Introduction In the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the unknown etiology and treatment
of the highly transmissible coronavirus posed considerable threats to public mental health …

Cultures and families are not static over time but evolve in response to social
transformations, such as changing gender roles, urbanization, globalization, and technology …

The geographic prevalence of various altruistic behaviors (nonreciprocal acts that improve
other people's welfare) is not uniformly distributed, but whether this reflects variation in a …

In public opinion, social and digital media provide means for influence as well as sorting
according to pre-existing values. Here we consider types of media usage versus opinion …

Abstract In their 2017 article,“The Persistent and Exceptional Intensity of American Religion:
A Response to Recent Research,” Schnabel and Bock claimed that “intense religion... is …

National democracy is a rare thing in human history and its stability has long been tied to the
cultural values of citizens. Yet it has not been established whether changing cultural values …

For decades, researchers have examined people's beliefs across countries and over time
using national samples of citizens. Yet, in an era when economies, societies, and …

Lower socioeconomic status (SES) harms psychological well-being, an effect responsible for
widespread human suffering. This effect has long been assumed to weaken as nations …

In the centuries since the enlightenment, the world has seen an increase in socioeconomic
development, measured as increased life expectancy, education, economic development …

The global pandemic of COVID-19 revealed the dynamic heterogeneity in how individuals
respond to infection risks, government orders, and community-specific social norms. Here …