Liberal ideology promotes equality whereas conservative ideology justifies inequality. Four studies examined whether the liberal–conservative continuum moderates the relation between inequality and subjective well-being (SWB). All four studies found a significant moderator effect such that higher inequality was related to greater SWB in conservative countries. In liberal countries, the corresponding relation was mostly reversed but did not reach significance. Studies 2 and 3 also showed that the moderator effect of liberalism was itself moderated by socioeconomic status (SES)—it was stronger among lower SES individuals. These two studies also found that the moderator effects of both liberalism and SES were partially or fully mediated by financial satisfaction. The current findings explain why previous research on the relation between income inequality and SWB produced inconsistent results.

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文化调节收入不平等与主观幸福感之间的关系

自由主义意识形态促进平等，而保守主义意识形态则证明不平等是正当的。四项研究检查了自由保守主义连续体是否缓和了不平等与主观幸福感之间的关系。所有这四项研究均发现了显着的调节作用，因此，不平等程度的增加与保守国家SWB的增加有关。在自由国家，相应的关系大体上被颠倒了，但没有达到意义。研究2和3还显示，自由主义的调节作用本身受社会经济地位（SES）的影响-在较低SES个体中更强。这两项研究还发现，自由主义和社会经济共同体的调节作用是部分或完全由财务满意度介导的。