ArticleThe Journal of social psychology2018
Kill or cure? Different types of social class identification amplify and buffer the relation between social class and mental health.
Article in The Journal of social psychology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 8 papers.
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- To be or not to be (a prisoner): Social identification as cure and curse via self-stigma and social exclusion.The British journal of social psychology · 2026Article
- Advancing the psychology of social class with large-scale replications in four countries.Nature human behaviour · 2025Article
- The influence of gratitude on patriotism among college students: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
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- Socioeconomic Status and COVID-19-Related Psychological Panic in China: The Role of Trust in Government and Authoritarian Personality.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- What Dominates the Female Class Identification? Evidence From China.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Explaining the association between subjective social status and mental health among university students using an impact ratings approach.SN social sciences · 2021Article
- The everyday lives of in- and outpatients when beginning therapy: The importance of values-consistent behavior.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
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Abstract
The present research investigated different types of social class identification as moderators of the negative relation between social class and mental health problems. Psychology undergraduates (N = 355) completed an online survey that included measures of social class, mental health and well-being, and three aspects of social class identification: importance of identity, salience of identity, and perceived self-class similarity. Perceived self-class similarity buffered the negative association between social class and depressive symptoms. However, importance and salience of social class identity amplified the associations between social class and anxiety and life satisfaction. These findings contribute to a more sophisticated understanding of the way in which social identification may operate as a social cure.
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