Joaquín Bahamondes
Biographic Data
| ID | 202079 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joaquín Bahamondes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joaquín |
| FAMILY NAME | Bahamondes |
| SIGNATURE | BAHAMONDES J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad Católica del Norte |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3777-8233 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Love and Mental Health
Given the growing significance of romantic relationships in the lives of emerging adults, investigating the role of perceived relationship quality in depressive symptoms is relevant for understanding mental health dynamics during this developmental stage. The present study examined the association between perceived quality of romantic relationship and depressive symptoms in emerging adults, as well as the moderating role of sex assigned at birth,…
New Political Identities
This article examines the relationship between dietary identity (vegan, vegetarian, and omnivore), ideological variables (authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, and system justification), and prejudice toward minority groups. The sample, collected in Chile, consisted of 596 participants (141 vegans, 101 vegetarians, and 354 omnivores), including 419 women (70.3%) and 177 men (29.7%). The results indicate that authoritarianism, social dom…
Inequality or Dignity? Domain-Specific System Justification and the Palliative Minimization of Perceived Discrimination Among Minoritized Groups in Chile
This article examines the psychological mechanisms through which system-justifying beliefs mitigate the adverse effects of perceived discrimination on well-being among members of historically marginalized groups in Chile. Borrowing from the status-legitimacy hypothesis and System Justification Theory, the analyses test whether beliefs legitimizing the sociopolitical order can fulfill a palliative function— particularly when they correspond to the…
Hierarchy and authority
Prejudice and anti-immigrant attitudes are strongly motivated by more general ideological attitudes. Considering the current situation of migration in Chile, we conducted two studies on the ideologies underlying rejection of the affirmation of the rights of the Latin American migrant population in Chile. The first study ( n = 1,103) examined the associations between right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) and social dominance orientation (SDO) on the o…
Maternal and paternal attachment and subjective well‐being in adolescents who experienced parental divorce
How do individuals interact with the police? Validation of a scale of motivational postures toward the police in Spanish
Police Fairness, Anger and Support for Violent and Non‐Violent Disruptive Actions in Chile
Cross‐sectional research has shown that perceptions of injustice and their resultant emotions are associated with increased support for collective actions. In a three‐wave longitudinal study of Chilean citizens ( N T1 = 2611; N T2 = 1690; N T3 = 1163), using Random Intercept Cross‐Lagged Panel models, we examined the associations over time between perceived procedural justice of the police during protests, anger towards the police, and justificat…
Exploring attachment profiles in emerging adults
Despite previous studies documenting the existence of distinct attachment models that provide complementary information, there is a gap in research examining empirically attachment profiles that integrate both global attachment and attachment in specific domains from a person-centered approach. Based in the hierarchical structure of attachment representations, the present study evaluated the existence of different attachment profiles, using conti…
My Body, My Choice? Examining the Distinct Profiles Underlying Attitudes Toward Abortion and Covid-19 Mandates
Protestors recently repurposed the abortion rights’ mantra, “my body, my choice,” to oppose COVID-19 mandates. But do those who oppose public health mandates fully support the right to choose? We answer this question by using exploratory analyses to identify the unique response patterns underlying support for abortion and COVID-19 mandates in random samples from the United States (Study 1; N = 2,331) and New Zealand (Study 2; N = 33,310). Latent …
Region-level Pākehā warmth towards Māori enhances collective action intentions
New Zealand is a peaceful nation, but ongoing political tensions and inequities between Māori (the indigenous peoples of New Zealand) and Pākehā (the majority group of Europeans) persist as a result of its colonial history. Identifying ways to redress the enduring legacy of colonialism are therefore of critical importance. Accordingly, this paper examines data from 7017 Māori, as well as 37,233 Pākehā, to examine the impact of regional-level Pāke…
Trends in psychosocial research on LGBTIQ+ populations in Latin America
Psychosocial research on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ+) populations from Latin America is relatively recent. Initially, research focused mainly on prejudice, using qualitative techniques. Studies on LGBTIQ+ populations, using more sophisticated psychosocial theories such as those of Herek or Meyer, began in the mid‐1990s. This study deals with surveys and scales based on non‐probabilistic samples, LGBTIQ+ popul…
Modern Rape Myths
Rape myths are beliefs, stereotypes, and attitudes usually false, widespread, and persistent about rape, victims, and perpetrators. They aim to deny and justify men's sexual assault against women. This study evaluates the mediating effect of modern rape myths on the relationship between gender system justification and attribution of blame to both victim and perpetrator in a fictional case of sexual violence. A total of 375 individuals residing in…
System Justification or Social Dominance? A Multilevel Test of the Ideological Motivators of Perceived Discrimination
