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 …

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 …

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 …

Opposing effects of income inequality on health: The role of perceived competitiveness and avoidance/approach motivation

N Sommet, AJ Elliot - European Journal of Social Psychology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Income inequality is commonly posited to elevate concerns about social status that
undermine psychological health, but the empirical evidence is inconsistent. Here we …

Perception of economic inequality: concepts, associated factors and prospects of a burgeoning research agenda (Percepción de desigualdad económica: conceptos …

JC Castillo, JD García-Castro… - International Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
La percepción de desigualdad económica se ha vuelto un tema de creciente interés en
investigaciones de distintas disciplinas de las ciencias sociales. El presente artículo …

Why do we never have enough time? Economic inequality fuels the perception of time poverty by aggravating status anxiety

Q Zhao, R Ma, Z Liu, T Wang, X Sun… - British Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
People in many societies report that they do not have enough time. What makes people feel
so rushed? We propose that economic inequality leads to perceived time poverty by …

Perceived unequal and unfair workplaces trigger lower job satisfaction and lower workers' dignity via organizational dehumanization and workers' self‐objectification

M Sainz, E Moreno‐Bella… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the increasing wage disparities and the unfair distribution of resources in many
organizations, there have not been enough academic explorations into the role of these …

Economic inequality shapes the agency–communion content of gender stereotypes

E Moreno-Bella, GB Willis… - Group Processes & …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Economic inequality is a main issue in current societies, and it affects people's psychological
processes. In this research, we propose that perceived economic inequality might affect how …

Perceived economic inequality is negatively associated with subjective well-being through status anxiety and social trust

E García-Sánchez, J Matamoros-Lima… - Social Indicators …, 2024 - Springer
The relationship between economic inequality and subjective well-being has produced
mixed results in the literature. Conflicting evidence may be due to overlooking the role of …

When and why does economic inequality predict prosocial behaviour? Examining the role of interpersonal trust among different targets

J Lin, W Li, Z Guo, Y Kou - European Journal of Social …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Previous research suggests that economic inequality has caused a wide range of negative
societal impacts. However, little is known about how economic inequality influences …