Cory Anderson
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3582174 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Cory Anderson |
| PRENOMES | Cory |
| SOBRENOME | Anderson |
| ASSINATURA | ANDERSON C |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Pennsylvania State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4008-0936 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2015 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
The population structure of the Amish, a rapidly growing ethnic religion in North America
As Western populations face projected decline, understanding the demographics of high-fertility subpopulations becomes increasingly important. The Amish represent one rapidly growing North American subgroup, yet existing demographic studies are dated and narrowly focused. Here, we use a new population database of >50,000 households-the vast majority of Amish-to offer an up-to-date population-wide analysis that shows high fertility and low mortali…
Neighbors’ social attitudes predict variations in live births among the Amish of Holmes County, Ohio, United States
BACKGROUNDDespite declining fertility rates in the West, high fertility rates persist among many North American ethnoreligious populations.Such populations often reside in cultural enclaves where pro-natalist norms are insulated from external influences, yet intra-enclave fertility rates vary.Internal community influences on fertility remain understudied. OBJECTIVEUsing a diffusion framework, we examine how social and physical distances within an…
Amish peoplehood
Amish fertility in the United States
BACKGROUND: Quantitative studies of Amish population dynamics have been methodologically constrained by difficulties identifying Amish in national surveys. If Amish could be reliably identified in, for example, the American Community Survey (ACS), researchers could leverage its rich variables to document both demographic outcomes and their social predictors. OBJECTIVE: Cross-validate two methods for studying Amish populations by comparing fertili…
The cultural and religious complexities of Amish-focused mental health conditions research
Mental health conditions research often relies on reductionist cultural assumptions about the population studied and instruments validated from majority populations. In exhaustively reviewing the limited body of Amish mental health conditions research, we find that studies are well-executed by methodological protocols but that findings are inconsistent or limited in generalizability, instrument validity remains contested, and study investigation …
North America’s Amish-Mennonites adopt abroad
Under what social conditions would ethnic sectarians in developed countries engage in inter-country adoption, grafting ethnically diverse children into their homogeneous contexts? In this article, we present a case study of Amish-Mennonite adoption-oriented children’s homes in underdeveloped countries. As the ethnic sectarian, family-oriented, evangelical Amish-Mennonites met little success proselytizing adults, adoption-oriented children’s home …
Population-Wide Vaccination Hesitancy among the Amish
Apologia pro Vita Sua
In the apologia-like spirit of this collection, the authors have borrowed this Latin expression from the eponymous title of John Henry Newman’s famous text; however, the writers are not endorsing a religious position. Like John Henry’s apology, G.H. Hardy’s “A Mathematician’s Apology,” and Plato’s “Apology of Socrates” these pieces compose a defense of the authors’ professional lives, not a request for forgiveness. Dear Me Andrea Leal Barcelo, MD…
Physical health conditions of the Amish and intervening social mechanisms
The persistently high fertility of a North American population
Why do the North American Amish maintain high fertility when surrounding populations have nearly all completed the demographic transition? Using the same theoretical predictors and methods as a 1996 Population Studies paper, we explore fertility changes, specifically changes in mean parity, between 1988 and 2015 among one sizeable Amish population in Ohio. Findings suggest that wealth flow shifts (as measured by a decline in farming families) and…
Evaluation and Revision of an Instrument Measuring Attitudes toward the Amish
The attitudes non-members hold toward the Amish-or any ethnic, racial, and religious group-has consequences for that population, from criminal victimization to an ability to exercise human rights. Given the rapid growth and expansion of the Amish in North America, an effective tool is needed to measure public attitudes toward the Amish. William McGuigan (2007; 2014) recently led the development of an Attitudes Toward the Amish (ATA) instrument, w…
The Amish health culture and culturally sensitive health services
A Critical Appraisal of Amish Studies' De Facto Paradigm, 'Negotiating with Modernity
The predominant paradigm for Amish research over the past three decades has been 'negotiating with modernity' (NWM). NWM explains how the Amish as a distinctive American culture and religion have overcome the threats modernity poses to their existence. This article argues that NWM has been accepted and replicated uncritically and without empirical testing due to properties making it inherently untestable. We first synthesize the central NWM liter…
Religiously Motivated Migration
