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Humans adapt to social diversity over time
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Significance: Changes in social diversity constitute a key factor shaping today’s world, yet scholarly work about the consequences of diversity has been marked by a critical lack of consensus. To address this concern, we propose a multidisciplinary approach where psychological, sociological, and evolutionary perspectives are integrated to provide an account of how individuals adapt to changes in social diversity. With an analysis of 22 y of worldwide data, our results suggest that humans are initially inclined to react negatively to threats to homogeneity, but that these negative effects are compensated in the long term by the beneficial effects of intergroup contact. Our findings advance knowledge and inform political debate about one of the defining challenges of modern societies.
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- Authors
- Ramos, M. R., Bennett, M. R., Massey, D. S., & Hewstone, M.
- Affiliations
- Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (PT)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
- Princeton University (US)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2019-05-09
- Volume
- 116
- Issue
- 25
- Pages
- 12244-12249
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- PMC
- PMC6589669
- OpenAlex
- W2944506469
- Cited by
- 131
- References
- 40
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 31 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 7
- FWCI
- 24.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) (acceptedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Repositório do ISCTE-IUL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- NOVA (University of Newcastle Australia) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Marie Curie Fellowship (627982)
- U.S. National Instiute of Child Health and Human Development (5P2CHD047879)
- Nuffield Foundation (WEL/43108)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Religion and Society Interactions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Cultural Differences and Values
- Keywords
- social diversity, religious diversity, homogeneity, intergroup contact, trust, quality of life, globalization, intergroup relations, long-term adaptation
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Humans, Models, Theoretical, Quality of Life, Religion, Social Behavior, Social Values, Time Factors, Cultural Diversity
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