Conservatives Are Happier than Liberals: the Mediating Role of Perceived Goal Progress and Flow Experience — a Pilot Study
<p dir="ltr">Authors presume that conservatives would be happier than liberals because they would develop better mental adjustment especially under contextual threat. The present study aimed at examining whether self-regulatory factors (i.e., dispositional self-control, perception of...
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| author | Walid Briki (688845) |
| author2 | Lionel Dagot (14151939) |
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| author_facet | Walid Briki (688845) Lionel Dagot (14151939) |
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| dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv | Walid Briki (688845) Lionel Dagot (14151939) |
| dc.date.none.fl_str_mv | 2020-02-13T21:00:00Z |
| dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv | 10.1007/s12144-020-00652-0 |
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| dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv | Psychology Applied and developmental psychology Cognitive and computational psychology Political ideology Conservatism Personality Self-regulation Contextual threat Wellbeing |
| dc.title.none.fl_str_mv | Conservatives Are Happier than Liberals: the Mediating Role of Perceived Goal Progress and Flow Experience — a Pilot Study |
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| description | <p dir="ltr">Authors presume that conservatives would be happier than liberals because they would develop better mental adjustment especially under contextual threat. The present study aimed at examining whether self-regulatory factors (i.e., dispositional self-control, perception of goal progress, dispositional flow, and dispositional neurotic self-attentiveness) could mediate the link between conservatism and subjective well-being (SWB). It also aimed at testing the view that contextual threat (operationalized through undesired unemployment) may moderate the relationship between conservatism and the mediators under study. In order to examine this, 418 North-American participants from the United States (66.7% females and 33.3% males; M<i>age</i> = 33.63, SD<i>age</i> = 11.64) answered questionnaires via an online platform, and structural equation model or path analyses were conducted. Main results revealed that: (a) conservatism positively predicted SWB, whereas undesired unemployment negatively predicted SWB; (b) perception of goal progress and dispositional flow fully mediated the conservative-SWB gap; and (c) dispositional self-control was highest in conservatives under contextual threat of undesired unemployment. Finally, this study suggests that conservatives can experience higher SWB because of adaptive cognitive adjustments. Moreover, this study suggests that the rationalization of inequality can have a self-enhancement function that bolsters self-regulation process when exposed to threatening contexts.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Current Psychology<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-00652-0" target="_blank">http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-00652-0</a></p> |
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| spelling | Conservatives Are Happier than Liberals: the Mediating Role of Perceived Goal Progress and Flow Experience — a Pilot StudyWalid Briki (688845)Lionel Dagot (14151939)PsychologyApplied and developmental psychologyCognitive and computational psychologyPolitical ideologyConservatismPersonalitySelf-regulationContextual threatWellbeing<p dir="ltr">Authors presume that conservatives would be happier than liberals because they would develop better mental adjustment especially under contextual threat. The present study aimed at examining whether self-regulatory factors (i.e., dispositional self-control, perception of goal progress, dispositional flow, and dispositional neurotic self-attentiveness) could mediate the link between conservatism and subjective well-being (SWB). It also aimed at testing the view that contextual threat (operationalized through undesired unemployment) may moderate the relationship between conservatism and the mediators under study. In order to examine this, 418 North-American participants from the United States (66.7% females and 33.3% males; M<i>age</i> = 33.63, SD<i>age</i> = 11.64) answered questionnaires via an online platform, and structural equation model or path analyses were conducted. Main results revealed that: (a) conservatism positively predicted SWB, whereas undesired unemployment negatively predicted SWB; (b) perception of goal progress and dispositional flow fully mediated the conservative-SWB gap; and (c) dispositional self-control was highest in conservatives under contextual threat of undesired unemployment. Finally, this study suggests that conservatives can experience higher SWB because of adaptive cognitive adjustments. Moreover, this study suggests that the rationalization of inequality can have a self-enhancement function that bolsters self-regulation process when exposed to threatening contexts.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Current Psychology<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-00652-0" target="_blank">http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-00652-0</a></p>2020-02-13T21:00:00ZTextJournal contributioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontextcontribution to journal10.1007/s12144-020-00652-0https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Conservatives_Are_Happier_than_Liberals_the_Mediating_Role_of_Perceived_Goal_Progress_and_Flow_Experience_a_Pilot_Study/21597654CC BY 4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:figshare.com:article/215976542020-02-13T21:00:00Z |
| spellingShingle | Conservatives Are Happier than Liberals: the Mediating Role of Perceived Goal Progress and Flow Experience — a Pilot Study Walid Briki (688845) Psychology Applied and developmental psychology Cognitive and computational psychology Political ideology Conservatism Personality Self-regulation Contextual threat Wellbeing |
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| title | Conservatives Are Happier than Liberals: the Mediating Role of Perceived Goal Progress and Flow Experience — a Pilot Study |
| title_full | Conservatives Are Happier than Liberals: the Mediating Role of Perceived Goal Progress and Flow Experience — a Pilot Study |
| title_fullStr | Conservatives Are Happier than Liberals: the Mediating Role of Perceived Goal Progress and Flow Experience — a Pilot Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conservatives Are Happier than Liberals: the Mediating Role of Perceived Goal Progress and Flow Experience — a Pilot Study |
| title_short | Conservatives Are Happier than Liberals: the Mediating Role of Perceived Goal Progress and Flow Experience — a Pilot Study |
| title_sort | Conservatives Are Happier than Liberals: the Mediating Role of Perceived Goal Progress and Flow Experience — a Pilot Study |
| topic | Psychology Applied and developmental psychology Cognitive and computational psychology Political ideology Conservatism Personality Self-regulation Contextual threat Wellbeing |