Wednesday, May 7, 2008

From LiveSience.com: Conservatives Happier Than Liberals

You don't say...?

By Jeanna Bryner, Senior Writer

posted: 07 May 2008 08:20 am ET


Individuals with conservative ideologies are happier than liberal-leaners, and new research pinpoints the reason: Conservatives rationalize social and economic inequalities.

Regardless of marital status, income or church attendance, right-wing individuals reported greater life satisfaction and well-being than left-wingers, the new study found. Conservatives also scored highest on measures of rationalization, which gauge a person's tendency to justify, or explain away, inequalities.

Complete article here:http://www.livescience.com/health/080507-liberal-conservative.html





Maybe happiness has also something to do with not being affected by BDS?

Who knows? It's just one of my theories.



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