Gentrification impacts nearly every major city in the United States, posing a potential threat to lower social class residents' sense of belonging in their neighborhoods. In one survey and three preregistered experiments, we investigated how gentrification affects the belonging of residents across the social class spectrum and how to invest in working-class neighborhoods without undermining lower social class residents' sense of belonging. Studies 1-3 (Ns = 141, 1,085, and 510, respectively) provided correlational and experimental evidence that lower social class residents feel less belonging than higher social class residents in gentrifying neighborhoods. Study 3 showed that this belonging disparity was mediated by lower social class individuals perceiving themselves to be less similar to and less trusting of other residents and higher social class individuals feeling the amenities would better suit them in the gentrifying neighborhood. Nevertheless, neighborhood investment does not always threaten lower social class individuals' sense of belonging. Study 4 (N = 402) showed that lower social class individuals anticipated greater belonging and were more supportive when neighborhood investment was community driven (i.e., prioritized the needs of existing residents) than capital driven (i.e., prioritized economic growth). We discuss implications for equitable urban policy and future directions for a social psychology of gentrification. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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绅士化造成了归属感的社会阶层差异。


绅士化几乎影响了美国的每个主要城市，对较低社会阶层居民在社区的归属感构成了潜在威胁。在一项调查和三项预先注册的实验中，我们调查了绅士化如何影响不同社会阶层居民的归属感，以及如何在不损害较低社会阶层居民归属感的情况下投资于工人阶级社区。研究 1-3（分别为 Ns = 141、1,085 和 510）提供了相关和实验证据，表明在高档化社区中，较低社会阶层的居民比较高社会阶层的居民更没有归属感。研究 3 表明，这种归属感差异是由较低社会阶层的人认为自己与其他居民不太相似且不太信任，而较高社会阶层的人认为这些便利设施更适合他们在高档化社区中发挥作用。然而，社区投资并不总是威胁到较低社会阶层个人的归属感。研究 4 （N = 402） 表明，当社区投资是社区驱动的（即优先考虑现有居民的需求）而不是资本驱动的（即优先考虑经济增长）时，较低社会阶层的个体预期会有更大的归属感，并且更支持。我们讨论了公平城市政策的影响以及绅士化社会心理学的未来方向。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 （c） 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。