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The longitudinal associations of material security and belief in God in young Americans. [PDF]

Evol Hum Sci
Lang M, Palíšek P, Chvaja R.
europepmc   +1 more source

Why Does Individualism Affect Economic Development: Is It Values, Policies, or Institutions?

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A substantial body of literature highlights the positive roles of individualism and economic freedom in fostering prosperity, and recent work links the two. This paper disentangles their contributions to economic development. In cross‐country data, we show that both are independently associated with per capita income, even after extensive ...
Lewis S. Davis, Claudia Williamson Kramer   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

A multilevel analysis of the predictive effects of internal migration and region of residence on women's empowerment in Nigeria. [PDF]

BMC Womens Health
Asogwa US, Ajaero CK, Razum O, Ajaero ID.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Modelling Suicide‐Related Communication Dynamics: A Socio‐Cybernetic Framework for Governance

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Suicide‐related phenomena (SPS) are often approached through individual‐level risk factors or moral framings, yet their population‐level dynamics depend critically on how ‘suicide’ becomes observable, circulates and is governed across functionally differentiated systems.
Enrique Fernández Vilas, Juan R. Coca
wiley   +1 more source

A systems approach to the views of Jean-Jacques Rousseau on human-nature connection. [PDF]

Hist Philos Life Sci
Salmi I.
europepmc   +1 more source

Emergent Innovation in Systemic Programme Design: Retrospective Reflections on the Development of a Student‐Centred Masters in Systems Thinking

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Our theory of education, based on a systemic understanding of the subjective and intersubjective construction of knowledge, is that students are motivated to study what is most meaningful to them. Meaningfulness is grounded in the students' prior experiences, which are highly diverse.
Wendy J. Gregory, Gerald Midgley
wiley   +1 more source

An Outline of a Theory of Play

Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Play is often dismissed as trivial, yet it is a fundamental and adaptive aspect of human and mammalian life. This paper develops a sociological theory of play, treating it as a total social fact that spans biological, psychological, and social dimensions.
Seth Abrutyn
wiley   +1 more source

Prophets With Enchantment: Framing Christian Climate Activism. [PDF]

Br J Sociol
Edwards G, Malcolm F.
europepmc   +1 more source

Forced marriage, divorce, and the ecology of marital self-determination: findings from research with Orthodox Jews in New York. [PDF]

SSM Ment Health
Hirsch JS, Fortuna G, Ford J, Jen A, Weissman JL, Shah AH, Reiss F.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Protecting evolution : How to prepare for attacks against the teaching of evolution. [PDF]

EMBO Rep
Cohen JI.
europepmc   +1 more source