In response to the Ebola scare in 2014, many people evinced strong fear and xenophobia. The present study, informed by the pathogen-prevalence hypothesis, tested the influence of individualism and collectivism on xenophobic response to the threat of Ebola. A nationally representative sample of 1,000 Americans completed a survey, indicating their perceptions of their vulnerability to Ebola, abil...

In this paper we explore the circumstances under which settlement processes lead to segregation through simulations of an artificial urban residential system with two racial/ethnic groups, using a recently developed statistical framework for modeling systems with complex dependencies (Butts, 2007). The study differs from previous research most importantly because it distinguish between in-group...

This collaborative essay addresses COVID-19 communication, focussing on the linguistic strategies and discursive constructions that were adopted, first to cope with unprecedented crisis scenarios of pandemic later hail post-pandemic times. It recapitulates unfolding communication from 2020 2022, espousing a perspective. To purpose, it elaborates few keywords key phrases consistently identify di...

Abstract This article analyzes several patterns of antisemitism in twentieth-century Latin America. It identifies historical moments when carriers social and political ideas projected negative images Jews, sometimes pushing anti-Jewish policies at times leading violent actions against Jews. Thus, served to mobilize defense national identity; as a reaction Jewish peddlers perceived threat econom...

intolerance of uncertainty (iu) is increasingly conceptualized as a transdiagnostic factor underlying anxiety disorders and depression. current understanding of the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and specific obsessive compulsive symptom domains remains limited. the purpose of the present study was to explore the prevalence of obsessive compulsive beliefs and intolerance of unc...

Aim: This article examines how bioethicists can make a significant contribution to mediation, public discourse, research, educating, learning, policy-making and academic impact in response troubling persistent models of xenophobia, racism ‘pretentious’ prejudice. In order meaningful these issues, need training, awareness that they play an important educational role cooperation with other specia...