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Jul 11, 2020 · Why does social class affect Quality of Life? We simultaneously investigated two novel possible explanations: Because a high social class is associated with increased control over resources (i.e., power) or because a high social class is associated with higher respect and esteem in the eyes of others (i.e., status). To test these explanations, we collected data from 384 US-based individuals ...
- Tobias Wingen, Birte Englich, Víctor Estal-Muñoz, Silvana Mareva, Angelos P. Kassianos
- 2021
Feb 1, 2024 · However, while there was evidence for class-based inequalities in depression, in line with Lund et al. (2018), we found a lack of high-quality evidence linking social class to other facets of mental health and wellbeing. To advance this line of work, future reviews should report information related to the primary study designs, to allow an assessment of the strength of evidence.
between social class and four facets of Quality of Life. More precisely, for each facet we tested whether upper-class individuals have a higher Quality of Life, either because they control more resources (i.e., have more power), or because they enjoy higher respect and esteem in the eyes of others (i.e., have more status), or both.
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- Tobias Wingen, Birte Englich, Víctor Estal-Muñoz, Silvana Mareva, Angelos P. Kassianos
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- 2021
A positive correlation between social capital and quality of life indicates that as social capital improves, so does people’ quality of life. This association makes sense since social capital may provide individuals with a variety of resources and possibilities, including social support, access to knowledge and resources, and social and economic development prospects [ 28 ].
Feb 28, 2018 · This ‘selfishness’ account of the social class effect on prosocial behaviour is supported by another series of studies reported by Piff, Stancato, Côté, Mendoza-Denton, and Keltner , who found that, relative to lower-class individuals, higher-class people were more likely to show unethical decision-making tendencies, to take valued goods from others, to lie in a negotiation, to cheat to ...
- Antony S. R. Manstead
- 347
- 2018
- 28 February 2018
Aug 9, 2012 · Background A relationship between current socio-economic position and subjective quality of life has been demonstrated, using wellbeing, life and needs satisfaction approaches. Less is known regarding the influence of different life course socio-economic trajectories on later quality of life. Several conceptual models have been proposed to help explain potential life course effects on health ...
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Aug 15, 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). Methods We performed a longitudinal analysis using data regarding 8250 individuals drawn from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (KLoSA). We analyzed differences between HRQOL and QOL in individuals of ...
