Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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951738 | Journal of Research in Personality | 2008 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
We propose that individual differences in the motivation to avoid emotions are related to political conservatism. We argue that because conservatism is concerned with managing uncertainty and emphasizes ego-control, conservative ideologies match with the motivational concerns of those individuals who find emotions to be uncertainty-enhancing and dysfunctional. In a group of 267 participants, positive associations were found between emotion avoidance and right-wing authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, and support for conservative policies. Negative associations were found between emotion approach and conservatism measures.
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Authors
Luigi Leone, Antonio Chirumbolo,