Although system-justifying beliefs often mitigate perceptions of discrimination, status-based asymmetries in the ideological motivators of perceived discrimination are unknown. Because the content and societal implications of discrimination claims are status-dependant, social dominance orientation (SDO) should motivate perceptions of (reverse) discrimination among members of high-status groups, whereas system justification should motivate the min…
Symbolic Exclusion and Historical Negation Regarding the Indigenous Mapuche People
The negative effects of internalized homonegativity on sexual satisfaction
Heterosexism is not only expressed through sexual prejudice as an external stressor, but also as an internalized rejection toward one's own (and others') sexually diverse identity. That is, lesbian women and gay men themselves internalize negative societal attitudes toward their sexual orientation and identity-a phenomenon called internalized homonegativity. A wealth of research shows that internalized homonegativity negatively affects the health…
Religion and Prejudice Across Cultures
The present set of studies investigated the role of being religious in the prediction of various forms of prejudice. Following the threat-constraint model, we predicted that contexts characterized by high threat attenuate—or constrain—the relationship between individual differences in being religious on the one hand and antigay prejudice and sexism on the other. A worldwide investigation of these regional constraints was conducted in the Americas…
System Justification and Perceptions of Group-Based Discrimination
Believing that social systems are fair confers palliative benefits via different mechanisms. Although the minimization of group-based discrimination plays a central role in this process, the direction of this association is contested. We address this debate by using eight waves of nationally representative longitudinal panel data to model the temporal ordering of system justification (SJ) and perceptions of group-based discrimination across ethni…
Sociodemographic Characteristics, Gender Identification, and Gender Affirmation Pathways in Transgender People
Numbing the perception of stigma
System justification theory posits that perceiving society as fair and legitimate provides palliative benefits to people who endorse such beliefs. Despite mixed evidence among socially disadvantaged groups, recent evidence shows that members of disadvantaged groups minimize perceptions of discrimination in order to reap palliative benefits. We tested this hypothesis in a sample of gay men and lesbians in Chile ( N = 467). Specifically, we examine…
Tolerance of Homosexuality in South American Countries
Objectives: This study examines the effect of some factors at individual and aggregated level on tolerance of homosexuality (TOH) in some South American countries. Method: The study performs a multilevel analysis of individual and sociocultural factors related to TOH. Results: Belonging to a religion and the importance it acquires are negative predictors of higher TOH. In addition, people living in more postmaterialistic countries show stronger T…
Romantic Attachment and Relationship Satisfaction in Gay Men and Lesbians in Chile
Attachment theory has proven to be a solid framework for understanding couple bonds, but research focused on same-sex relationships among gay men and lesbian women from Latin America remains limited. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between romantic attachment and relationship satisfaction in a sample of Chilean gay men and lesbian women. A snowball sampling was used. The final sample consisted of 259 individuals involved …
Creencias paranormales en una muestra de estudiantes de psicología de universidades chilenas
Se presenta una revisión sobre las creencias en lo paranormal de una muestra de estudiantes de psicología (n = 360) pertenecientes a diversas universidades Estatales y Privadas (tradicionales y no tradicionales). La psicología durante décadas ha luchado por el reconocimiento de su estatuto científico, lo que en principio se opondría a la creencia en la magia y otras formas de superstición, así como un firme compromiso con la evidencia empírica y …
System Justification's Opposite Effects on Psychological Wellbeing
Those who adhere to system-justifying beliefs benefit from a palliative function that buffers negative effects on psychological wellbeing. This has been consistently observed for high-status groups, whereas for members of low-status groups, it remains rather unclear whether system justification exerts a positive or a negative effect. This study tested the palliative effect of system justification on symptoms of anxiety-depression in a gay men and…
System Justification's Opposite Effects on Psychological Wellbeing
Those who adhere to system-justifying beliefs benefit from a palliative function that buffers negative effects on psychological wellbeing. This has been consistently observed for high-status groups, whereas for members of low-status groups, it remains rather unclear whether system justification exerts a positive or a negative effect. This study tested the palliative effect of system justification on symptoms of anxiety-depression in a gay men and…
Trends in psychosocial research on LGBTIQ+ populations in Latin America
Psychosocial research on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ+) populations from Latin America is relatively recent. Initially, research focused mainly on prejudice, using qualitative techniques. Studies on LGBTIQ+ populations, using more sophisticated psychosocial theories such as those of Herek or Meyer, began in the mid‐1990s. This study deals with surveys and scales based on non‐probabilistic samples, LGBTIQ+ popul…
Romantic Attachment and Relationship Satisfaction in Gay Men and Lesbians in Chile
Attachment theory has proven to be a solid framework for understanding couple bonds, but research focused on same-sex relationships among gay men and lesbian women from Latin America remains limited. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between romantic attachment and relationship satisfaction in a sample of Chilean gay men and lesbian women. A snowball sampling was used. The final sample consisted of 259 individuals involved …
