Biografía
Soy profesor del Departamento de Psicología de la Universidad de Granada. Imparto docencia en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud (Psicología Social), en la Facultad de Psicología (Riesgos Psicosociales) y en el Máster de Psicología de la Intervención Social (Psicología Social de la Desigualdad).
Principales intereses
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Medición de la percepción de desigualdad económica/salarial.
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Consecuencias culturales de la desigualdad económica y la clase social.
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Consecuencias de las diferencias de poder.
Contacto
Formación y trayectoria profesional
2018
Profesor Titular
Universidad de Granada
2014
Profesor Contratado Doctor
Universidad de Granada
2010
Profesor Ayudante Doctor
Universidad de Granada
2009
Doctor en Psicología
Universidad de Granada
2007
Máster en Psicología de la intervención social
Universidad de Granada
2005
Licenciatura en Psicología
Universidad de Monterrey
Publicaciones
2024
del Fresno-Díaz, Á., de Lemus, S., & Willis, G. B. (2024). “We are the 99%”: Exploring the impact of politicized wealth-based identity on the established middle-class. Self and Identity, 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2024.2344252
Vaidis, D. C., Sleegers, W. W. A., van Leeuwen, F., DeMarree, K. G., Sætrevik, B., Ross, R. M., Schmidt, K., Protzko, J., Morvinski, C., Ghasemi, O., Roberts, A. J., Stone, J., Bran, A., Gourdon-Kanhukamwe, A., Gunsoy, C., Moussaoui, L. S., Smith, A. R., Nugier, A., Fayant, M.-P., … Priolo, D. (2024). A multilab replication of the induced-compliance paradigm of cognitive dissonance. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 7(1), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459231213375
Willis, G. B., Uchida, Y., García‐Castro, J. D., & Takemura, K. (2024). High relational mobility is associated with perceiving more economic inequality in everyday life. Asian Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12597
García-Sánchez, E., Matamoros-Lima, J., Moreno-Bella, E., Melita, D., Sánchez-Rodríguez, A., García-Castro, J. D., Rodríguez-Bailón, R. & Willis, G. (2024). Perceived economic inequality is negatively associated with subjective well-being through status anxiety and social trust. Social Indicators Research, 172, 239-260. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-024-03306-x
García-Sánchez, E., García-Castro, J. D., Willis, G. B., & Rodríguez-Bailón, R. (2024). Economic Inequality and Unfairness Evaluations of Income Distribution Negatively Predict Political and Social Trust: Evidence From Latin America Over 23 Years. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506231221310
Sánchez-Rodríguez, Á., García-Sánchez, E., Willis, G.B. and Rodríguez-Bailón, R. (2024). Individual values predict desiring more economic inequality: The moderator role of social mobility. Int J Psychol, 59: 398-409. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.13114
2023
García-Castro, J. D., González, R., Frigolett, C., Jiménez-Moya, G., Rodríguez-Bailón, R., & Willis, G. (2023). Changing attitudes toward redistribution: The role of perceived economic inequality in everyday life and intolerance of inequality. The Journal of Social Psychology, 163(4), 566–581. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2021.2006126
Matamoros-Lima J, Willis GB, Moya M (2023) Rising and falling on the social ladder: The bidimensional social mobility beliefs scale. PLOS ONE 18(12): e0294676. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0294676
Montoya-Lozano, M., Moreno-Bella, E., García-Castro, J. D., Wilis, G. B., & Rodríguez-Bailón, R. (2023). Spanish adaptation of the Support for Economic Inequality Scale (S-SEIS). Psicothema, 35(3), 311-320. https://doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2022.226
del Fresno-Díaz, A., Estevan-Reina, L., Sánchez-Rodríguez, A., Willis, G. B., & de Lemus, S. (2023). Fighting inequalities in times of pandemic: The role of politicized identities and interdependent self-construal in coping with economic threat. Journal of Community and Applied Psychology, 33(2), 436-453. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.
