Economic Inequality Increases Status Anxiety Through Perceived Contextual Competitiveness.

competitiveness economic inequality socioeconomic status status anxiety wellbeing

Journal

Frontiers in psychology
ISSN: 1664-1078
Titre abrégé: Front Psychol
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101550902

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2021
Historique:
received: 03 12 2020
accepted: 28 04 2021
entrez: 10 6 2021
pubmed: 11 6 2021
medline: 11 6 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Status anxiety, the constant concern about individuals' position on the social ladder, negatively affects social cohesion, health, and wellbeing (e.g., chronic stress). Given previous findings showing that status anxiety is associated with economic inequality, we aimed in this research to test this association experimentally. A cross-sectional study (Study 1) was run in order to discard confounding effects of the relationship between perceived economic inequality (PEI) and status anxiety, and to explore the mediating role of a competitive climate (

Identifiants

pubmed: 34108908
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.637365
pmc: PMC8182636
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

637365

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2021 Melita, Willis and Rodríguez-Bailón.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Auteurs

Davide Melita (D)

Department of Social Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center (CIMCYC), University of Granada, Granada, Spain.

Guillermo B Willis (GB)

Department of Social Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center (CIMCYC), University of Granada, Granada, Spain.

Rosa Rodríguez-Bailón (R)

Department of Social Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center (CIMCYC), University of Granada, Granada, Spain.

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