Jost et al, had did a very large survey on the research on about conservatism. The They have found two main causes to conservatism. One is a reaction to a state of fear, and the other is a reaction to a need to do work, in limited in time<ref>[http://faculty.virginia.edu/haidtlab/jost.glaser.political-conservatism-as-motivated-social-cog.pdf Jost, J., Glaser, J., Kruglanski, A., & Sulloway, F. J. (2003). Political Conservatism as Motivated Social Cognition. Psychological Bulletin, 129(3), 339–375.]</ref>.