Editing Conservatism (section)

=== Happiness ===
In his book ''Gross National Happiness'' (2008), [[Arthur C. Brooks]] presents the finding that conservatives are roughly twice as happy as social liberals.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brooks |first1=Arthur C. |title=Gross National Happiness: Why Happiness Matters for America—and How We Can Get More of It |date=2008 |publisher=Basic Books |location=[[New York City|New York]] |isbn=978-1-5113-9186-3}}</ref> A 2008 study suggested that conservatives tend to be happier than social liberals because of their tendency to justify the current state of affairs and to remain unbothered by inequalities in society.<ref name="napier and jost 2008">{{cite journal |last1=Napier |first1=J.L. |last2=Jost |first2=J.T. |doi=10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02124.x |title=Why Are Conservatives Happier Than Liberals? |journal=Psychological Science |volume=19 |issue=6 |pages=565–572 |year=2008 |pmid=18578846}}</ref> A 2012 study disputed this hypothesis, demonstrating that conservatives expressed greater personal agency (e.g., personal control, responsibility), more positive outlook (e.g., optimism, self-worth), and more transcendent moral beliefs (e.g., greater religiosity, greater moral clarity).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Schlenker |first1=Barry |last2=Chambers |first2=John |last3=Le |first3=Bonnie |title=Conservatives are happier than liberals, but why? Political ideology, personality and life satisfaction. |journal=Journal of Research in Personality |date=April 2012 |volume=46 |issue=2 |pages=127–146 |doi=10.1016/j.jrp.2011.12.009 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S009265661100170X |access-date=July 31, 2021}}</ref>