Life History Strategy in Poland: Population Displacement as a Life History Accelerating Event

IF 1.4 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Evolutionary Psychological Science Pub Date : 2024-04-01 DOI:10.1007/s40806-024-00388-1

Slobodan Koljević

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Abstract

Population-level life history research on humans has proven to be a fruitful research program, establishing numerous socioeconomic and behavioral correlates of life history strategy. Herein, this research program is extended to the Republic of Poland. Life history speed is estimated for 380 powiats and cities with powiat status. To investigate how life history associates with socioeconomic development, the general socioeconomic factor (S factor) is also extracted. Presidential election results are used to emulate differences in political behavior. In line with previous research, the data show that fast life history strategy is negatively correlated with the S factor and percentage of votes for the conservative presidential candidate. Notably, powiats located within Western Borderlands (territories that were part of Germany prior to World War II) tend to have faster life history strategy. This pattern could be explained by forced population displacement of over 1.5 million people that were resettled from USSR into Western Borderlands, thus replacing prior German inhabitants. Forced population displacement can be understood as a disruptive life event that accelerates life history strategy. This can have long-lasting effects, and the present study provides additional insight into the detrimental consequences of population displacement.

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波兰的生命史战略：作为生活史加速事件的人口迁移

对人类进行的种群层面的生活史研究已被证明是一项富有成效的研究计划，它建立了生活史策略的众多社会经济和行为相关因素。在此，这一研究计划扩展到波兰共和国。对 380 个乡和具有乡地位的城市的生活史速度进行了估计。为了研究生活史如何与社会经济发展相关联，还提取了一般社会经济因子（S因子）。总统选举结果用于模拟政治行为的差异。与之前的研究一致，数据显示，快速生活史策略与 S 因子和保守派总统候选人的得票率呈负相关。值得注意的是，位于西部边疆地区（二战前属于德国的领土）的乡镇往往具有较快的生活史策略。这种模式的原因可能是有 150 多万人被迫从苏联迁移到西部边疆地区，从而取代了之前的德国居民。强迫人口迁移可以理解为一种加速生活史策略的破坏性生活事件。这可能会产生长期的影响，本研究提供了有关人口迁移有害后果的更多见解。

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Evolutionary Psychological Science Psychology-Social Psychology

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2.60

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13.30%

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期刊介绍： Evolutionary Psychological Science is an international, interdisciplinary journal that publishes empirical research, theoretical contributions, literature reviews, and commentaries addressing human evolved psychology and behavior. The Journal especially welcomes submissions on non-humans that inform human psychology and behavior, as well as submissions that address clinical implications and applications of an evolutionary perspective. The Journal is informed by all the social and life sciences, including anthropology, biology, criminology, law, medicine, philosophy, political science, and the humanities, and welcomes contributions from these and related fields that contribute to the understanding of human evolved psychology and behavior. Submissions should not exceed 10,000 words, all inclusive.