Mind the Gap: Perceived Economic Inequality and the Well-Being Gap around the Globe

Ángel Sánchez-Rodríguez; Maciej R. Górski; Mohsen Joshanloo; Kuba Krys; Morten Tønnessen; Liman Man Wai Li; Plamen Akaliyski; Brian W. Haas; M. Azhar Hussain; Farida Guemaz; Mahmoud Boussena; Nuha Iter; Olha Vlasenko; Vivian Miu Chi Lun; Vivian L. Vignoles; Nur Amali Aminnuddin; İdil Işık; Laina Ngom-Dieng; Márta Fülöp; David Igbokwe; Mladen Adamovic; Ragna Benedikta Garðarsdóttir; Natalia Soboleva; Julien Teyssier; Fumiko Kano Glückstad; Joonha Park; John Zelenski; Victoria Wai Lan Yeung; June Chun Yeung; Eric Kenson Yau; Jae Won Yang; Belkacem Yakhlef; Cai Xing; Arkadiusz Wasiel; Christin Melanie Vauclair; Wijnand van Tilburg; Vladimir Turjačanin; Kiếu Thi Thanh Trà; Claudio Torres; Chien Ru Sun; Boris Sokolov; Rosita Sobhie; David Sirlopú; Heyla Selim; Ana Maria Rocha; Muhammad Rizwan; Iva Poláčková Šolcová; Zoran Pavlović; Ewa Palikot; Nicole Kronberger

doi:10.1177/19485506251345937

Mind the Gap: Perceived Economic Inequality and the Well-Being Gap around the Globe

Ángel Sánchez-Rodríguez^*
, Maciej R. Górski
, Mohsen Joshanloo
, Kuba Krys
, Morten Tønnessen
, Liman Man Wai Li
, Plamen Akaliyski
, Brian W. Haas
, M. Azhar Hussain
, Farida Guemaz
, Mahmoud Boussena
, Nuha Iter
, Olha Vlasenko
, Vivian Miu Chi Lun
, Vivian L. Vignoles
, Nur Amali Aminnuddin
, İdil Işık
, Laina Ngom-Dieng
, Márta Fülöp
, David Igbokwe

Mladen Adamovic, Ragna Benedikta Garðarsdóttir, Natalia Soboleva, Julien Teyssier, Fumiko Kano Glückstad, Joonha Park, John Zelenski, Victoria Wai Lan Yeung, June Chun Yeung, Eric Kenson Yau, Jae Won Yang, Belkacem Yakhlef, Cai Xing, Arkadiusz Wasiel, Christin Melanie Vauclair, Wijnand van Tilburg, Vladimir Turjačanin, Kiếu Thi Thanh Trà, Claudio Torres, Chien Ru Sun, Boris Sokolov, Rosita Sobhie, David Sirlopú, Heyla Selim, Ana Maria Rocha, Muhammad Rizwan, Iva Poláčková Šolcová, Zoran Pavlović, Ewa Palikot, Nicole Kronberger

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	383-399
Number of pages	17
Journal	Social Psychological and Personality Science
Volume	17
Issue number	3
Early online date	14 Jul 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506251345937
Publication status	Published - Apr 2026

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 1 No Poverty
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

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503 Educational Sciences
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503008 E-learning
509001 Action research
503007 Didactics
503006 Educational research
503030 Business education
501004 Differential psychology
502052 Business administration
501003 Occupational psychology
501002 Applied psychology
503018 University didactics
605004 Cultural studies
501029 Economic psychology
503014 Subject didactics of social sciences
501006 Experimental psychology
502033 Accounting
503005 Vocational education
501016 Educational psychology
502045 Behavioural economics
503002 Applied education
503001 General education
503025 School pedagogy
509018 Knowledge management
509017 Social studies of science

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Sustainable Development: Responsible Technologies and Management
Digital Transformation

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Sánchez-Rodríguez, Á., Górski, M. R., Joshanloo, M., Krys, K., Tønnessen, M., Li, L. M. W., Akaliyski, P., Haas, B. W., Hussain, M. A., Guemaz, F., Boussena, M., Iter, N., Vlasenko, O., Lun, V. M. C., Vignoles, V. L., Aminnuddin, N. A., Işık, İ., Ngom-Dieng, L., Fülöp, M., ... Kronberger, N. (2026). Mind the Gap: Perceived Economic Inequality and the Well-Being Gap around the Globe. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 17(3), 383-399. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506251345937

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