Subjective Social Status, a New Measure in Health Disparities Research: Do Race/Ethnicity and Choice of Referent Group Matter?

被引：83

作者：

Wolff, Lisa S. ^{[1
]}

Acevedo-Garcia, Dolores ^{[2
,3
]}

Subramanian, S. V. ^{[4
]}

Weber, Deanne ^{[5
]}

Kawachi, Ichiro ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Health Resources Act, Res & Evalut, Boston, MA 02116 USA

[2] Northeastern Univ, Bouve Coll Hlth Sci, Boston, MA USA

[3] Northeastern Univ, Inst urban Hlth Res, Boston, MA USA

[4] Harvard Univ, Dept Soc Human Dev & Hlth, Sch Publ Hlth, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[5] Porter Novelli Publ Serv, Washington, DC USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY | 2010年 / 15卷 / 04期

关键词：

ethnicity; income; measurement; perceptions; race; socioeconomic status; subjective social status; SELF-RATED HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC-STATUS; RELATIVE DEPRIVATION; INCOME INEQUALITY; ETHNIC-MINORITY; DETERMINANTS; ASSOCIATION; ESTEEM; WEALTH; PERCEPTIONS;

D O I：

10.1177/1359105309354345

中图分类号：

B849 [应用心理学];

学科分类号：

040203 ;

摘要：

Studies have shown subjective social status (SSS) is associated with multiple health outcomes. This article examines the predictors of SSS, whether these associations vary by race/ethnicity, and whether SSS is sensitive to different referents used for social comparison. Data were from a national US mail survey. Income was strongly associated with SSS only among Whites and Hispanics. While there were no SSS differences by race/ethnicity using a distal referent, Blacks had higher SSS than Whites when using more proximal referents, even after controlling for objective status indicators. Findings indicate SSS measurement may be sensitive to race/ethnicity and the comparison referent.

引用

页码：560 / 574

页数：15

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