Journal
PSYCHOLOGY & HEALTH
Volume 19, Issue 2, Pages 237-246Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/08870440310001638098
Keywords
social status; hierarchy; measurement; health disparities
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This article examines the test-retest reliability and predictive utility of a new self-report measure of subjective socioeconomic status (SES) with a large, multiethnic national sample. The measure showed adequate test-retest reliability, and was associated with self-reported health even after controlling for traditional measures of SES. Negative affect did not appear to confound the association between subjective status and health, but may operate as a mediating factor which explains the link between subjective status and health. Future studies on social class disparities in health should consider how subjective perceptions of SES influence health, and explore psychological processes mediating subjective beliefs about status and health outcomes.
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