The differential impact of socioeconomic status indicators on values and self-mastery

• Autores: Jessica Rea
• Localización: International Journal of Social Psychology, Revista de Psicología Social, ISSN-e 1579-3680, ISSN 0213-4748, Vol. 38, Nº 3, 2023, págs. 570-601
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1080/02134748.2023.2236885
• Títulos paralelos:
  • El impacto diferencial de los indicadores del nivel socioeconómico en los valores y el autodominio
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    Para medir el nivel socioeconómico (NSE) y la clase social se utiliza una gama compleja de indicadores, sin prestar apenas atención al impacto que su selección puede ejercer en los resultados empíricos. Esta investigación explora si los distintos indicadores socioeconómicos predicen de forma consistente las diferencias motivacionales en una misma muestra. Se realizaron dos estudios en el Reino Unido. En el primero (N = 430) se analizó la relación entre ingresos, empleo, educación y valores personales. Los resultados revelaron relaciones inconsistentes entre los distintos indicadores socioeconómicos y las preferencias de valores. En el segundo estudio (N = 959) se identificó un patrón similar de relaciones inconsistentes entre los indicadores socioeconómicos y las medidas de autodominio y los valores personales. El único resultado universal identificado entre todos los indicadores socioeconómicos analizados en ambos estudios fue la ausencia de relación entre estos y las preferencias de valor de autotranscendencia. Estos resultados sugieren que es necesario ser más cautelosos en el uso del NSE como constructo y más rigurosos a la hora de evaluar las diferencias observadas entre las distintas clases sociales.

  • English

    Socioeconomic status and social class are measured with a wide and complex range of indicators with little attention paid to the impact these choices may have on empirical findings. This research tests whether different socioeconomic indicators consistently predict motivational differences in the same sample. Two studies were conducted in the United Kingdom. The first study (N = 430) examined the relationship between income, employment, education and personal values. The study found inconsistent relationships between different socioeconomic indicators and value preferences. A similar pattern of inconsistent relationships between socioeconomic status indicators and measures of self-mastery, and personal values, was found in the second study (N = 959). The only universal finding across all socioeconomic indicators in both studies was the null relationship with self-transcendence value preferences. These results indicate that we need to be more cautious in framing socioeconomic status as a construct and more rigorous in assessing differences observed across social classes.

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