System justification theory proposes that people are motivated to perceive the existing social system as fair, legitimate, and desirable. However, status‐legitimacy effect, understood as the most disadvantaged living in the most unequal contexts experiencing this need most strongly, has only found mixed support in empirical works. This article presents
Buchel, Ondrej +2 more
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BackgroundThe effect of socioeconomic status (SES) on dependency is still complex and not fully clear. The purposes of this study are to assess the association between SES and dependency personality disorder (DPD) using both objective and subjective assessments.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted in 27 locations in China among 1,276 general ...
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Unemployed, uneducated and sick: the effects of socioeconomic status on health duration in the European Union [PDF]
This paper employs a logistic model to measure the effect of socioeconomic and individual characteristics on the length of time an individual remains in good health.
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A Comparison of Sociodemographic Correlates of Cigarette, Alcohol, and Energy Drink Consumption among High School Students in the United States, 2010-2015 [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: Despite growing awareness about the harmful physiological effects of energy drinks, especially among young people, there is little regulation governing the marketing and sale of these products to adolescents.
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Socioeconomic risk, parenting during the preschool years and child health age 6 years [PDF]
Parent–child relationships and parenting processes are emerging as potential life course determinants of health. Parenting is socially patterned and could be one of the factors responsible for the negative effects of social inequalities on health, both
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Objective: This study aimed at identifying the relationship between socioeconomic status and psychological well being in the Lithuanian population. Background: Socioeconomic status implies that not all individuals have equal opportunities to achieve their goals, because not everyone has equal access to education, health, even business support services,
Diržytė, Aistė, Patapas, Aleksandras
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Breastfeeding shows a protective trend toward adolescents with higher abdominal adiposity [PDF]
Objective: The question of whether breastfeeding has a protective effect against the development of overweight or obesity later in life remains controversial, especially during adolescence.
De Henauw, Stefaan +12 more
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Socioeconomic inequalities in health among Swedish adolescents - adding the subjective perspective [PDF]
Background Socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent health predict future inequalities in adult health. Subjective measures of socioeconomic status (SES) may contribute with an increased understanding of these inequalities.
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Subjective socio-economic status predicts self-rated health irrespective of objective family socio-economic background [PDF]
Aim: Subjective appraisals of socio-economic status (SES) are robustly associated with health outcomes, even when controlling for objective SES. Is this because objective SES is not accounted for in a sufficiently exhaustive way? Methods: I pool eight waves of nationally representative survey data from Germany (German General Social Survey, 2004–18, N ...
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Substance Use among Economically Disadvantaged African American Older Adults; Objective and Subjective Socioeconomic Status [PDF]
Purpose. This study investigated the effects of objective and subjective socioeconomic status (SES) indicators on two health behaviors, cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking, among African American older adults. Methods. This community-based study recruited 619 economically disadvantaged African American older adults (age ≥ 65 years) residing in South
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