چکیده (انگلیسی):

Previous studies suggest that conservatives in the United States are happier than liberals. This difference has been attributed
to factors including differences in socioeconomic status, group memberships, and system-justifying beliefs. We suggest that
differences between liberals and conservatives in personality traits may provide an additional account for the "happiness gap".
Specifically, we investigated the role of neuroticism (or conversely , emotional stability) in explaining the conservative-liberal
happiness gap. In Study 1 (N = 619), we assessed the correlation between political orientation (PO) and satisfaction with life
(SWL), controlling for the Big Five traits, religiosity , income, and demographic variables. Neuroticism, conscientiousness, and
religiosity each accounted for the PO-SWL correlation. In Study 2 (N = 700), neuroticism, system justification beliefs,
conscientiousness, and income each accounted for PO-SWL correlation. In both studies, neuroticism negatively correlated
with conservatism. We suggest that individual differences in neuroticism represent a previously under-examined contributor
to the SWL disparity between conservatives and liberals.