Moreno-Bella, E., Kulich, C., Willis, G. B., & Moya, M. (2023). Wage (in)equality matters: the effect of organizational economic inequality on others’ and self-ascriptions. The Journal of Social Psychology, 163(5), 716–734. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2023.2192398
Soler-Martínez, F. M., García-Sánchez, E., & Willis, G. B. (2023). Concerns about inequality in health, education and income jointly predict collective actions. Revista Latinoamericana de Psicología, 55, 99-108. https://doi.org/10.14349/rlp.2023.v55.12
Sánchez-Rodríguez, Á., Rodríguez-Bailón, R., & Willis, G. B. (2023). The economic inequality as normative information model (EINIM). European Review of Social Psychology, 1-41. https://doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2022.2160555
Moreno-Bella, E., Willis, G. B., Quiroga-Garza, A., & Moya, M. (2023). Economic inequality shapes the agency–communion content of gender stereotypes. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 26(5), 1075-1098. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302221095338
2022
Urbiola, A., Navas, M., Carmona, C., & Willis, G. B. (2022). Social Class also Matters: The Effects of Social Class, Ethnicity, and their Interaction on Prejudice and Discrimination Toward Roma. Race and Social Problems. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12552-022-09368-1
García-Sánchez, E., García-Castro, J. D., Willis, G. B., & Rodríguez-Bailón, R. (2022). Percepción de desigualdad económica en la vida cotidiana e ideología política: un estudio con jóvenes de España. Revista de Estudios Sociales, (79), 2-21. https://doi.org/10.7440/res79.2022.01
García-Sánchez, E., Castillo, J. C., Rodríguez-Bailón, R., & Willis, G. B. (2022). The Two Faces of Support for Redistribution in Colombia: Taxing the Wealthy or Assisting People in Need. Frontiers in sociology, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2022.773378
García-Castro, J. D., García-Sánchez, E., Willis, G. B., Castillo, J. C., & Rodríguez-Bailón, R. (2022). Perceived economic inequality measures and their association with objective inequality and redistributive preferences. Social Psychology.https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000498
García-Sánchez, E., Correia, I., Pereira, C. R., Willis, G. B., Rodríguez-Bailón, R., & Vala, J. (2022). How fair is economic inequality? Belief in a just world and the legitimation of economic disparities in 27 European countries. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 48(3), 382-395.doi.org/10.1177/01461672211002
Willis G. B., García-Sánchez E., Sánchez-Rodríguez Á., García-Castro J. D., Rodríguez-Bailón R. (2022). The psychosocial effects of economic inequality depend on its perception. Nature Reviews Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44159-022-00044-0
Sánchez-Rodríguez, Á., Rodríguez-Bailón, R., & Willis, G. B. (2022). Economic inequality affects perceived normative values. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 25(1), 211–226. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430220968141
2021
Melita, D., Willis, G. B., & Rodríguez-Bailón, R. (2021). Economic inequality increases status anxiety through perceived contextual competitiveness. Frontiers in psychology, 12, 637365.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.637365
García-Castro, J. D., González, R., Frigolett, C., Jiménez-Moya, G., Rodríguez-Bailón, R., & Willis, G. (2021). Changing attitudes toward redistribution: The role of perceived economic inequality in everyday life and intolerance of inequality. The Journal of Social Psychology, 1-16. doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2021.2006126
Quiroga, A., Moreno-Bella, E., Matamoros-Lima, J. A., & Willis, G. B. (2021). ‘Congratulations for your day’: Benevolent attitudes during March 8 in Mexico. Journal of Gender Studies. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2021.1910802
2020
Sánchez-Rodríguez, Ángel, Rodríguez-Bailón, R., & Willis, G. B. (2020). Efectos de la actividad económica sobre el individualismo-colectivismo. Escritos De Psicología – Psychological Writings, 13(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.24310/espsiescpsi.v13i1.10073
Moya, M., Willis, G. B., Paez, D., Pérez, J. A., Gómez, Á., Sabucedo, J. M., … Salanova, M. (2020, April 23). La Psicología Social ante el COVID19: Monográfico del International Journal of Social Psychology (Revista de Psicología Social). https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/fdn32
Melita, D., Velandia-Morales, A., Iruela-Toro, D., Willis, G. B., & Rodríguez-Bailón, R. (2020). Spanish version of the Status Anxiety Scale (Versión española de la Escala de Ansiedad por el Estatus). International Journal of Social Psychology, 35(2), 342-369.https://doi.org/10.1080/02134748.2020.1721050
García-Castro, J. D., Rodríguez-Bailón, R., & Willis, G. B. (2020). Perceiving economic inequality in everyday life decreases tolerance to inequality. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 90, 104019. doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2020.104019
Rodríguez-Bailón R., Sánchez-Rodríguez Á., García-Sánchez E., Petkanopoulou K., Willis G. B. (2020). Inequality is in the air: Contextual psychosocial effects of power and social class. Current Opinion in Psychology, 33, 120–125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2019.07.004
2020). Attitudes towards redistribution and the interplay between perceptions and beliefs about inequality. British Journal of Social Psychology, 59(1), 111– 136. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12326
, , , & (Moreno-Bella, E., Willis, G. B., y Moya, M. (2020). ¿Se perciben como más masculinas las sociedades con mayor desigualdad económica? Ciencia Cognitiva, 14(1), 10-12.
