Precautionary models of political ideology suggest that people on the right are motivated by needs to neutralize threats in everyday life more than those on the left. This article examines whether this ideological difference extends to needs to engage in everyday precautionary actions as indexed by obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Across four samples (including a nationally representative sample), we find that stronger obsessive-compulsive symptoms are associated with more right-wing ideological preferences, particularly for social issues. Using a communication experiment, we find that exposure to real-world policy assurances from the Republican Party (i.e., the U.S. conservative party) provides a small, most likely short-lived reduction in obsessive-compulsive symptoms among Americans. We discuss how these findings shed light on the key paradox about the psychology of right-wing ideology: how right-wing ideology can function to reduce insecurity while people on the right still have higher levels of insecurity.

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政治意识形态和预防性推理：在强迫观念上检验右翼意识形态的姑息功能

政治意识形态的预防模型表明，右边的人比左边的人更需要消除日常生活中的威胁。本文研究了这种意识形态上的差异是否扩展到了以强迫症为指标的日常预防行动的需求。在四个样本（包括一个全国代表性的样本）中，我们发现更强的强迫症症状与更多右翼意识形态偏好有关，特别是在社会问题上。通过交流实验，我们发现，共和党（即美国保守党）对现实世界政策保证的接触可以使美国人的强迫症症状减少一小部分，而且很可能是短暂的。