ArticlePloS one2017
Personal relative deprivation associated with functional disorders via stress: An examination of fibromyalgia and gastrointestinal symptoms.
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- Associations between exercise and university students' depression during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown: the mediating role of relative deprivation and subjective exercise experience.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Personal Relative Deprivation and Locus of Control.Journal of personality · 2025Article
- Perceived Relative Deprivation Across the Adult Lifespan: An Examination of Aging and Cohort Effects.Personality & social psychology bulletin · 2025Article
- Psychological predictors of future dangerous behavior among probationers: evidence from judicial bureaus in four provinces in China.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Perceived Stress and Life Stressors in Adults with and without Fibromyalgia.Biomedicines · 2024Article
- Subjective Socioeconomic Status Moderates How Resting Heart Rate Variability Predicts Pain Response.Affective science · 2024Article
- Harnessing the Power of Microbiome Assessment Tools as Part of Neuroprotective Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine Interventions.Microorganisms · 2018Review
- Relative Deprivation and Health Among Chinese Adults: The Mediating Role of Subjective Well-Being.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPersonal relative deprivation is a negative social comparison process typified by self-comparison, negative appraisal, and resultant negative emotionality. Personal relative deprivation has been associated with poorer physical and mental health in several domains. It has been hypothesized that the deprivation-health link operates through a stress pathway. Stress has been specifically implicated in the onset and maintenance of functional disorders, including fibromyalgia and functional gastrointestinal disorders. Despite the theoretical links between personal deprivation, stress, and functional disorders, researchers have not assessed relationships between these variables.
methodsWe recruited community participants (n = 517; 54.9% female) to examine whether personal relative deprivation can account for variance in fibromyalgia and functional gastrointestinal symptoms beyond known demographic correlates of physical health. We also examined whether the relationships between personal relative deprivation and functional disorder symptoms are mediated by stress.
resultsConsistent with our hypotheses, personal relative deprivation accounted for symptom variance in fibromyalgia and functional gastrointestinal disorders beyond that accounted for by demographic variables alone. Further, self-reported stress was found to mediate relationships between personal relative deprivation and fibromyalgia and gastrointestinal symptoms.
conclusionsThe current results support biopsychosocial models of physical health and suggest that, for patients presenting with functional disorders symptoms, a combination of biological and psychosocial interventions may be warranted.
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