An evolutionary based social rank explanation of why low income predicts mental distress: A 17 year cohort study of 30,000 people

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 882-888

  Wood, Alex M ^a   Boyce, Christopher J ^a   Moore, Simon C ^b   Brown, Gordon D A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Easterlin paradox; Inequality; Mental health; Relative income; Relative rank; Social status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84857366177     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.09.014     Document Type: Article

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