Major life events often challenge the core beliefs people hold about the world, which is a crucial cognitive process predictive of adjustment outcomes. Elections have been associated with physical and socioemotional responses, but what is unclear is whether core beliefs can be disrupted and what implication this disruption might have for well-being. In two studies, we examined the association between core beliefs disruption and well-being in the context of the 2018 U.S. midterm election. In both studies, participants reported a small degree of disruption of core beliefs due to the election. In Study 1, a 14-day daily diary study spanning the weeks before and after the election, multilevel modeling on 529 daily reports revealed that greater disruption of core beliefs was associated with lower mean levels of life satisfaction and greater changes in positive and negative affect. In Study 2, a cross-sectional study conducted 40 days following the election, linear regression analyses on 767 adults aged 18–77 from all 50 states revealed that the disruption of core beliefs due to the midterm election was positively associated with current life satisfaction. The effect held when controlling for multiple confounding factors. These findings suggest that elections can trigger disruption of core beliefs, and this disruption may spill over to subjective well-being in the short term but may positively contribute to post-election adjustment.

重大的生活事件经常挑战人们对世界的核心信念，这是预测调整结果的关键认知过程。选举与身体和社会情绪反应有关，但尚不清楚核心信念是否会被破坏，以及这种破坏可能对福祉产生什么影响。在两项研究中，我们考察了 2018 年美国中期选举背景下核心信念颠覆与幸福感之间的关联。在这两项研究中，参与者都报告说，由于选举，核心信念受到了一定程度的破坏。在研究 1 中，一项为期 14 天的每日日记研究跨越了选举前后的几周，对 529 份每日报告的多层次建模显示，核心信念的更大破坏与较低的生活满意度平均水平以及正面和负面影响的更大变化有关。在研究 2 中，选举后 40 天进行的一项横断面研究对来自所有 50 个州的 767 名 18-77 岁的成年人进行了线性回归分析，结果显示，由于中期选举而导致的核心信念的破坏与当前的生活满意度呈正相关。控制多个混杂因素时的效果。这些发现表明，选举可能引发核心信念的破坏，这种破坏可能会在短期内蔓延到主观幸福感，但可能对选举后的调整产生积极影响。选举后 40 天进行的一项横断面研究对来自所有 50 个州的 767 名 18 至 77 岁的成年人进行了线性回归分析，结果显示，中期选举对核心信念的破坏与当前的生活满意度呈正相关。控制多个混杂因素时的效果。这些发现表明，选举可能引发核心信念的破坏，这种破坏可能会在短期内蔓延到主观幸福感，但可能对选举后的调整产生积极影响。选举后 40 天进行的一项横断面研究对来自所有 50 个州的 767 名 18 至 77 岁的成年人进行了线性回归分析，结果显示，中期选举对核心信念的破坏与当前的生活满意度呈正相关。控制多个混杂因素时的效果。这些发现表明，选举可能引发核心信念的破坏，这种破坏可能会在短期内蔓延到主观幸福感，但可能对选举后的调整产生积极影响。