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Politics in the Bedroom? Evaluation of partners’ political attitudes in romantic relationships

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

4-2025

Abstract

Marital quality of life has been found to be negatively correlated with psychological distress (Gulzar et al., 2024). The purpose of this study is to determine if political affiliation based on the Triplex Scale of Political Orientation affects romantic relationship satisfaction and tolerance levels for differing political views in a monogamous couple. We hypothesize that those scoring higher in social control will score lower on relationship satisfaction and partner tolerance for differing political views than those who score higher on economic conservatism and general authoritarianism, and that scores in relationship satisfaction and partner tolerance for differing political views will be lower in couples with differing political views if the participant's desired candidate loses the election, regardless of political orientation. According to the preliminary analysis of the first 97 participants, General Authoritarianism (GA) predicted lower tolerance t(52) = 2.923, p = 0.005 (p < 0.05) for different political ideas, which supports the hypothesis.

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1:00-2:00 p.m.

BLH 366

Studies in Psychology & Criminology

Thiya Mukherjee, Moderator

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