Social causes of psychological distress /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mirowsky, John, 1949-
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Other Authors: Ross, Catherine E., 1953-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hawthorne, New York : Aldine de Gruyter, [2003]
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Social institutions and social change.
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Researching the causes of distress
  • Measuring psychological well-being and distress
  • Real-world causes of real-world misery
  • Social patterns of distress
  • Basic patterns
  • New patterns
  • Explaining the patterns
  • Life change: an abandoned explanation
  • Alienation
  • Authoritarianism and inequity
  • Conclusion
  • Why some people are more distressed than others
  • Appendix: Description of data sets and measures.