Humans have evolved cognitive processes favoring homogeneity, stability, and structure. These processes are, however, incompatible with a socially diverse world, raising wide academic and political concern about the future of modern societies. With data comprising 22 y of religious diversity worldwide, we show across multiple surveys that humans are inclined to react negatively to threats to homogeneity (i.e., changes in diversity are associated with lower self-reported quality of life, explained by a decrease in trust in others) in the short term. However, these negative outcomes are compensated in the long term by the beneficial influence of intergroup contact, which alleviates initial negative influences. This research advances knowledge...
Introduction Cultural diversity is both persistent and precarious. People in different regions of th...
In recent decades, the U.S. has undergone significant social and demographic change, and has become ...
The current studies integrate different frameworks on the positive and negative consequences of ethn...
Humans have evolved cognitive processes favoring homogeneity, stability, and structure. These proces...
Humans have evolved cognitive processes favoring homogeneity, stability, and structure. These proces...
With globalization and immigration, societal contexts differ in sheer variety of resident social gro...
How can minority cultures resist assimilation into a global monolith in an increasingly "small world...
The authors argue that exposure to contextual diversity can prompt more complex, differentiated, and...
Global challenges (e.g., hegemonic globalization, demographic shifts, poverty/famine, conflicts and ...
Demographic trends reveal that modern societies have become increasingly diverse. Within the social ...
How can minority cultures resist assimilation into a global monolith in an increas-ingly ‘‘small wor...
This research advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that interpersonal population dive...
People often collaborate in groups that are increasingly diverse. As research predominantly investig...
Immigration and globalization have spurred interest in the effects of ethnic diversity in Western so...
Does living in increasingly multicultural societies affect social cognition and social inclusion? Cr...
Introduction Cultural diversity is both persistent and precarious. People in different regions of th...
In recent decades, the U.S. has undergone significant social and demographic change, and has become ...
The current studies integrate different frameworks on the positive and negative consequences of ethn...
Humans have evolved cognitive processes favoring homogeneity, stability, and structure. These proces...
Humans have evolved cognitive processes favoring homogeneity, stability, and structure. These proces...
With globalization and immigration, societal contexts differ in sheer variety of resident social gro...
How can minority cultures resist assimilation into a global monolith in an increasingly "small world...
The authors argue that exposure to contextual diversity can prompt more complex, differentiated, and...
Global challenges (e.g., hegemonic globalization, demographic shifts, poverty/famine, conflicts and ...
Demographic trends reveal that modern societies have become increasingly diverse. Within the social ...
How can minority cultures resist assimilation into a global monolith in an increas-ingly ‘‘small wor...
This research advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that interpersonal population dive...
People often collaborate in groups that are increasingly diverse. As research predominantly investig...
Immigration and globalization have spurred interest in the effects of ethnic diversity in Western so...
Does living in increasingly multicultural societies affect social cognition and social inclusion? Cr...
Introduction Cultural diversity is both persistent and precarious. People in different regions of th...
In recent decades, the U.S. has undergone significant social and demographic change, and has become ...
The current studies integrate different frameworks on the positive and negative consequences of ethn...