Mishra Sandeep, Carleton R Nicholas
University of Regina, Canada.
University of Regina, Canada.
Soc Sci Med. 2015 Dec;147:144-9. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.10.030. Epub 2015 Oct 19.
Substantial epidemiological evidence has shown that income inequality and objective measures of relative deprivation are associated with poorer health outcomes. However, surprisingly little research has examined whether subjective feelings of relative deprivation are similarly linked with poorer health outcomes. The relative deprivation hypothesis suggests that inequality affects health at the individual level through negative consequences of social comparison. We directly examined the relationship between subjective feelings of personal relative deprivation and self-reported physical and mental health in a diverse community sample (n = 328). Results demonstrated that subjective feelings of personal relative deprivation are associated with significantly poorer physical and mental health. These relationships held even when accounting for covariates that have been previously associated with both relative deprivation and health. These results further support the link between relative deprivation and health outcomes and suggest that addressing root causes of relative deprivation may lead to greater individual health.
大量流行病学证据表明，收入不平等和相对剥夺的客观衡量指标与较差的健康结果相关。然而，令人惊讶的是，很少有研究探讨相对剥夺的主观感受是否同样与较差的健康结果相关。相对剥夺假说表明，不平等通过社会比较的负面后果在个体层面影响健康。我们在一个多样化的社区样本（n = 328）中直接考察了个人相对剥夺的主观感受与自我报告的身心健康之间的关系。结果表明，个人相对剥夺的主观感受与显著较差的身心健康相关。即使考虑到先前与相对剥夺和健康都相关的协变量，这些关系依然成立。这些结果进一步支持了相对剥夺与健康结果之间的联系，并表明解决相对剥夺的根本原因可能会带来更好的个体健康。
