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View article: The Value Clarification Hypothesis: Explaining a Striking Asymmetry in the Link Between Education and Moral Attitudes
The Value Clarification Hypothesis: Explaining a Striking Asymmetry in the Link Between Education and Moral Attitudes Open
Social scientists have long documented a robust association between higher education and liberal moral attitudes. However, this relationship may be more complex than previously understood. Using large-scale survey data from the United Stat…
View article: Healthcare providers’ perceptions of immigrant patients’ values about sexual and reproductive rights: a cross-sectional comparison with immigrants’ self-reported values
Healthcare providers’ perceptions of immigrant patients’ values about sexual and reproductive rights: a cross-sectional comparison with immigrants’ self-reported values Open
View article: Everyday norms have become more permissive over time and vary across cultures
Everyday norms have become more permissive over time and vary across cultures Open
Every social situation that people encounter in their daily lives comes with a set of unwritten rules about what behavior is considered appropriate or inappropriate. These everyday norms can vary across societies: some societies may have m…
View article: Same Flavors, Different Taste Buds: Predicting Social Norms Across Cultures and Domains
Same Flavors, Different Taste Buds: Predicting Social Norms Across Cultures and Domains Open
Social scientists have long sought to explain why social norms vary so dramatically across the globe, but creating predictive, falsifiable models has remained a major challenge. Here, we introduce and validate the Moral Flavors Model, a qu…
View article: Global directions of change in moral norms: a test of the moral argument theory
Global directions of change in moral norms: a test of the moral argument theory Open
How and why are moral norms for various issues changing across the globe? Moral argument theory uniquely addresses these questions by positing that moral norm change is driven by ‘individualizing’ arguments: concerns about harm, fairness a…
View article: Susceptibility to Moral Arguments Among Liberals and Conservatives
Susceptibility to Moral Arguments Among Liberals and Conservatives Open
An empirical result in Moral Foundations Theory is that liberals and progressives endorse the individualizing factors of care and fairness, while conservatives claim that the binding factors of authority, loyalty, and purity are equally re…
View article: A cultural evolution theory for contemporary polarization trends in moral opinions
A cultural evolution theory for contemporary polarization trends in moral opinions Open
While existing theories of political polarization tend to suggest that the opinions of liberals and conservatives move in opposite directions, available data indicate that opinions on a wide range of moral issues move in the liberal direct…
View article: Comparing and modeling the use of online recommender systems
Comparing and modeling the use of online recommender systems Open
This study explores a new way to model the adoption of AI, specifically online recommender systems. It aims to find factors that can explain the variation in usage in terms of differences between individuals and differences over technologi…
View article: Assessing knowledge of migrant sexual reproductive health and rights: a national cross-sectional survey among health professionals in Sweden
Assessing knowledge of migrant sexual reproductive health and rights: a national cross-sectional survey among health professionals in Sweden Open
Introduction Despite the commitment of the Swedish government to ensuring equal access to Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights services for all citizens, shortcomings persist among the migrant population. In cases where healthcare provide…
View article: Regulating high-reach AI: On transparency directions in the Digital Services Act
Regulating high-reach AI: On transparency directions in the Digital Services Act Open
By introducing the concept of high-reach AI, this paper focuses on AI systems whose widespread use may generate significant risks for both individuals and societies. While some of those risks have been recognised under the AI Act, we analy…
View article: Anger and disgust shape judgments of social sanctions across cultures, especially in high individual autonomy societies
Anger and disgust shape judgments of social sanctions across cultures, especially in high individual autonomy societies Open
View article: Modeling Differences in Usage Across 26 Online Recommender Features in the U.S
Modeling Differences in Usage Across 26 Online Recommender Features in the U.S Open
View article: Using Memetics to Understand Norm Change
Using Memetics to Understand Norm Change Open
View article: Societal Variation in Moral and Everyday Norms can be Explained with a Simple Model: A New Theory and Cross-cultural Evidence
Societal Variation in Moral and Everyday Norms can be Explained with a Simple Model: A New Theory and Cross-cultural Evidence Open
View article: The Modern Justifications Theory of How Social Norms Vary Across Behaviors and Societies
The Modern Justifications Theory of How Social Norms Vary Across Behaviors and Societies Open
View article: A New Perspective on Ai Diffusion: Modeling Differences in Usage Across 26 Recommender Features
A New Perspective on Ai Diffusion: Modeling Differences in Usage Across 26 Recommender Features Open
View article: Survey data show a global decline in intimate partner violence against women associated with rising living standards
Survey data show a global decline in intimate partner violence against women associated with rising living standards Open
