Five studies tested the effect of exposure to authoritarian values on positive affect (PA), negative affect (NA), and meaning in life (MIL). Study 1 (N = 1,053) showed that simply completing a measure of right-wing authoritarianism (vs. not) prior to rating MIL led to higher MIL. Preregistered Study 2 (N = 1,904) showed that reading speeches by real-world authoritarians (e.g., Adolf Hitler) led to lower PA, higher NA, and higher MIL than a control passage. In preregistered Studies 3 (N = 1,573) and 4 (N = 1,512), Americans read authoritarian, egalitarian, or control messages and rated mood, MIL, and evaluated the passages. Both studies showed that egalitarian messages led to better mood and authoritarian messages led to higher MIL. Study 5 (N = 148) directly replicated these results with Canadians. Aggregating across studies (N = 3,401), moderational analyses showed that meaning in life, post manipulation, was associated with more favorable evaluations of the authoritarian passage. In addition, PA was a stronger predictor of MIL in the egalitarian and control conditions than in the authoritarian condition. Further results showed no evidence that negative mood (or disagreement) spurred the boost in MIL. Implications and future directions are discussed.

中文翻译：

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接触独裁价值观会导致积极情绪降低、消极情绪升高、生活意义升高。


五项研究测试了独裁价值观对积极情感（PA）、消极情感（NA）和生活意义（MIL）的影响。研究 1（N = 1,053）表明，在对 MIL 进行评级之前，简单地完成右翼威权主义（与未完成）的衡量会导致更高的 MIL。预注册研究 2（N = 1,904）表明，阅读现实世界独裁者（例如阿道夫·希特勒）的演讲会导致比对照段落更低的 PA、更高的 NA 和更高的 MIL。在预先注册的研究 3 (N = 1,573) 和 4 (N = 1,512) 中，美国人阅读独裁、平等或控制信息，对情绪、MIL 进行评分，并对段落进行评估。两项研究都表明，平等主义信息会带来更好的情绪，而独裁信息会带来更高的 MIL。研究 5（N = 148）直接在加拿大人身上复制了这些结果。综合各项研究（N = 3,401），适度分析表明，操纵后的生活意义与对独裁时期的更有利评价相关。此外，在平等和控制条件下，PA 比在独裁条件下更能预测 MIL。进一步的结果显示，没有证据表明负面情绪（或分歧）会刺激 MIL 的提升。讨论了影响和未来的方向。