Mar 17, 2022 05:30 PM
https://www.psypost.org/2022/03/a-low-in...-why-62738
INTRO: Poverty has a weaker impact on well-being in developing countries, and a new study suggests that national religiosity can explain this effect. The findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggest that religion helps alleviate the mental toll of poverty.
The psychological toll of poverty has been widely documented. Scientists have been hopeful that these negative effects will weaken as developing countries improve economically and become more able to care for low socioeconomic status (SES) citizens. But in direct contrast to this notion, recent studies have suggested that the psychological burden of poverty is actually stronger in developed nations.
Study authors Jana B. Berkessel and her team proposed that this surprising effect might be explained by greater religiosity in underdeveloped nations. The researchers explain that world religions tend to include norms that offer comfort in the face of poverty while disparaging wealth. Because developing nations tend to be more religious than developed nations, these countries should have more religious norms in place to alleviate the mental burden of poverty... (MORE - details)
INTRO: Poverty has a weaker impact on well-being in developing countries, and a new study suggests that national religiosity can explain this effect. The findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggest that religion helps alleviate the mental toll of poverty.
The psychological toll of poverty has been widely documented. Scientists have been hopeful that these negative effects will weaken as developing countries improve economically and become more able to care for low socioeconomic status (SES) citizens. But in direct contrast to this notion, recent studies have suggested that the psychological burden of poverty is actually stronger in developed nations.
Study authors Jana B. Berkessel and her team proposed that this surprising effect might be explained by greater religiosity in underdeveloped nations. The researchers explain that world religions tend to include norms that offer comfort in the face of poverty while disparaging wealth. Because developing nations tend to be more religious than developed nations, these countries should have more religious norms in place to alleviate the mental burden of poverty... (MORE - details)
