Financial stress, shaming experiences and psychosocial Ill-Health: Studies into the finances-shame model

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 283-298

  Starrin, Bengt ^a,b   Åslund, Cecilia ^c   Nilsson, Kent W ^c  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Economics; Finances Shame model; Health; Psychosocial deprivation; Shame

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MODELING; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

EID: 61349171902     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-008-9286-8     Document Type: Article

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