Month: October 2024

How Do Acquired Political Identities Influence Our Neural Processing toward Others within the Context of a Trust Game? (Chien Te Wu, et al.)

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Abstract Trust is essential for mutually beneficial human interactions in economic exchange and politics and people’s social identities notably have dramatic effects on trust behaviors toward others. Previous literature concerning social identities generally suggests that people tend to show in-group favoritism toward members who share the same identity. However, how our brains process signals of …

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The Health of Identity Politics Advocates (George Yancey)

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Previous research has documented that political conservatives have higher levels of mental well-being than political progressives. My recent article indicates a strong relationship between adherence to identity politics and political well-being. Indeed, I find that controlling for adherence to identity politics reduces, and in some cases eliminates, the political differences in well-being between conservatives and progressives. It is …

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Political Identity Over Personal Impact: Early U.S. Reactions to the COVID-19 Pandemic (Robert N Collins, et al.)

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Abstract Research suggests political identity has strong influence over individuals’ attitudes and beliefs, which in turn can affect their behavior. Likewise, firsthand experience with an issue can also affect attitudes and beliefs. A large (N = 6,383) survey (Pew Research and Ipsos W64) of Americans was analyzed to investigate the effects of both political identity (i.e., …

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Increased social identification is linked with lower depressive and anxiety symptoms among ethnic minorities and migrants: A systematic review and meta-analysis (Kristine Brance, et al.)

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Highlights Abstract Evidence suggests that social identities, which provide purpose and a sense of belonging to the social world, promote resilience against psychological strain and protect well-being. This is especially important in ethnic minorities, who experience exclusion and discrimination from the majority group, and in migrant populations where adverse experiences, such as prejudice, disconnection from …

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“Splitting” and Identity Politics (Andrew Hartz)

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A few years ago, I provided psychotherapy to a 20-year-old White female college student whom we’ll call ‘Amanda.’ She had regular conflicts with her parents. She was irritable, unfocused, and depressed — and had little energy for much outside of surfing the web and brooding in her room. She smoked pot regularly. She had friends, …

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Native American Communities Continue to Face Barriers to Opportunity that Stifle Economic Mobility

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Native American communities in the United States continues to face pervasive structural barriers that threaten their economic security and opportunities. The legacy of removal, forced assimilation and unkept obligations are reflected in the nature and magnitude of these economic disparities. This report examines the inequities faced by American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) communities and …

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Social and Economic Costs of Violence: Workshop Summary.

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The environment in which violence occurs affects the impact of and response to such violence. The ability to mobilize resources, support victims, address social norms, and recognize the role of early intervention differs across contexts and places. The presence of resiliency or other strong protective factors can mean less damaging impact and faster rebuilding. On …

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The cost of violence: Estimating the economic impact of conflict (Hannes Mueller and Julia Tobias)

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Accurately estimating the economic cost of violent conflict is hard: the very existence of a conflict makes measurement of economic activity difficult, and conflict can interact with the economy through multiple, complex pathways. In addition to the immediate, direct effects of violence on the economy, there are a number of indirect effects that may last …

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Federal Policies Trap Tribes in Poverty (Adam Crepelle)

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Poverty and its related maladies are a scourge upon Indian Country. Many people believe this poverty stems from Indigenous cultures’ inability to adapt to Western economic models. This notion arises from the belief that North America’s Indigenous inhabitants were noncommercial prior to European arrival, but this is false. Commerce with distant and diverse peoples occurred …

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The economic costs of civil war: Synthetic counterfactual evidence and the effects of ethnic fractionalization (Stefano Costalli, et al.)

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Abstract There is a consensus that civil wars entail enormous economic costs, but there is little systematic analysis of the determinants of their heterogeneous destructiveness. Moreover, reliably estimating these costs has proven challenging, due to the complexity of the relationship between violence and socio-economic conditions. In this article, we study the effect of ethnic fractionalization …

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