Envy, Politics, and Age

Frontiers in Psychology

Christine R. Harris¹ 

关键词: envy;    emotion;    age;    political psychology;    ideology;    attitudes;    emotion regulation;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00067

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

In the last 5 years, the phrase “politics of envy” has appeared more than 621 times in English-language newspapers, generally in opinion essays contending that political liberalism reflects and exploits feelings of envy. Oddly, this assertion has not been tested empirically. We did so with a large adult sample (n = 357). Participants completed a Dispositional Envy Scale and questions about political ideology, socioeconomic status, and age. Envy and age were moderately correlated; younger people reported greater envy. Political ideology and envy were weakly correlated; however, this relationship was not significant when controlling for age.

【 授权许可】

CC BY