Lay theories about social class buffer lower-class individuals against poor self-rated health and negative affect

• Main Authors: TAN, Jacinth J. X., KRAUS, Michael W.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
• Subjects: Social class; Socioeconomic status; Essentialism; Health; Emotion; Applied Behavior Analysis; Social Psychology; Social Psychology and Interaction
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2741; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3998/viewcontent/10118904121.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The economic conditions of one’s life can profoundly and systematically influence health outcomes over the life course. Our present research demonstrates that rejecting the notion that social class categories are biologically determined—a nonessentialist belief—buffers lower-class individuals from p...