
7. Money shortages or budget cuts
8. Personal safety
9. Social cohesion
10. Privacy
11. Unemployment
12. The government
13. Unequal opportunities for privileged groups
14. Corruption and/or fraud
15. Lack of democracy
16. Income inequality
17. Lack of freedom
18. Overregulation (i.e. red tape)
19. Discrimination
20. Alcohol or drugs abuse
21. Indecent or antisocial behavior
22. Unequal opportunities for unprivileged groups
23. Quality of the Justice System
24. Lack of respect
25. Quality of police work
26. Quality of politicians' work
27. Quality of journalism
28. Quality of education
29. Quality of health care

Possible response values are from 0 to 30.

Source:
van der Bles, A. M., Postmes, T., & Meijer, R. R. (2015). Understanding collective discontents: A psychological approach to measuring zeitgeist. PloS one, 10(6), e0130100.