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May 23, 2021 · These preliminary findings provide experimental evidence for the effects of economic inequality on status anxiety and the mechanism involved. Economic inequality makes people feel that they live in a society where they are constantly concerned and competing with each other for their SES.
Mar 17, 2023 · Put differently, we expected economic inequality to have two psychological effects with opposing downstream consequences on status anxiety: (a) It will reduce people's expected chances of gaining better socioeconomic status, which is threatening because individuals lose opportunities to obtain higher social esteem (i.e. it increases status ...
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Jan 1, 2022 · We find that status-anxiety fuelled consumption is associated with household debt, spatial inequalities, cycles of unsustainable consumption and longer commuting times, ultimately contributing to higher carbon emissions.
May 10, 2022 · The core findings are: (1) status anxiety is higher among people who earn less; (2) status anxiety is on average higher in more unequal societies; but (3) the impact of inequality on status anxiety does not have a steeper gradient in more unequal societies.
Mar 17, 2023 · Status anxiety theory posits that higher income inequality leads people to attribute more importance to their socioeconomic status and to worry about the position they occupy on the social ladder.
Jan 7, 2022 · The results of Study 1 provided evidence supporting the hypotheses that perceived economic inequality has a main effect on status consumption, status anxiety, status seeking, materialism, and attitudes toward indebtedness.
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Oct 26, 2022 · We find that status-anxiety fuelled consumption is associated with household debt, spatial inequalities, cycles of unsustainable consumption and longer commuting times, ultimately contributing...