A social rank explanation of how money influences health

Health Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 222-230

  Daly, Michael ^a   Boyce, Christopher ^a,b   Wood, Alex ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Health inequalities; Relative income; Social rank; Social status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASES; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WELLBEING; AGED; AGING; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; SOCIAL HIERARCHY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PAIN; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84905998254     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/hea0000098     Document Type: Article

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