Background: Intimate partner violence against women is a global public health problem. The objective of this study is to examine whether this problem is declining and whether the decline is associated with improving living standards. Metho…
View article: Appropriateness ratings of everyday behaviors in the United States now and 50 years ago
Appropriateness ratings of everyday behaviors in the United States now and 50 years ago Open
Introduction A crucial aspect of social norms pertains to determining which behaviors are considered appropriate. Here we consider everyday behaviors. Some everyday behaviors are rated as more appropriate than others, and ratings of the ap…
View article: Liberal and anti-establishment: An exploration of the political ideologies of American tech workers
Liberal and anti-establishment: An exploration of the political ideologies of American tech workers Open
The tech industry profoundly impacts our lives and has gained great economic and political influence. Yet, we know little about the people inside tech firms, whose actions and decisions shape technological progress and its impact on societ…
View article: Cognitive ability and ideology join forces in the culture war: A model of opinion formation
Cognitive ability and ideology join forces in the culture war: A model of opinion formation Open
We propose a model of moral policy opinion formation that integrates both ideology and cognitive ability. The link from people's ideology to their opinions is assumed to go via a semantic processing of moral arguments that relies on the in…
View article: Gender differences in competitiveness and fear of failure help explain why girls have lower life satisfaction than boys in gender equal countries
Gender differences in competitiveness and fear of failure help explain why girls have lower life satisfaction than boys in gender equal countries Open
Among 15-year-olds, boys tend to report higher life satisfaction than girls. Recent research has shown that this gender gap tends to be larger in more gender-egalitarian countries. We shed light on this apparent paradox by examining the me…
View article: Potentials for externalities and internalities explain overall appropriateness ratings of everyday behavior
Potentials for externalities and internalities explain overall appropriateness ratings of everyday behavior Open
A key aspect of social norms is which behavior is considered appropriate. Here we examine appropriateness ratings in the domain of everyday behavior. Our aim is to explain why certain behaviors are overall less appropriate. Drawing on the…
View article: Potentials for externalities and internalities explain overall appropriateness ratings of everyday behavior
Potentials for externalities and internalities explain overall appropriateness ratings of everyday behavior Open
A key aspect of social norms is which behavior is considered appropriate. Here we examine appropriateness ratings in the domain of everyday behavior. Our aim is to explain why certain behaviors are overall less appropriate. Drawing on the…
View article: Acculturation of hygiene norms among immigrants to Sweden
Acculturation of hygiene norms among immigrants to Sweden Open
Hygiene norms in Sweden are generally loose compared to most other countries. Does this looseness affect the hygiene norms among people who immigrate to Sweden from other countries? In a study of hygiene norms among immigrants to Sweden, t…
View article: Global variations in online privacy concerns across 57 countries
Global variations in online privacy concerns across 57 countries Open
Cross-cultural studies have found national differences in how concerned people are about online privacy. However, it has not yet been settled what causes this variation, and several factors have been proposed in the literature, including i…
View article: What Drives Acceptance of Everyday Ai? Explaining the Variation in Usage Across 17 Recommender Systems
What Drives Acceptance of Everyday Ai? Explaining the Variation in Usage Across 17 Recommender Systems Open
View article: The social values of newly arrived immigrants in Sweden
The social values of newly arrived immigrants in Sweden Open
Concerns have been raised that immigrants coming to Europe bring fundamentally different social values, affecting the more liberal receiving societies negatively. However, the topic of immigrants’ social values is understudied, and much re…
View article: How does political discussion frequency impact political moral opinions? The moral argument theory of opinion dynamics
How does political discussion frequency impact political moral opinions? The moral argument theory of opinion dynamics Open
Discussions of political issues may influence people's opinions. Is there any systematic difference in opinions between those who discuss frequently and those who do not? We measured the association between self-reported discussion frequen…
View article: The Liberal Social Values of Swedish Healthcare Providers in Women’s Healthcare: Implications for Clinical Encounters in a Diversified Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare
The Liberal Social Values of Swedish Healthcare Providers in Women’s Healthcare: Implications for Clinical Encounters in a Diversified Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Open
Objectives: Women’s healthcare is a potential source of cross-cultural conflicts. Diverging values between healthcare providers and patients challenges the provision of culturally sensitive care and meeting migrant women’s needs. The aim i…
View article: Global sex differences in hygiene norms and their relation to sex equality
Global sex differences in hygiene norms and their relation to sex equality Open
Strict norms about hygiene may sometimes have health benefits but may also be a burden. Based on research in the United States, it has been suggested that women traditionally shoulder responsibility for hygiene standards and therefore tend…