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Turning their backs on the ‘ladder of success’? Unexpected responses to the MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

Wellcome Open Research, 2023
Subjective social status measures a person’s perception of their social class relative to other people and has theoretically and empirically been positively associated with health and wellbeing.
Kate E. Pickett, Brian Kelly, Rachael H. Moss, Philippa K. Bird   +3 more
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What Does the MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status Measure? Separating Economic Circumstances and Social Status to Predict Health

Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 2022
AbstractBackgroundSubjective socioeconomic status is robustly associated with many measures of health and well-being. The MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status (i.e., the MacArthur ladder) is the most widely used measure of this construct, but it remains unclear what exactly the MacArthur ladder measures.PurposeThe present research sought to ...
Manuel J Galvan, B Keith Payne, Jason Hannay, Alexis R Georgeson, Keely A Muscatell   +4 more
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Exploring the relationship between multiple dimensions of subjective socioeconomic status and self-reported physical and mental health: the mediating role of affect

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
IntroductionThis study aimed to investigate the predictive effects of two types of subjective socioeconomic status on self-reported physical and mental health.
Pål Kraft, Pål Kraft, Brage Kraft
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Subjective socioeconomic status: an alternative to objective socioeconomic status

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2023
Background Subjective “ladder” measurements of socio-economic status (SES) are easy-to-administer tools that ask respondents to rate their own SES, allowing them to evaluate their own material resources and determine where it places them relative to ...
Maryann Zhao, Chuan-Chin Huang, Milagros Mendoza, Ximena Tovar, Leonid Lecca, Megan Murray   +5 more
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Examining the relation between the subjective and objective social status with health reported needs and health-seeking behaviour in Dande, Angola

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Assessing subjective social status (SSS) may be easily accommodated in the context of a Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS). To our knowledge, no prior studies have examined the association of SSS and health in Angola. Subjective
Edite Vila Nova Rosário, Milton Severo, Diogo Francisco, Miguel Brito, Diogo Costa   +4 more
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Socioeconomic Status and Psychological Well-Being: Revisiting the Role of Subjective Socioeconomic Status

Frontiers in Psychology, 2020
Socioeconomic status (SES) is a complex and multidimensional construct, encompassing both independent objective characteristics (e.g., income or education) and subjective people’s ratings of their placement in the socioeconomic spectrum.
Ginés Navarro-Carrillo, María Alonso-Ferres, Miguel Moya, Inmaculada Valor-Segura   +3 more
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Antecedents of the Attitudes Toward Singlehood Among Young Adults in Malaysia, Japan, and India

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
With both theories and empirical studies supporting the benefits of having a romantic relationship, there remains an increasing tendency of staying single being documented globally.
Chee-Seng Tan, Siew-May Cheng, Tomokazu Nakayama, Sanju George   +3 more
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How does subjective social status at school at the age of 15 affect the risk of depressive symptoms at the ages of 18, 21, and 28? A longitudinal study.

PLoS ONE, 2023
BackgroundYoung people's mental health is declining. Depression is a public disease which is increasing internationally, and in Denmark an increase is seen especially among young people.
Marie Kjærgaard Lange, Vivi Just-Nørregaard, Trine Nøhr Winding   +2 more
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Vulnerable populations during COVID-19 response: Health-related quality of life among Chinese population and its influence due to socio-demographic factors and loneliness

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundInfection control policy affected people's wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially those vulnerable populations. This study aimed to compare the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of the Hong Kong (HK) Chinese population under ...
Eliza Lai-Yi Wong, Jia Li, Shannon Yuen, Angel Hor-Yan Lai, Annie Wai-Ling Cheung, Peter Sen-Yung Yau, Eng-Kiong Yeoh   +6 more
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Relationship between subjective social status and perceived health among Latin American immigrant women

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2013
OBJECTIVE: to explore the relationship between socioeconomic status and subjective social status and explain how subjective social status predicts health in immigrant women.
Mª Visitación Sanchón-Macias, Dolores Prieto-Salceda, Andreu Bover-Bover, Denise Gastaldo   +3 more
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