title: Envy, politics, and age.
abstract: In the last 5 years, the phrase "politics of envy" has appeared more than 621 times in English-language newspapers, generally in opinion essays contending that political liberalism reflects and exploits feelings of envy. Oddly, this assertion has not been tested empirically. We did so with a large adult sample (n = 357). Participants completed a Dispositional Envy Scale and questions about political ideology, socioeconomic status, and age. Envy and age were moderately correlated; younger people reported greater envy. Political ideology and envy were weakly correlated; however, this relationship was not significant when controlling for age.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of California San Diego, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Christine R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Nicole E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Henniger
keywords: age; attitudes; emotion; emotion regulation; envy; ideology; political psychology