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Article: Conservatives are happier than liberals: Study
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- The Hindustan Times
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- May 8, 2008
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London, May 8 -- People who have conservative ideologies are much more happier than liberal-leaners, says a new study.
And the reason why it is so is because conservatives rationalize social and economic inequalities.
The study found that regardless of marital status, income or church attendance, right-wing individuals reported greater life satisfaction and well being than left-wingers.
Conservatives also scored highest on measures of rationalization, which gauge a person's tendency to justify, or explain away, inequalities.
The rationalization measure included statements such as: "It is not really that big a problem ...