Subjective social status, work volition, and career adaptability: A longitudinal study

2017 ◽  
Vol 99 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelsey L. Autin ◽  
Richard P. Douglass ◽  
Ryan D. Duffy ◽  
Jessica W. England ◽  
Blake A. Allan
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Subjective Social Status ◽  
Career Adaptability ◽  
Work Volition

Assessing Perceived Future Decent Work Securement Among Chinese Impoverished College Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 106907272110056
Author(s):  
Jingyi Wei ◽  
Sow Hup Joanne Chan ◽  
Kelsey Autin
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Subjective Social Status ◽  
First Year ◽  
Career Adaptability ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Work Volition ◽  
Psychology Of Working

Drawing from Psychology of Working Theory (PWT), the current study sampled 254 college students from impoverished families in China and examined their perceptions of access to future decent work as predicted by subjective social status and marginalization and mediated by work volition and career adaptability. As impoverished college students are socioeconomically disadvantaged and thus cannot afford college expenses, understanding their perception regarding future careers echoes the call for renewing the focus on equity and diversity within vocational psychology. Findings supported subjective social status as an indirect predictor of perceptions of future decent work via work volition. Work volition and career adaptability directly predicted perceptions of future decent work. Additionally, there is a significant conditional indirect effect between subjective social status, work volition, and perceptions of future decent work. Specifically, the effect was only significant for first-year students. Overall, this study adds new evidence on the applicability of the PWT among student populations. Implications for career researchers, vocational counselors, and student affairs professionals are provided.

scholarly journals Reliability of the MacArthur scale of subjective social status - Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luana Giatti ◽  
Lidyane do Valle Camelo ◽  
Jôsi Fernandes de Castro Rodrigues ◽  
Sandhi Maria Barreto
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Subjective Social Status ◽  
Adult Health ◽  
Macarthur Scale

scholarly journals Subjective social status and mortality: the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (8) ◽  
pp. 729-739 ◽  
Author(s):  
Panayotes Demakakos ◽  
Jane P. Biddulph ◽  
Cesar de Oliveira ◽  
Georgios Tsakos ◽  
Michael G. Marmot
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Subjective Social Status ◽  
English Longitudinal Study

Does subjective social status predict depressive symptoms in Chinese elderly? A longitudinal study from Hong Kong

2020 ◽  
pp. jech-2019-212451
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Kwong ◽  
Timothy T Y Kwok ◽  
Timothy S Sumerlin ◽  
William B Goggins ◽  
Jason Leung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Subjective Social Status ◽  
Chinese Elderly ◽  
Future Risk ◽  
Perceived Social Status

BackgroundSubjective social status (SSS), one’s self-perceived social status, has been gaining interest among researchers as a risk/protective factor of many health outcomes. SSS encompasses both socio-economic factors (eg, income) and intangible aspects of status (eg, esteem from peers). This study’s main objective was to examine the association between SSS and future risk of depression in elderly Chinese.MethodsUsing data from the ongoing Mr/Mrs Os study, a longitudinal study of Hong Kong Chinese elderly, this study analysed baseline SSS-Hong Kong (self-perceived social status within Hong Kong) and SSS-Community (self-perceived status within one’s own social network) as predictors of Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) score at year 4 (n=3153). The models adjusted for baseline depression scores, socio-economic status indicators, demographic variables, clinical conditions and functional status variables.ResultsHigher depression scores at follow-up were independently associated with lower SSS-Hong Kong (standardised β-coefficient= −0.040, p=0.017), lower SSS-Community (standardised β-coefficient= −0.057, p=0.001), in addition to older age, female gender and stroke history. After stratifying by dementia status, higher baseline SSS was associated with less depressive symptoms only in the non-dementia group. In the multivariable models that included both SSS variables, only SSS-Community was significantly associated with year 4 GDS score. However, both SSS variables were independently associated with year 4 depression status in the logistic regression analysis.ConclusionIn Chinese elderly, SSS captures aspects of social status that are not captured by traditional socio-economic indicators. SSS can be a useful supplementary tool for assessing future risk of developing mental health conditions.

Subjective social status, self-rated health and tobacco smoking: Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (11) ◽  
pp. 1388-1399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lidyane do V Camelo ◽  
Luana Giatti ◽  
Sandhi M Barreto
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Reference Group ◽  
Subjective Social Status ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Adult Health ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Social Inequities ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Objective Indicators

Using baseline data from ELSA-Brasil ( N = 15,105), we investigated whether subjective social status, measured using three 10-rung “ladders,” is associated with self-rated health and smoking, independently of objective indicators of social position and depression symptoms. Additionally, we explored whether the magnitude of these associations varies according to the reference group. Subjective social status was independently associated with poor self-rated health and weakly associated with former smoking. The references used for social comparison did not change these associations significantly. Subjective social status, education, and income represent distinct aspects of social inequities, and the impact of each of these indicators on health is different.

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