title: The relationship between right-wing ideological attitudes and psychological well-being.
abstract: The relationship between right-wing ideological attitudes and psychological well-being has been intensively studied. Although some studies supported the hypothesis that right-wing attitudes are negatively related with well-being, other research yielded positive or nonsignificant relationships. We conducted a meta-analysis (total samples = 97, total N = 69,221) of measures of well-being, including positive and negative affect, life satisfaction, self-esteem, and intrinsic goal pursuit. The obtained effect sizes were generally weak and nonsignificant, except for a moderate relationship between intrinsic goal pursuit and social dominance orientation. Our results thus do not support previous theories that claim that right-wing attitudes yield substantial relationships with psychological well-being.
authors: Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium. Emma.Onraet@UGent.be
authors: Emma
authors: E
authors: Onraet
authors: Alain
authors: A
authors: Van Hiel
authors: Kristof
authors: K
authors: Dhont
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D001318:Authoritarianism; D006801:Humans; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011057:Politics; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept; D012930:Social Dominance; D012933:Social Identification