The negative effects of internalized homonegativity on sexual satisfaction
Heterosexism is not only expressed through sexual prejudice as an external stressor, but also as an internalized rejection toward one's own (and others') sexually diverse identity. That is, lesbian women and gay men themselves internalize negative societal attitudes toward their sexual orientation and identity-a phenomenon called internalized homonegativity. A wealth of research shows that internalized homonegativity negatively affects the health…
Sociodemographic Characteristics, Gender Identification, and Gender Affirmation Pathways in Transgender People
How do individuals interact with the police? Validation of a scale of motivational postures toward the police in Spanish
Exploring attachment profiles in emerging adults
Despite previous studies documenting the existence of distinct attachment models that provide complementary information, there is a gap in research examining empirically attachment profiles that integrate both global attachment and attachment in specific domains from a person-centered approach. Based in the hierarchical structure of attachment representations, the present study evaluated the existence of different attachment profiles, using conti…
Region-level Pākehā warmth towards Māori enhances collective action intentions
New Zealand is a peaceful nation, but ongoing political tensions and inequities between Māori (the indigenous peoples of New Zealand) and Pākehā (the majority group of Europeans) persist as a result of its colonial history. Identifying ways to redress the enduring legacy of colonialism are therefore of critical importance. Accordingly, this paper examines data from 7017 Māori, as well as 37,233 Pākehā, to examine the impact of regional-level Pāke…
Creencias paranormales en una muestra de estudiantes de psicología de universidades chilenas
Se presenta una revisión sobre las creencias en lo paranormal de una muestra de estudiantes de psicología (n = 360) pertenecientes a diversas universidades Estatales y Privadas (tradicionales y no tradicionales). La psicología durante décadas ha luchado por el reconocimiento de su estatuto científico, lo que en principio se opondría a la creencia en la magia y otras formas de superstición, así como un firme compromiso con la evidencia empírica y …
System Justification's Opposite Effects on Psychological Wellbeing
Those who adhere to system-justifying beliefs benefit from a palliative function that buffers negative effects on psychological wellbeing. This has been consistently observed for high-status groups, whereas for members of low-status groups, it remains rather unclear whether system justification exerts a positive or a negative effect. This study tested the palliative effect of system justification on symptoms of anxiety-depression in a gay men and…
Tolerance of Homosexuality in South American Countries
Objectives: This study examines the effect of some factors at individual and aggregated level on tolerance of homosexuality (TOH) in some South American countries. Method: The study performs a multilevel analysis of individual and sociocultural factors related to TOH. Results: Belonging to a religion and the importance it acquires are negative predictors of higher TOH. In addition, people living in more postmaterialistic countries show stronger T…
Romantic Attachment and Relationship Satisfaction in Gay Men and Lesbians in Chile
Attachment theory has proven to be a solid framework for understanding couple bonds, but research focused on same-sex relationships among gay men and lesbian women from Latin America remains limited. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between romantic attachment and relationship satisfaction in a sample of Chilean gay men and lesbian women. A snowball sampling was used. The final sample consisted of 259 individuals involved …
Numbing the perception of stigma
System justification theory posits that perceiving society as fair and legitimate provides palliative benefits to people who endorse such beliefs. Despite mixed evidence among socially disadvantaged groups, recent evidence shows that members of disadvantaged groups minimize perceptions of discrimination in order to reap palliative benefits. We tested this hypothesis in a sample of gay men and lesbians in Chile ( N = 467). Specifically, we examine…
Religion and Prejudice Across Cultures
The present set of studies investigated the role of being religious in the prediction of various forms of prejudice. Following the threat-constraint model, we predicted that contexts characterized by high threat attenuate—or constrain—the relationship between individual differences in being religious on the one hand and antigay prejudice and sexism on the other. A worldwide investigation of these regional constraints was conducted in the Americas…
System Justification and Perceptions of Group-Based Discrimination
Believing that social systems are fair confers palliative benefits via different mechanisms. Although the minimization of group-based discrimination plays a central role in this process, the direction of this association is contested. We address this debate by using eight waves of nationally representative longitudinal panel data to model the temporal ordering of system justification (SJ) and perceptions of group-based discrimination across ethni…
Sociodemographic Characteristics, Gender Identification, and Gender Affirmation Pathways in Transgender People
System Justification or Social Dominance? A Multilevel Test of the Ideological Motivators of Perceived Discrimination
Although system-justifying beliefs often mitigate perceptions of discrimination, status-based asymmetries in the ideological motivators of perceived discrimination are unknown. Because the content and societal implications of discrimination claims are status-dependant, social dominance orientation (SDO) should motivate perceptions of (reverse) discrimination among members of high-status groups, whereas system justification should motivate the min…
Symbolic Exclusion and Historical Negation Regarding the Indigenous Mapuche People
