Impact of socioeconomic status and subjective social class on overall and health-related quality of life [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: Our objective was to investigate the impact of socioeconomic status and subjective social class on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) vs. overall quality of life (QOL).
Eun-Cheol Park, Jae-Hyun Kim
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Subjective Social Status and Health Behaviors Among African Americans [PDF]
American Journal of Health Behavior, 2013 To examine associations of the US and community subjective social status (SSS) ladders with smoking status, at-risk drinking, fruit and vegetable intake, physical activity, and body mass index among 1467 church-going African American adults from a larger cohort study.Regression analyses, adjusted for sociodemographics, examined associations between SSS
Lorraine R, Reitzel +4 more
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The relationship between subjective social status, impulsivity and addictive behaviours
Psychiatry Research Communications, 2023 Why are people from less affluent social groups more likely to engage in addictive behaviours and to transition from recreational use to addiction? One contributing factor may be the influence that the environment has on decision-making. To test this, we
Richard J. Tunney, Jodie N. Raybould
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The effect of social participation on the subjective and objective health status of the over-fifties: evidence from SHARE [PDF]
, 2015 Increasing social participation among older individuals to increase health and wellbeing has become a distinct policy goal of many national governments and the European Commission. However, to date the evidence on how social participation affects health,
Hessel, Philipp, Leone, Tiziana
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Subjective Socioeconomic Status Predicts Human Ventral Striatal Responses to Social Status Information [PDF]
Current Biology, 2011 The enormous influence of hierarchical rank on social interactions [1] suggests that neural mechanisms exist to process status-related information [2] and ascribe value to it. The ventral striatum is prominently implicated in processing value and salience, independent of hedonic properties [3, 4], and a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI ...
Ly, Martina +4 more
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The Role of Subjective and Objective Social Status in the Generation of Envy
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 Envy is a negative emotion experienced in response to another person’s higher status. However, little is known about the composition of its most important element: status.
Henrietta Bolló +5 more
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Determinants of Subjective Social Status in South Africa
Social Indicators Research, 2023 AbstractRecent studies suggest that South Africa has experienced increased income polarization and is dealing with a struggling middle class. However, with some studies reporting a strong middling tendency, there seems to be a large discrepancy between how people perceive their social position and their actual economic status.
Frederich Kirsten +3 more
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The role of perceived well-being in the family, school and peer context in adolescents’ subjective health complaints: Evidence from a Greek cross-sectional study [PDF]
, 2013 Background During adolescence children are usually confronted with an expanding social arena. Apart from families, schools and neighbourhoods, peers, classmates, teachers, and other adult figures gain increasing importance for adolescent socio-emotional ...
Daskagianni, Evangelie +4 more
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Implementing Health‐Related Quality of Life Assessment in Pediatric Oncology: A Feasibility Study
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background There is growing interest in embedding health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) assessment and patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs) within clinical cancer care. This study evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, and usability of implementing an electronic PROM (ePROM) platform to measure HRQoL in children with cancer ...
Mikaela Doig +13 more
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Showing Off to the New Neighbors? Income, Socioeconomic Status and Consumption Patterns of Internal Migrants [PDF]
, 2013 This paper analyses incomes and socioeconomic status of internal migrants over time and in comparison to their new neighbors and investigates whether status consumption is a way for newly arrived city dwellers to signal their social standing.
Danzer, Alexander M. +3 more
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