Brandeis University, USA.
Technische Universität Dresden, Germany.
J Health Psychol. 2019 Dec;24(14):1923-1928. doi: 10.1177/1359105317709511. Epub 2017 May 14.
Inconsistent associations between health and measures of subjective social status compared to one's community suggest that how people define community may matter. This study broke down community into status among neighborhood and friends/family to assess the impact of each domain on chronic stress in individuals differing in socioeconomic status (18 employed and 18 unemployed individuals). The findings suggest that for ratings of subjective social status, the social and physical proximity of the reference group matters. Specifically, neighborhood status was affected by unemployment, while friends/family status was associated with perceived stress, emphasizing the importance of the comparison group in assessing subjective status.
与社区内的健康和主观社会地位衡量标准相比,人们对社区的定义可能会对健康和主观社会地位的关联产生影响。本研究将社区细分为邻里地位和朋友/家庭地位,以评估每个领域对社会经济地位不同的个体(18 名在职者和 18 名失业者)慢性压力的影响。研究结果表明,对于主观社会地位的评价,参照群体的社会和物理接近程度很重要。具体来说,邻里地位受到失业的影响,而朋友/家庭地位与感知到的压力有关,这强调了在评估主观地位时比较群体的重要性。