A research line with an important role at the CIMCYC explores different psychosocial processes related to the effect of social class, gender or ethnicity on people's well-being and social relations, as well as the variables that moderate their effects.
Our studies show that economic inequality has contextual effects that affect society as a whole, not just the most disadvantaged groups. We have also explored how inequality is perpetuated and how the justification for inequality is, in turn, related to the attitudes that individuals have towards redistribution. We have analyzed the effects of social class and of the uncertainty generated by economic downturns on social relations. These results show that social class influences social perception, trust in others, dehumanization of lower class groups, and also the preference for authoritarian leadership and the intention to participate in politics.
Finally, another line focuses on the different ways of dealing with these inequalities. A very relevant feature of these studies is that they use state-of-the-art methodologies in their design and analysis (e.g., multivariate, multilevel, class correlation, psychometric network analysis, etc.).