Who Differentiates by Skin Color? Status Attributions and Skin Pigmentation in Chile

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dc.contributor.authorTorres, Fernanda
dc.contributor.authorSalgado, Mauricio
dc.contributor.authorMackenna, Bernardo
dc.contributor.authorNunez, Javier
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-23T21:12:08Z
dc.date.available2025-01-23T21:12:08Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractA 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 highstatus individuals and system justification are discussed as potential explanations for these results.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01516
dc.identifier.issn1664-1078
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01516
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/100939
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000473593400001
dc.language.isoen
dc.revistaFrontiers in psychology
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectChile
dc.subjectinequality
dc.subjectskin pigmentation
dc.subjectstatus beliefs
dc.subjectstatus construction theory
dc.subjectwhiteness
dc.titleWho Differentiates by Skin Color? Status Attributions and Skin Pigmentation in Chile
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen10
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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