Predicting self-rated mental and physical health: the contributions of subjective socioeconomic status and personal relative deprivation

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Callan, Mitchell J ^a   Kim, Hyunji ^a   Matthews, William J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

mental health; personal relative deprivation; physical health; socioeconomic status; subjective socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956935055     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01415     Document Type: Article

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