The psychosocial effects of economic inequality depend on its perception

GB Willis, E García-Sánchez… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Economic inequality might influence subjective well-being through psychological processes
such as status competition and social distance. However, evidence for this claim is mixed. In …

How living in economically unequal societies shapes our minds and our social lives

K Peters, J Jetten - British Journal of Psychology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In recent decades, the economies of many countries have produced increasingly unequal
outcomes for the rich and poor. This economic trend has attracted interest from members of …

A competitiveness-based theoretical framework on the psychology of income inequality

N Sommet, AJ Elliot - Current Directions in Psychological …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Social scientists have begun to extensively study how living in contexts with high income
inequality affects psychological outcomes. Herein we overview a conceptual framework that …

The economic inequality as normative information model (EINIM)

Á Sánchez-Rodríguez… - European Review of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This paper presents a new model that aims to contribute to the growing literature about the
consequences of economic inequality: the economic inequality as normative information …

The social class test gap: A worldwide investigation of the role of academic anxiety and income inequality in standardized test score disparities.

N Claes, A Smeding, A Carré… - Journal of Educational …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
We conducted three preregistered studies using the Organization for Economic Co-
operation and Development Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) data to …

Income inequality predicts competitiveness and cooperativeness at school.

N Sommet, DL Weissman, AJ Elliot - Journal of Educational …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Competitiveness and cooperativeness are important predictors of social and learning
outcomes at school. Drawing on evidence suggesting that contexts with high income …

The dynamic socioecological model of economic inequality and psychological tendencies: A cycle of mutual constitution

MS Gobel, H Carvacho - Social and Personality Psychology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Economic inequality is one of the defining challenges of our era. Social science research
links higher levels of economic inequality to a range of undesirable outcomes, including …

Conducting research with people in lower-socioeconomic-status contexts

LF Emery, DM Silverman… - Advances in Methods …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
In recent years, the field of psychology has increasingly recognized the importance of
conducting research with lower-socioeconomic-status (SES) participants. Given that SES …

The extension of particularized trust to generalized trust: the moderating role of long-term versus short-term orientation

J Zheng, TY Wang, T Zhang - Social indicators research, 2023 - Springer
The extension of particularized trust to generalized trust is an important factor in building a
harmonious society. It is necessary to explore the construction path of generalized trust. The …

Social policy in a future of degrowth? Challenges for decommodification, commoning and public support

K Kongshøj - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Achieving sustainability within planetary boundaries requires radical changes to production
and consumption beyond technology-and efficiency-oriented solutions, especially in affluent …