Are social comparisons of homes and cars related to psychosocial health?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1065-1071

  Ellaway, Anne ^a   McKay, Laura ^a   Macintyre, Sally ^a   Kearns, Ade ^b   Hiscock, Rosemary ^c  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cars; Homes; Psychosocial health; Social comparisons

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; LIVING STANDARD; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PERCEPTION; SELF ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUTOMOBILES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 7244251638     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh197     Document Type: Article

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