Bernardo Mackenna

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• Fairness beyond the ballot: A comparative analysis of failures of electoral integrity, perceptions of electoral fairness, and attitudes towards democracy across 18 countries ELECTORAL STUDIES Gonzalez, R., Mackenna, B., Scherman, A., Joignant, A. 2024; 87

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.electstud.2023.102740

  View details for Web of Science ID 001164837000001

• Intergroup relations affect depressive symptoms of Indigenous people: Longitudinal evidence EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Zagefka, H., Gonzalez, R., Mackenna, B., Castro, D., Carozzi, P., Pairican, F. 2023; 53 (6): 1114-1127

  View details for DOI 10.1002/ejsp.2955

  View details for Web of Science ID 000975226800001

• Expectations of trustworthiness in cross-status interactions. Social science research Salgado, M., Núñez, J., Mackenna, B. 2021; 99: 102596

  Abstract

  Although the literature on trust is vast, little is known about the attributes that trigger or inhibit trusting others we do not know. Using a vignette version of the trust game, we addressed the role that social standing plays in estimating trustworthiness of strangers in cross-status interactions in Chile, a non-WEIRD context also characterized by high inequality and social segregation. While we found a positive relationship between social status and generalized trust, we found no relationship between the social status of trustors and trusting behavior in the game. Besides, trustees' income was the most important attribute for trustors to decide how much to trust. We also found that higher-income trustees are less trusted in general, particularly by lower-status trustors. Finally, the results revealed that the influence of income differences on trust was higher for lower-status participants: they are more trustful of others of similar status. We did not observe a similar effect of ingroup favoritism on trust among higher-status participants. Thus, higher levels of relational or particularized trust were found among participants of lower social status compared to those of higher social status.

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2021.102596

  View details for PubMedID 34429209

• Who Differentiates by Skin Color? Status Attributions and Skin Pigmentation in Chile. Frontiers in psychology Torres, F., Salgado, M., Mackenna, B., Núñez, J. 2019; 10: 1516

  Abstract

  A growing body of research has shown that phenotypes and skin pigmentation play a fundamental role in stratification dynamics in Latin American countries. However, the relevance of skin color on status attribution for different status groups has been little studied in the region. This article seeks to broaden the research on phenotypic status cues using Chile as a context for analysis - a Latin American country with a narrow although continuous spectrum of skin tones, marked status differences, and a mostly white elite. We draw on status construction theory to hypothesize that skin pigmentation in Chile has become a status cue, although its heuristic relevance could differ across status groups. Using visual stimuli and a repeated measure design, we studied this relationship and tested whether the use of skin pigmentation as a status cue is conditional upon the status of those categorizing others. The results reveal that participants attribute, on average, lower status to others of darker skin. Besides, skin pigmentation has a conditional effect on the social status of participants: whereas skin pigmentation does not work as a status cue for lower status participants, it is an important status marker for the categorizations that middle and especially higher status participants perform. The phenotypic composition of reference groups of low- and high-status individuals and system justification are discussed as potential explanations for these results.

  View details for DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01516

  View details for PubMedID 31333544

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• The experience and perception of corruption: A comparative study in 34 societies INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY Gonzalez, R., Mackenna, B., Munoz, E. 2019; 49 (3): 222-240

  View details for DOI 10.1080/00207659.2019.1605030

  View details for Web of Science ID 000468732500005

• "Leaving the Faith of Our Fathers": Intergenerational Persistence and Class Cleavage of Evangelicals in Chile REVIEW OF RELIGIOUS RESEARCH Alcaino, M., Mackenna, B. 2017; 59 (3): 269-291

  View details for DOI 10.1007/s13644-017-0287-4

  View details for Web of Science ID 000410221200001

• Composición del electorado en elecciones con voto obligatorio y voluntario: un estudio cuasi experimental de la participación electoral en Chile Revista Latinoamericana De Opinión Pública Mackenna, B. 2015; 5 (1): 49-97

  View details for DOI 10.14201/rlop.22307