Moya, M. & Willis, G. B. (2020). La Psicología Social ante el COVID-19: Número monográfico del International Journal of Social Psychology (Revista de Psicología Social). International Journal of Social Psychology, 35(3),590-599. https://doi.org/10.1080/02134748.2020.1786792
del Fresno-Díaz, Á., Sánchez-Rodríguez, Á. & Willis. G. B. (2020). I choose to be powerful: Economic inequality encourages preferences of power over status positions. The Social Science Journal, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/03623319.2021.1949547
Urbiola, A, Willis, GB, Ruiz-Romero, J, Moya, M. (2020). Más allá del concepto político: los efectos psicosociales de la perspectiva multicultural (Beyond the political concept: the psychosocial effects of the multicultural perspective). Andamios, 44, 295-314. http://dx.doi.org/10.29092/uacm.v17i44.802
2019
Petkanopoulou, K., Rodríguez‐Bailón, R., Willis, G. B., & van Kleef, G. A. (2019). Powerless people don’t yell but tell: The effects of social power on direct and indirect expression of anger. European Journal of Social Psychology, 49(3), 533–547. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2521
García-Sánchez, E., Van der Toorn, J., Rodríguez-Bailón, R., & Willis, G. B. (2019). The Vicious Cycle of Economic Inequality: The Role of Ideology in Shaping the Relationship Between “What Is” and “What Ought to Be” in 41 Countries. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10(8), 991–1001. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550618811500
García-Castro, J. D., Willis, G. B., & Rodríguez-Bailón, R. (2019). I know people who can and who cannot: A measure of the perception of economic inequality in everyday life. The Social Science Journal, 56(4), 599-608.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soscij.2018.09.008
Sánchez‐Rodríguez, Á., Willis, G. B., Jetten, J., & Rodríguez‐Bailón, R. (2019). Economic inequality enhances inferences that the normative climate is individualistic and competitive. European Journal of Social Psychology, 49(6), 1114-1127.https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2557
Sánchez‐Rodríguez, Á., Willis, G. B., & Rodríguez‐Bailón, R. (2019). Economic and social distance: Perceived income inequality negatively predicts an interdependent self‐construal. International Journal of Psychology, 54(1), 117-125.https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12437
2019). High economic inequality makes us feel less wealthy. International Review of Social Psychology, 32(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.5334/irsp.333
, , , & (Moreno-Bella, E., Willis, G. B., & Moya, M. (2019). Economic inequality and masculinity-femininity: The prevailing perceived traits in higher unequal contexts are masculine. Frontiers in Psychology, section Personality and Social Psychology, 10, 1590. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01590
Bukowski, M., de Lemus, S., Rodriguez-Bailon, R., Willis, G. B., & Alburquerque, A. (2019). When lack of control enhances closeness to others: The case of unemployment and economic threat. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, 49(6), 1144–1160. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2563
2018
Bukowski, M., Rodríguez-Bailón, R., de Lemus, S., Willis, G. B., Jiménez-Moya, G., & Spears, R. (2018). Coping with power asymmetries: The dynamics of emotional reactions in (il) legitimate powerless groups. Polish Psychological Bulletin, 49(1), 11-22.
García-Sánchez, E., Willis, G. B., Rodríguez-Bailón, R., Palacio Sañudo, J., David Polo, J., & Rentería Pérez, E. (2018). Perceptions of economic inequality and support for redistribution: The role of existential and utopian standards. Social Justice Research, 31(4), 335-354.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11211-018-0317-6
Petkanopoulou, K., Sánchez-Rodríguez, Á., Willis, G. B., Chryssochoou, X., & Rodríguez-Bailón, R. (2018). Two Countries in Crisis: Economic Inequality in the EU and Disidentification With Europe in Spain and Greece. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 49(6), 888–906. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022117751201
García-Sánchez, E., Willis, G. B., Rodríguez-Bailón, R., García-Castro, J. D., Palacio-Sañudo, J., Polo, J., & Rentería-Pérez, E. (2018). Perceptions of economic inequality in Colombian daily life: More than unequal distribution of economic resources. Frontiers in psychology, 9, 1660.https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01660
Urbiola, A., Willis, G.B., Ruiz-Romero, J., Moya, M. (2018). Does a multicultural perspective shape unbiased minds? The moderating role of outgroup threat. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 48, 608–617. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12551
Argüello, C., Carretero-Dios, H., Willis, G. B. & Moya, M., (2018). Joking about ourselves: Effects of disparaging humor on ingroup stereotyping. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 21(4), 568-583. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430216674339
Urbiola, A., Willis, G. B., Ruiz-Romero, J. & Moya, M. (2018). When implicit prejudice does not predict explicit prejudice: Spanish version of the Concern with Acting Prejudiced Scale. Revista de Psicología Social, 33(1), 51-80. https://doi.org/10.1080/02134748.2017.1385239
Argüello, C., Carretero-Dios, H., Willis, G. B., & Moya, M. (2018). «It’s funny if group says so»: group norms moderates disparaging humor appreciation. Humor – International Journal of Humor Research, 31(3), 473-490. https://doi.org/10.1515/humor-2017-0055
Urbiola, A., Willis, G. B., Ruiz-Romero, J. & Moya, M. (2018). Does a multicultural perspective shape unbiased minds? The moderating role of outgroup threat. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12551
2017
Petkanopoulou, K., Willis, G.B., & Rodríguez-Bailón, R. (2017). The Emotional Side of Power(lessness). In: M. Bukowski, I. Fritsche, A. Giutone & M. Kofta (Eds.), Coping with Lack of Control in a Social World (pp. 203–219). New York: Routledge. Google Scholar
Sánchez-Rodríguez, A., Willis, G. B., y Rodríguez-Bailón, R. (2017). El impacto psicológico de la desigualdad económica. Ciencia Cognitiva, 11:2, 33-35.
