[MattGaiser]

One possible answer is stigma. Change to asking about mood and the gap disappears.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12043138/

[techblueberry]

It’s interesting conservative men are so low when the cultural narrative is that conservative men are doing the worst.

[afpx]

Papers published on PubMed are often pretty wild:

"Conservatism is a system-justifying ideology that seeks to rationalize the existing political, economic, and social order"

I'd bet most conservatives would describe themselves a bit differently?

[FranzFerdiNaN]

Most conservatives have not a single clue what their ideology is (i guess these days for American conservatives only two things count: 'Trump is our God-King' and 'owning the libs', but thats not a proper ideology). Its why we have social scientists studying these groups and making theories and all that.