Notes from:
"Why are Conservatives Happier than Liberals?"
(J.L. Napier and J.T. Jost)
--> The short answer: because they are less troubled by inequality
* In three studies, using nationally representative samples from the United States and nine additional countries, we consistently found that conservatives (or right-wingers) are happier than liberals (or left-wingers).
* Political conservatism is a system-justifying ideology in that it is associated with the endorsement of a fairly wide range of rationalizations of current social, economic, and political institutions and arrangements.
* System-justifying beliefs are generally associated with high personal satisfaction.
* System-justification tendencies could provide a kind of ideological buffer against the negative hedonic consequences of social and economic inequality.
* The presence of inequality poses a potential threat to the legitimacy of the status quo
* The American emphasis on meritocratic ideology renders economic inequality less aversive to Americans than to Europeans
* Research suggests that highly egalitarian women are less happy in their marriages compared with their more traditional counterparts, apparently because they are more troubled by disparities in domestic labor.
"Why are Conservatives Happier than Liberals?"
(J.L. Napier and J.T. Jost)
--> The short answer: because they are less troubled by inequality
* In three studies, using nationally representative samples from the United States and nine additional countries, we consistently found that conservatives (or right-wingers) are happier than liberals (or left-wingers).
* Political conservatism is a system-justifying ideology in that it is associated with the endorsement of a fairly wide range of rationalizations of current social, economic, and political institutions and arrangements.
* System-justifying beliefs are generally associated with high personal satisfaction.
* System-justification tendencies could provide a kind of ideological buffer against the negative hedonic consequences of social and economic inequality.
* The presence of inequality poses a potential threat to the legitimacy of the status quo
* The American emphasis on meritocratic ideology renders economic inequality less aversive to Americans than to Europeans
* Research suggests that highly egalitarian women are less happy in their marriages compared with their more traditional counterparts, apparently because they are more troubled by disparities in domestic labor.
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