Self-interested motives are typically assumed when addressing migration causation. However, values, such as those from religion, can also motivate migration. This study develops a theoretical framework of religiously motivated migration. Inasmuch as values are derived from and reinforced within groups, religions with strong cohesion are more likely to act on one of three value-based religious migration motivations: sacred command, context conduci…
Religious Seekers' Attraction to the Plain Mennonites and Amish
For all the liberties granted Westerners, a small stream of seekers is looking into the seemingly austere plain Anabaptist sects (Amish, Mennonites, etc.). What are they seeking? Using theories of modernity, secularization, and gender as guides, this study analyzes survey data from a web-based convenience sample of 1074 seekers. Females, young adults, and evangelicals are overrepresented. Chief attractions include religious seriousness, strong co…
What Kinds of Places Attract and Sustain Amish Populations
The Amish are one of the fastest growing ethnoreligious groups in rural America. They are not only growing in historic settlements but are also starting new settlements. This study synthesizes and tests hypotheses about Amish migration destinations and settlement sustainability. Specifically, hypotheses address factors related to population, agriculture, and proximity to other Amish. Findings suggest that the locations Amish settle have several d…
The persistently high fertility of a North American population
Why do the North American Amish maintain high fertility when surrounding populations have nearly all completed the demographic transition? Using the same theoretical predictors and methods as a 1996 Population Studies paper, we explore fertility changes, specifically changes in mean parity, between 1988 and 2015 among one sizeable Amish population in Ohio. Findings suggest that wealth flow shifts (as measured by a decline in farming families) and…
What Kinds of Places Attract and Sustain Amish Populations
The Amish are one of the fastest growing ethnoreligious groups in rural America. They are not only growing in historic settlements but are also starting new settlements. This study synthesizes and tests hypotheses about Amish migration destinations and settlement sustainability. Specifically, hypotheses address factors related to population, agriculture, and proximity to other Amish. Findings suggest that the locations Amish settle have several d…
A Critical Appraisal of Amish Studies' De Facto Paradigm, 'Negotiating with Modernity
The predominant paradigm for Amish research over the past three decades has been 'negotiating with modernity' (NWM). NWM explains how the Amish as a distinctive American culture and religion have overcome the threats modernity poses to their existence. This article argues that NWM has been accepted and replicated uncritically and without empirical testing due to properties making it inherently untestable. We first synthesize the central NWM liter…
Religious Seekers' Attraction to the Plain Mennonites and Amish
For all the liberties granted Westerners, a small stream of seekers is looking into the seemingly austere plain Anabaptist sects (Amish, Mennonites, etc.). What are they seeking? Using theories of modernity, secularization, and gender as guides, this study analyzes survey data from a web-based convenience sample of 1074 seekers. Females, young adults, and evangelicals are overrepresented. Chief attractions include religious seriousness, strong co…
Amish peoplehood
Amish fertility in the United States
BACKGROUND: Quantitative studies of Amish population dynamics have been methodologically constrained by difficulties identifying Amish in national surveys. If Amish could be reliably identified in, for example, the American Community Survey (ACS), researchers could leverage its rich variables to document both demographic outcomes and their social predictors. OBJECTIVE: Cross-validate two methods for studying Amish populations by comparing fertili…
Population-Wide Vaccination Hesitancy among the Amish
What Kinds of Places Attract and Sustain Amish Populations
The Amish are one of the fastest growing ethnoreligious groups in rural America. They are not only growing in historic settlements but are also starting new settlements. This study synthesizes and tests hypotheses about Amish migration destinations and settlement sustainability. Specifically, hypotheses address factors related to population, agriculture, and proximity to other Amish. Findings suggest that the locations Amish settle have several d…
Religiously Motivated Migration
Self-interested motives are typically assumed when addressing migration causation. However, values, such as those from religion, can also motivate migration. This study develops a theoretical framework of religiously motivated migration. Inasmuch as values are derived from and reinforced within groups, religions with strong cohesion are more likely to act on one of three value-based religious migration motivations: sacred command, context conduci…
Religious Seekers' Attraction to the Plain Mennonites and Amish
For all the liberties granted Westerners, a small stream of seekers is looking into the seemingly austere plain Anabaptist sects (Amish, Mennonites, etc.). What are they seeking? Using theories of modernity, secularization, and gender as guides, this study analyzes survey data from a web-based convenience sample of 1074 seekers. Females, young adults, and evangelicals are overrepresented. Chief attractions include religious seriousness, strong co…
