Several socio - ecological factors — including more frequent disasters, less prevalent infectious disease, and less climatic stress in poorer countries — were linked with individualism, but
increased socioeconomic development was the strongest predictor of increased individualism over time.
The findings, published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, show that
increasing socioeconomic development is an especially strong predictor of increasing individualistic practices and values in a country over time.
Not exact matches
«The fact that most of the countries that did not show an
increase in individualist values were among the lowest in
socioeconomic development over the time period examined is consistent with the observation that
socioeconomic development drove the rise in individualism,» the researchers explain in their paper.
Further, forest management policies should combine environmental policy with
socioeconomic development as well as establish moratoriums to
increase effectiveness.
They found that
increasing maternal C - reactive protein levels were significantly associated with
development of schizophrenia in offspring and remained significant after adjusting for potential confounders such as parental history of psychiatric disorders, twin / singleton birth, location of birth, and maternal
socioeconomic status.
Any developmental toxicity capable of affecting optimal
development can have life - long consequences; minimal dysfunction can negatively impact quality of life by
increasing the risk of health problems and
socioeconomic achievements.
The relationship between resilience in the face of extreme weather events and
increases in female education expenditure holds when
socioeconomic development continues but the climate does not change, and
socioeconomic development continues with weather paths driven by «wet» and «dry» Global Climate Models.