Socioeconomic status and paranoia: The role of life hassles, self-mastery, and striving to avoid inferiority

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 201, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 698-702

  Anderson, Fraser ^a   Freeman, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delusions; Paranoia; Schizophrenia; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARANOIA; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANOID DISORDERS; POVERTY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84881324109     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31829c5047     Document Type: Article

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