Research Interests
Political ideology and legitimation of inequality, and their relationships with ingroup and national identities, intergroup processes, and contextual factors.
Education
- MA in Psychology, New York University
- BA in Sociology, Universidad de Chile
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Highlighted Publications
Vargas Salfate, S., Paez, D., Oriol, X., Gondim, S., da Costa, S., & Techio, E. (2020). Nationalistic collective rituals, intergroup relations, and legitimation of national social systems. International Review of Social Psychology, 33(1). doi: 10.5334/irsp.291
Vargas Salfate, S., Liu, J. H., & Gil de Zuñiga, H. (2020). Right-wing authoritarianism and national identification: The role of democratic context. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 32(2), 318-331. doi: 10.1093/ijpor/edz026
Vargas Salfate, S. & Miranda, R. (2020). Nationalism, patriotism, and legitimation of the national social systems. Revista de Psicologia - Peru, 38(2), 423-450. doi: 10.18800/psico.202002.003
Vargas Salfate, S. (2019). The role of personal control in the palliative function of system justification among indigenous and non-indigenous students. Revista de Psicología Social / International Journal of Social Psychology, 34(1), 168-201. doi: 10.1080/02134748.2018.1537650
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. doi: 10.1177/0146167218757455
Vargas Salfate, S., Paez, D., Khan, S., Liu, J. H., & Gil de Zuñiga, H. (2018). System justification enhances well-being: A longitudinal analysis of the palliative function of system justification in 18 countries. British Journal of Social Psychology, 57(3), 567-590. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12254