Building on laboratory and survey-based research probing the psychology of ideology and the experience of worldview-conflict, we examined the association between worldview-conflict and emotional reactions, psychological well-being, humanity-esteem, and political ideology in everyday life using experience sampling. In three different samples (Total N = 328), participants reported experiencing more agreement than disagreement overall. Experiencing disagreement was associated with more negative emotions (~18%), less positive emotions (~16%), and less humanity-esteem (~11%). There were no clear associations between experiencing disagreement and psychological well-being (~5%). None of the relationships were moderated by political ideology. These results both replicate and challenge findings from laboratory and survey-based research, and we discuss possible reasons for the discrepancies. The experience sampling method can help researchers get a glimpse into everyday worldview-conflict.

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