Research Description
I study how people’s social relationships influence whether they perceive society as just.
Education
- MA in Psychology, New York University
- BA in Sociology, Universidad de Chile
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Highlighted Publications
Vargas Salfate, S., Spielmann, J., & Briley, D.A. (2024). Supporting the Status Quo is Weakly Associated With Subjective Well-Being: A Comparison of The Palliative Function of Ideology Across Social Status Groups Using a Meta-Analytic Approach. Psychological Bulletin, 150(11), 1318-1346. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000446
Vargas Salfate, S. & Stern, C. (2024). Is Contact Among Social Class Groups Associated with Legitimation of Inequality? An Examination across 28 Countries. British Journal of Social Psychology, 63(2), 572-590. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12692
Li, M., Adra, A., Yuen, S., Vargas Salfate, S., Chan, K. M., & Baumert, A. (2024). Understanding Non-normative Civil Resistance Under Repression: Evidence from Hong Kong and Chile. Political Psychology, 45(3), 493-515. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12933
Vargas Salfate, S., Khan, S., Liu, J. H., & Gil de Zuñiga, H. (2023). A Longitudinal Test of the Conservative-Liberal Wellbeing Gap. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 49(10), 1439-1453. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672221096587
Rivera Pichardo, E., Vargas Salfate, S., & Knowles, E. (2023). The Psychology of Colonial ideologies: Decoupling Pro-Egalitarian and Neo-Colonial Sources of Support for Puerto Rico Statehood. British Journal of Social Psychology, 62(2) 743-767. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12591
Vargas Salfate, S., Páez, D., Liu, J. H., Pratto, F., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. (2018). A comparison of social dominance theory and system justification: The role of social status in 19 Nations. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 44(7), 1060-1076. https://doi.org10.1177/0146167218757455