Class, chaos, and the construction of community

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 949-962

  Piff, Paul K ^a   Stancato, Daniel M ^b   Martinez, Andres G ^c   Kraus, Michael W ^d   Keltner, Dacher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Independent Practice   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Chaos; Communal relationships; Coping; Material wealth; Social class

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874453813     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029673     Document Type: Article

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