The Local-Ladder Effect: Social Status and Subjective Well-Being

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 764-771

  Anderson, Cameron ^a   Kraus, Michael W ^b   Galinsky, Adam D ^c   Keltner, Dacher ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

social structure; socioeconomic status; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863945129     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611434537     Document Type: Article

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