The negative effects of internalized homonegativity on sexual satisfaction
Heterosexism is not only expressed through sexual prejudice as an external stressor, but also as an internalized rejection toward one's own (and others') sexually diverse identity. That is, lesbian women and gay men themselves internalize negative societal attitudes toward their sexual orientation and identity-a phenomenon called internalized homonegativity. A wealth of research shows that internalized homonegativity negatively affects the health…
Modern Rape Myths
Rape myths are beliefs, stereotypes, and attitudes usually false, widespread, and persistent about rape, victims, and perpetrators. They aim to deny and justify men's sexual assault against women. This study evaluates the mediating effect of modern rape myths on the relationship between gender system justification and attribution of blame to both victim and perpetrator in a fictional case of sexual violence. A total of 375 individuals residing in…
My Body, My Choice? Examining the Distinct Profiles Underlying Attitudes Toward Abortion and Covid-19 Mandates
Protestors recently repurposed the abortion rights’ mantra, “my body, my choice,” to oppose COVID-19 mandates. But do those who oppose public health mandates fully support the right to choose? We answer this question by using exploratory analyses to identify the unique response patterns underlying support for abortion and COVID-19 mandates in random samples from the United States (Study 1; N = 2,331) and New Zealand (Study 2; N = 33,310). Latent …
Region-level Pākehā warmth towards Māori enhances collective action intentions
New Zealand is a peaceful nation, but ongoing political tensions and inequities between Māori (the indigenous peoples of New Zealand) and Pākehā (the majority group of Europeans) persist as a result of its colonial history. Identifying ways to redress the enduring legacy of colonialism are therefore of critical importance. Accordingly, this paper examines data from 7017 Māori, as well as 37,233 Pākehā, to examine the impact of regional-level Pāke…
Trends in psychosocial research on LGBTIQ+ populations in Latin America
Psychosocial research on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ+) populations from Latin America is relatively recent. Initially, research focused mainly on prejudice, using qualitative techniques. Studies on LGBTIQ+ populations, using more sophisticated psychosocial theories such as those of Herek or Meyer, began in the mid‐1990s. This study deals with surveys and scales based on non‐probabilistic samples, LGBTIQ+ popul…
Hierarchy and authority
Prejudice and anti-immigrant attitudes are strongly motivated by more general ideological attitudes. Considering the current situation of migration in Chile, we conducted two studies on the ideologies underlying rejection of the affirmation of the rights of the Latin American migrant population in Chile. The first study ( n = 1,103) examined the associations between right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) and social dominance orientation (SDO) on the o…
Maternal and paternal attachment and subjective well‐being in adolescents who experienced parental divorce
How do individuals interact with the police? Validation of a scale of motivational postures toward the police in Spanish
Police Fairness, Anger and Support for Violent and Non‐Violent Disruptive Actions in Chile
Cross‐sectional research has shown that perceptions of injustice and their resultant emotions are associated with increased support for collective actions. In a three‐wave longitudinal study of Chilean citizens ( N T1 = 2611; N T2 = 1690; N T3 = 1163), using Random Intercept Cross‐Lagged Panel models, we examined the associations over time between perceived procedural justice of the police during protests, anger towards the police, and justificat…
Exploring attachment profiles in emerging adults
Despite previous studies documenting the existence of distinct attachment models that provide complementary information, there is a gap in research examining empirically attachment profiles that integrate both global attachment and attachment in specific domains from a person-centered approach. Based in the hierarchical structure of attachment representations, the present study evaluated the existence of different attachment profiles, using conti…
Love and Mental Health
Given the growing significance of romantic relationships in the lives of emerging adults, investigating the role of perceived relationship quality in depressive symptoms is relevant for understanding mental health dynamics during this developmental stage. The present study examined the association between perceived quality of romantic relationship and depressive symptoms in emerging adults, as well as the moderating role of sex assigned at birth,…
New Political Identities
This article examines the relationship between dietary identity (vegan, vegetarian, and omnivore), ideological variables (authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, and system justification), and prejudice toward minority groups. The sample, collected in Chile, consisted of 596 participants (141 vegans, 101 vegetarians, and 354 omnivores), including 419 women (70.3%) and 177 men (29.7%). The results indicate that authoritarianism, social dom…
Inequality or Dignity? Domain-Specific System Justification and the Palliative Minimization of Perceived Discrimination Among Minoritized Groups in Chile
This article examines the psychological mechanisms through which system-justifying beliefs mitigate the adverse effects of perceived discrimination on well-being among members of historically marginalized groups in Chile. Borrowing from the status-legitimacy hypothesis and System Justification Theory, the analyses test whether beliefs legitimizing the sociopolitical order can fulfill a palliative function— particularly when they correspond to the…
Psychology (18 works) · Social Psychology (14 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (10 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (6 works) · Ideology (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Medicine (5 works)