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Humans adapt to social diversity over time

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Ramos, Miguel R., Bennett, Matthew R., Massey, Douglas S., Hewstone, Miles·2019·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
DOI 10.1073/pnas.1818884116PMC PMC6589669
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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)
ORCID
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
DOI
10.1073/pnas.1818884116
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
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Licence
www.pnas.org/site/aboutpnas/licenses.xhtml (vor, 184 d)
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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