A Critical Appraisal of Amish Studies' De Facto Paradigm, 'Negotiating with Modernity
The predominant paradigm for Amish research over the past three decades has been 'negotiating with modernity' (NWM). NWM explains how the Amish as a distinctive American culture and religion have overcome the threats modernity poses to their existence. This article argues that NWM has been accepted and replicated uncritically and without empirical testing due to properties making it inherently untestable. We first synthesize the central NWM liter…
Evaluation and Revision of an Instrument Measuring Attitudes toward the Amish
The attitudes non-members hold toward the Amish-or any ethnic, racial, and religious group-has consequences for that population, from criminal victimization to an ability to exercise human rights. Given the rapid growth and expansion of the Amish in North America, an effective tool is needed to measure public attitudes toward the Amish. William McGuigan (2007; 2014) recently led the development of an Attitudes Toward the Amish (ATA) instrument, w…
The Amish health culture and culturally sensitive health services
The persistently high fertility of a North American population
Why do the North American Amish maintain high fertility when surrounding populations have nearly all completed the demographic transition? Using the same theoretical predictors and methods as a 1996 Population Studies paper, we explore fertility changes, specifically changes in mean parity, between 1988 and 2015 among one sizeable Amish population in Ohio. Findings suggest that wealth flow shifts (as measured by a decline in farming families) and…
Apologia pro Vita Sua
In the apologia-like spirit of this collection, the authors have borrowed this Latin expression from the eponymous title of John Henry Newman’s famous text; however, the writers are not endorsing a religious position. Like John Henry’s apology, G.H. Hardy’s “A Mathematician’s Apology,” and Plato’s “Apology of Socrates” these pieces compose a defense of the authors’ professional lives, not a request for forgiveness. Dear Me Andrea Leal Barcelo, MD…
Physical health conditions of the Amish and intervening social mechanisms
The cultural and religious complexities of Amish-focused mental health conditions research
Mental health conditions research often relies on reductionist cultural assumptions about the population studied and instruments validated from majority populations. In exhaustively reviewing the limited body of Amish mental health conditions research, we find that studies are well-executed by methodological protocols but that findings are inconsistent or limited in generalizability, instrument validity remains contested, and study investigation …
North America’s Amish-Mennonites adopt abroad
Under what social conditions would ethnic sectarians in developed countries engage in inter-country adoption, grafting ethnically diverse children into their homogeneous contexts? In this article, we present a case study of Amish-Mennonite adoption-oriented children’s homes in underdeveloped countries. As the ethnic sectarian, family-oriented, evangelical Amish-Mennonites met little success proselytizing adults, adoption-oriented children’s home …
Population-Wide Vaccination Hesitancy among the Amish
The population structure of the Amish, a rapidly growing ethnic religion in North America
As Western populations face projected decline, understanding the demographics of high-fertility subpopulations becomes increasingly important. The Amish represent one rapidly growing North American subgroup, yet existing demographic studies are dated and narrowly focused. Here, we use a new population database of >50,000 households-the vast majority of Amish-to offer an up-to-date population-wide analysis that shows high fertility and low mortali…
Neighbors’ social attitudes predict variations in live births among the Amish of Holmes County, Ohio, United States
BACKGROUNDDespite declining fertility rates in the West, high fertility rates persist among many North American ethnoreligious populations.Such populations often reside in cultural enclaves where pro-natalist norms are insulated from external influences, yet intra-enclave fertility rates vary.Internal community influences on fertility remain understudied. OBJECTIVEUsing a diffusion framework, we examine how social and physical distances within an…
Amish peoplehood
Amish fertility in the United States
BACKGROUND: Quantitative studies of Amish population dynamics have been methodologically constrained by difficulties identifying Amish in national surveys. If Amish could be reliably identified in, for example, the American Community Survey (ACS), researchers could leverage its rich variables to document both demographic outcomes and their social predictors. OBJECTIVE: Cross-validate two methods for studying Amish populations by comparing fertili…
Agriculture and Farm Safety (13 obras) · Sociology (9 obras) · Population (8 obras) · Political science (5 obras) · Demography (4 obras) · Fertility (4 obras) · Geography (4 obras) · Psychology (4 obras) · Religion and Society Interactions (4 obras) · Social Psychology (4 obras)