Subjective well‐being and political participation: Empirical evidence from Ghana

Sulemana, Iddisah; Agyapong, Elijah

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“…Therefore, if an individual experiences a high level of subjective well-being, his or her protest intention and behavior are likely to decrease. This relational pattern has been observed in electoral processes when analyzing reasons for voting against an incumbent ruler and participating in protests (Ward 2019;Sulemana and Agyapong 2019). When voters report lower subjective well-being, their electoral decision is against the ruling party candidate (Ward et al 2021;Bravo 2016).…”

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“…Thus, it is expected that subjective well-being, which is linked to positive emotional experiences, would decrease the intentions to protest. However, other studies have not found that subjective well-being impacts political participation, such as voting or protesting (Sulemana and Agyapong 2019;Pirralha 2017;Pirralha 2018). In this context, subjective well-being could take on different explanatory roles, such as a moderating effect, which still requires further evaluation.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…The literature has mainly focused on studying subjective well-being as a dependent variable. However, a sparse but growing body of research now argues that subjective wellbeing could be an independent variable (Sulemana and Agyapong 2019;Weitz-Shapiro and Winters 2011;Flavin and Keane 2011;Lorenzini 2015;Lindholm 2020;Ng et al 2022). Indeed, adopting another perspective and directionality, it has been posited that well-being influences political participation.…”

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The Role of Subjective Well-Being in Cuban Civil Protest against the Government: A Moderated Mediation Model

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López-Odar

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This empirical study sought to understand the drivers behind civil protest participation in authoritarian contexts, explicitly focusing on Cuba. The data were sourced from 658 respondents via online surveys facilitated by CubaData, an independent social research agency specializing in Cuban studies, employing a secure panel system that guarantees the confidentiality and anonymity of participants. Our research primarily investigated the role of satisfaction with government policies in terms of the intention to participate in civil protests, introducing subjective well-being as a moderating variable. Utilizing the Process module of SMART-PLS 4 to emulate Process Model 58 for moderated mediation analysis, we accounted for measurement errors to ensure robust findings. Further controls were incorporated for age and political self-efficacy. The results revealed that subjective well-being significantly moderates the link between satisfaction with government policies and actual participation in civil protests. These findings suggest that the happiness level can change resistance dynamics within authoritarian settings. This research has implications for academic understandings of political behavior in autocratic regimes and practical applications in policy making and activism in Cuba.

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“…At present, research on political participation and the life satisfaction of urban residents is increasing, especially in Europe and America, but the extent such empirical survey exists in developing democratic countries is unknown [ 8 ]. Therefore, this study uses Chinese urban residents as the research object and uses specific income, education, and political status—variables to measure economic and social status—to investigate the influence mechanism of political participation on urban residents’ life satisfaction.…”

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Does political participation help improve the life satisfaction of urban residents: Empirical evidence from China

Wang²,

Liu³

et al. 2022

PLoS ONE

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Studies have shown that political participation does not only affect the flow of public resources but also creates positive feedback on participants’ subjective perceptions. However, research on the relationship between political participation and the life satisfaction of Chinese urban residents is relatively scarce. Thus, this study investigates whether political participation helps improve the life satisfaction of Chinese urban residents. Based on 2577 samples of the 2015 Chinese Social Survey this study used the Ordinary least squares model, instrumental variable model, and propensity score matching model to explore the relationship between political participation and the life satisfaction of Chinese urban residents. The empirical results show that political participation can significantly improve the life satisfaction of urban residents. Compared with urban residents without political participation, the life satisfaction of the political participants was 0.145 units higher at a 0.05 level of significance. In addition, this improved effect varied in degree among different groups of urban residents and was more significant for females, members of the Communist Party of China, highly educated, and employed urban residents. In China, there is a significant relationship between political participation and the life satisfaction of urban residents, with the life satisfaction of urban residents improving significantly through political participation. There are differences in the level of this improved effect among different urban residents, and it is more significant for females, highly educated, members of the Communist Party, and employed urban residents. To improve the life satisfaction of Chinese urban residents, it is necessary to further broaden their political participation channels.

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“…In the perspective of political psychology, many studies have explored the importance of PP (Flavin & Keane, 2012;de Zuniga, Diehl, & Ardevol-Abreu, 2017) and also POTP (Galston, 2001;Strabac & Allberg, 2011;Johann, 2012;Coffe, 2013;Dejaeghere & van Erkel, 2017) for democratic countries, where these two variables are significant aspects to form robust and healthy democracy. In the psychological description, these two behaviors will emerge due to internal factors, such as cognitive capacity (Aars & Christensen, 2020), emotion (Valentino et al, 2011), psychological well-being (Sulemana & Agyapong, 2019), personality (Pruysers, Blais, & Chen, 2019) and other internal psychological factors. However, in order to generate robust democracy, people should have awareness not just for ordinary participation but should be Voluntary Participation (VP).…”

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Young People and the Psychological Orientation towards Politics (POTP): Identifying Gender, Ethnicity, and Educational Background as Predictors

Adinugroho

Wibawa

2021

Humaniora

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The research addressed a psychological orientation of young people towards politics (Psychological Orientation towards Politics/POTP). It focused on three primary variables: Political Efficacy (PE), Political Interest (PI), and Political Knowledge (PK) in relation to gender identity (male and female), ethnicity (Tionghoa & non-Tionghoa), and educational background (socio-political science and non-socio-political science). As a young democratic country, Indonesia faced various challenges while pursuing robust democracy like another developed country. One big challenge faced by Indonesia was related to the awareness of political participation, the most central element for a democratic country where people must be aware that they have legitimate power. To overcome these challenges, investigation on variables related to psychological dimensions of humans was needed to start developing a behavioral map of political behavior in Indonesia, particularly concentrating on young people as the next generation of Indonesia democracy. Data were collected from the online panel. Results from descriptive statistics and linear regression models with three blocks have shown that these three variables have played an important role in determining POTP in young people. PK is the most affected variable compared to the other two variables. In conclusion, the identification of ethnicity (Tionghoa vs. non-Tionghoa) and educational background are possible factors that may affect the degree of POTP in the female group.

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Subjective well‐being and political participation: Empirical evidence from Ghana

Cited by 9 publications

References 71 publications

The Role of Subjective Well-Being in Cuban Civil Protest against the Government: A Moderated Mediation Model

The Role of Subjective Well-Being in Cuban Civil Protest against the Government: A Moderated Mediation Model

Does political participation help improve the life satisfaction of urban residents: Empirical evidence from China

Young People and the Psychological Orientation towards Politics (POTP): Identifying Gender, Ethnicity, and Educational Background as Predictors

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