Rodriguez‐Bailon, R., Bratanova, B., Willis, G. B., Lopez‐Rodriguez, L., Sturrock, A., & Loughnan, S. (2017). Social class and ideologies of inequality: How they uphold unequal societies. Journal of Social Issues, 73(1), 99-116.https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12206
Willis, G. B. & Moya, M. (2017). A more transparent science: Recommendations to increase the informative value of articles submitted to the Revista de Psicología Social / Una ciencia más transparente: recomendaciones para aumentar el valor informativo de los artículos enviados a la Revista de Psicología Social. Revista de Psicología Social, 32(3), 447-461. https://doi.org/10.1080/02134748.2017.1352140
Urbiola, A., Willis, G., Ruiz-Romero, J., Moya, M. & Esses, V. (2017). Valuing diversity in Spain and Canada: The role of multicultural ideology in intergroup attitudes and intentions to reduce inequalities. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 56, 25-38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2016.10.006
Bukowski, M., de Lemus, S., Rodriguez-Bailon, R., & Willis, G. B. (2017). Who’s to blame? Causal attributions of the economic crisis and personal control. GROUP PROCESSES & INTERGROUP RELATIONS, 20(6), 909–923. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430216638529
2016
Willis, G.B., Carretero-Dios, H., Rodríguez-Bail ́on, R., Petkanopoulou, K. (2016). Spanish version of the generalized sense of power scale. Revista de Psicología Social
31 (3), 554–588. https://doi.org/10.1080/02134748.2016.1190131
2015
Willis, G. B., Rodríguez-Bailón, R., López-Rodríguez, L., & García-Sánchez, E. (2015). Legitimacy moderates the relation between perceived and ideal economic inequalities. Social Justice Research, 28, 493-508.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11211-015-0253-7
Espinoza Ornelas, R., Moya, M. & Willis, G. B. (2015). Influencia del miedo a la violación sobre el sexismo benévolo en una muestra de mujeres de Ciudad Juárez. Summa Psicológica, 22(1), 71-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sumpsi.2015.09.001
Jiménez-Moya, G., Navarro-Mantas, L., Willis, G. B, Nonami, H. y Rodriguez- Bailón, R. (2015). Legitimidad y desempeño en el trabajo: cuando el derecho legitima y el merecimiento cualifica. Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 31, pp 59-68.
2014
Urbiola, A., Willis, G., Ruiz-Romero, J. & Moya, M. (2014). La reducción del prejuicio hacia la población gitana en la vida real: efectos de la visita a la exposición “Vidas Gitanas (Lungo Drom)”. Psychosocial Intervention, 23, 1-. http://dx.doi.org/10.5093/in2013a26
2011
Moya, M. y Willis, G. B. (2011). Motivación social. En M. Moya y R. Rodríguez-Bailón (Coords.), Fundamentos de Psicología Social (pp. 147-166). Madrid: Pirámide.
Willis, G. B., Rodríguez-Bailón, R. y Moya, M. (2011). Los estereotipos y su contenido en España. En E. M. Techio y M. E. Oliveira (Coords.), Cultura e produçao das diferenças (pp. 107-135). Brasilia: TechnoPolitik Editora.
2010
Willis, G. B., Rodríguez-Bailón, R., Moya, M., & Morales-Marente, E. (2010). Actitud hacia los futbolistas nacionalizados: El rol de la ideología y la conveniencia. Revista de Psicología Social, 25(3), 325-335. https://doi.org/10.1174/021347410792675642
Morales-Marente, E., Moya, M., Palacios, M.S. & Willis, G.B. (2010). The role of psycho-political variables in the reactions to March 11, terrorist attacks in Madrid (Spain). International Review of Social Psychology, 22(3/4), 127-155. https://www.cairn.info/revue-internationale-de-psychologiesociale-2009-3-page-127.htm
2008
Willis, G. B. y Rodríguez-Bailón, R. (2008) Formándonos impresiones sobre los demás: ¿son inteligentes o cordiales? Ciencia Cognitiva: Revista Electrónica de Divulgación, 2:1, 4-6.