Changes in subjective well-being following the U.S. Presidential election of 2016.

Lench, Heather C.; Levine, Linda J.; Perez, Kenneth A.; Carpenter, Zari Koelbel; Carlson, Steven; Tibbett, Tom

doi:10.1037/emo0000411

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“…It stands to reason that a vote for or against President Trump would have differential impact on voter wellbeing. In one longitudinal study that measured individuals before and after the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Lench et al (2018) observed that Trump supporters experienced an increase in subjective wellbeing, whereas individuals who supported Clinton or neither candidate reported a decline in wellbeing for up to 6 months after the election. Conceivably, the links between spiritual appraisals and post-election adjustment could be moderated by whether the individual voted for the winning versus losing candidate.…”

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The Hand of God or the Work of the Devil? Spiritual Appraisals and Psychological Adjustment After the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

Wong

Waite

Wasson

et al. 2019

Anal Soc Iss & Public Policy

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To what extent do people perceive the election of President Trump as the work of evil forces, a violation of the sacred, or the will of God? Demonization and desecration are negative spiritual appraisals associated with psychological maladjustment across political and relational contexts. Sanctification refers to the imbuing of persons, objects, or events with sacred qualities or as manifestations of a higher power. The authors examined the prevalence and role of spiritual appraisals related to the 2016 U.S. presidential election result on psychological adjustment and behaviors using a cross-sectional online sample of 252 American voters. Approximately one-fifth of participants sanctified the election of President Trump to some degree. Conversely, approximately one-third of participants endorsed some level of negative spiritual appraisals. Desecration and demonization also uniquely predicted maladjustment. Moreover, the interactive effect between vote and negative spiritual appraisals accounted for unique variance in maladjustment. At higher levels of demonization and desecration, those who voted for President Trump reported greater difficulties with emotion regulation than Spiritual Appraisals and Adjustment After the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election 225 those who voted against President Trump. Negative spiritual appraisals also moderated the relations between vote and thought suppression, in addition to vote and information seeking behavior. For the small fraction of Trump voters with negative spiritual appraisals, their efforts to suppress misgivings, struggle with emotions, and seek information may be understood as attempts to reduce cognitive dissonance.

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confidence: 99%

The Hand of God or the Work of the Devil? Spiritual Appraisals and Psychological Adjustment After the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

Wong

Waite

Wasson

et al. 2019

Anal Soc Iss & Public Policy

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“…This same survey also found that nearly 60% of Americans felt stressed by the current climate of sociopolitical polarization (American Psychological Association, 2017). Psychological effects were also documented in a study by Lench et al (2018) examining post-election subjective wellbeing (SWB). Not only did they discover a significant change in people's perceptions of their quality of life after the election, but they also found that partisanship predicted these changes such that SWB improved among Trump supporters and decreased for Clinton supporters.…”

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“I Feel Like We’re Going Backwards:” Post-Presidential Election Resilience in Latinx Community Members

Consoli

Hufana

et al. 2019

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The 2016 U.S. presidential election brought many reactions on a global scale. World leaders, national leaders, and everyday citizens experienced intense emotions on varying levels. Latinx communities in the U.S., specifically, were impacted significantly, with rhetoric about immigration and issues regarding border security (i.e., build a wall). While much about these sentiments have been reported at the journalistic level, little has been published at the research level to date: specifically, how Latinx community members reacted on an individual level, how they confronted concerns related to fear and adversities (i.e., their resilience), and what the impact may be for their future. The current study employs a community-based, qualitative approach that involved conducting semi-structured focus groups with self-identified Latinx community members in a U.S., West Coast town. Participants were asked about their emotions and reactions, as well as plans regarding the results of the election. Emergent themes included three broad categories: (1) perspectives on the outcome of the 2016 U.S. presidential election; (2) observed impacts of the U.S. presidential election, and (3) ways of dealing with the election results. Sub and tertiary thematic categories were also identified.

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“…The study's limitations include convenience sampling, a nonrepresentative sample, and an inability to identify how non‐MTurk participants accessed the survey. Aside from one disability organization, recruitment targeted a general population, resulting in n = 855 respondents from MTurk, a crowd‐sourced recruitment strategy previously used to assess the 2016 election's impact (Cepeda et al, 2018; Lench et al, 2019). We note recent U.S. data finding that one‐in‐six children have a disability (Zablotsky et al, 2019), 50% of whom may experience bullying (Jackson, Vaughn, & Kremer, 2019).…”

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National Parent Survey 2017: Worries, hopes, and child well‐being

Bonuck

McGrath

Gao

2020

Journal Community Psychology

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Sociopolitical events impact population health; parents' perspective of such events crosses demographics, geography, and generations. We elicited changes in U.S. parents' hopes and worries for their children 1 year after the 2016 election via an online survey of school climate, discrimination against child, family health care and security, and macrolevel/future concerns (e.g., environment, postsecondary options). Among n = 1189 respondents, national security (39%), the environment (30.5%), and "continued place in America" (25.7%) were most worrisome. In general linear mixed models, employment buffered against social and material stressors such as discrimination (odds ratio [OR] = 0.67; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.49-0.92), and family health care/security (OR = 0.62; 95% CI = 0.45-0.86) while being of a dominant religion and ethnicity buffered future macrolevel (Christianity, OR = 70; 95% CI = 0.54-0.92/non-Hispanic, OR = 59; 95% CI = 0.39-0.90) and existential "continued place in America" (Christianity, OR = 69; 95% CI = 0.51-0.94/non-Hispanic, OR = 56; 95% CI = 0.36-0.88) worries. Qualitative comments underscored macrolevel worries. Parents represent a unique vantage for gauging how sociopolitical events impact health and wellbeing.

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Changes in subjective well-being following the U.S. Presidential election of 2016.

Cited by 30 publications

References 45 publications

The Hand of God or the Work of the Devil? Spiritual Appraisals and Psychological Adjustment After the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

The Hand of God or the Work of the Devil? Spiritual Appraisals and Psychological Adjustment After the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

“I Feel Like We’re Going Backwards:” Post-Presidential Election Resilience in Latinx Community Members

National Parent Survey 2017: Worries, hopes, and child well‐being

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