The article notes that more conservative social attitudes are associated with higher fertility across a large international sample, with the strength of the link varying by country and being stronger among women. The findings highlight patterns across ideology, religion, gender roles, and views on equality and partner religiosity in relation to the number of children reported.

This topic is of interest to psychology because it connects social attitudes and fertility with potential evolutionary and cultural factors, illustrating how beliefs and values may relate to reproductive behavior across diverse contexts.

Article Title: Conservative social attitudes are linked to higher fertility across 72 countries, with stronger effects among women

Link to PsyPost Article: https://nolinkpreview.com/www.psypost.org/conservative-social-attitudes-are-linked-to-higher-fertility-across-72-countries-with-stronger-effects-among-women/

#fertility #conservatism #socialattitudes #religiosity #genderroles #familyvalues #crosscultural #epidemiology #reproductivebehaviour #psychologyresearch

Shifts in cultural expectations for children, notably a decline in societal religious norms, are associated with rising anxiety among youth across 70 countries. Across decades, a move toward independence in child-rearing predicted higher anxiety mainly in Western nations, while a reduction in religiosity at the community level related to more anxiety worldwide. A second study found that the community's religious norms were a stronger predictor of youth anxiety than individual family beliefs, suggesting that shared belonging and meaning can buffer against modern pressures.

This article is of interest to psychology because it highlights how broad cultural and socialization dynamics influence mental health, illustrating the interplay between societal values and child and adolescent anxiety. It also demonstrates cross-national research methods and the distinction between community norms and family beliefs in shaping psychological outcomes.

Article Title: Declining societal religious norms are linked to rising youth anxiety across 70 countries
Link to PsyPost Article: https://www.psypost dot org/declining-societal-religious-norms-are-linked-to-rising-youth-anxiety-across-70-countries/

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#YouthAnxiety #Religiosity #CulturalChange #GlobalMentalHealth #DevelopmentalScience

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The #Believers

#magicalThinking
#Cultists
#religiosity
#theology
#Theism
#Religion spoils everything

Take 1 part #Jingoism
1 part #ChristianNationalism
1 part #Fundamentalism
Add some #racism #misogyny and a pinch of #ignorance soaked for decades in
#oligarchy #patriarchy and #propaganda

And you get
#Fascism and #Nazis

A quotation from Peter Ustinov

Peter Ustinov (1921-2004) English actor, author, director
Interview (1995-06-22) by Warren Allen Smith, Free Inquiry Magazine

More about this quote: wist.info/ustinov-peter/81309/

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Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the ultimate nepo-baby...

#Religiosity #Power

New video: Watch Ayse Guveli from the University of #Warwick in our #CPCCGWebinar from last week. She discussed the 2000 #Families and The Third Generation projects which aim to reveal the consequences and the long-term impact of #migration on #migrants from Turkey and on their three #generation #descendants by comparing them to their non-migrant counterparts in #Turkey:

https://youtu.be/Ngobm5I-mh0?si=TQ608VQkCa0wXayB&t=1

#demography #sociology #inequality #education #labourmarkets #genderroles #religiosity #assimilation