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JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 15, Issue 4, Pages 560-574Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/1359105309354345
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ethnicity; income; measurement; perceptions; race; socioeconomic status; subjective social status
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [1 K25 HL081275] Funding Source: Medline
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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.
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