scholarly journals Subjective social class and life satisfaction: Role of class consistency and identity uncertainty

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bek Wuay Tang ◽  
Jacinth J. X. Tan
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Subjective Social Class

scholarly journals Subjective Social Class and Life Satisfaction: The Role of Class Consistency and Identity Uncertainty

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bek Wuay Tang ◽  
Jacinth Jia Xin Tan
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Class Identity ◽  
Relative Benefit ◽  
The Us ◽  
Lower Status ◽  
Subjective Social Class

Drawing on a recent perspective that inconsistent class identities can negatively impact psychological outcomes, the current research explored if the relative benefit of higher subjective social class for life satisfaction would differ depending on whether it is consistent with one’s objective social class. In Study 1, across two independent samples from Singapore (N = 1045) and the US (N = 492), higher subjective social class predicted higher life satisfaction more strongly among those high in objective social class, but less strongly among those low in objective social class. In Study 2, these patterns were replicated in another large US sample (N = 1030), and appeared to be driven by lower status-based identity uncertainty (SBIU) linked to higher subjective social class perceptions among high objective social class participants. The role of class-identity perceptions in explaining social class disparities in subjective well-being is discussed.

Social class and envy among Chinese undergraduates: Victim justice sensitivity as a mediator

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
You-Juan Hong ◽  
Rong-Mao Lin ◽  
Rong Lian
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Social Hierarchy ◽  
Scholarly Research ◽  
Justice Sensitivity ◽  
Lower Social Class ◽  
Subjective Social Class ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Chinese Undergraduates

We examined the relationship between social class and envy, and the role of victim justice sensitivity in this relationship among a group of 1,405 Chinese undergraduates. The students completed measures of subjective social class, victim justice sensitivity, and dispositional envy. The results show that a lower social class was significantly and negatively related to envy and victim justice sensitivity, whereas victim justice sensitivity was significantly and positively related to envy. As predicted, a lower social class was very closely correlated with envy. In addition, individuals with a lower (vs. higher) social class had a greater tendency toward victim justice sensitivity, which, in turn, increased their envy. Overall, our results advance scholarly research on the psychology of social hierarchy by clarifying the relationship between social class and the negative emotion of envy.

scholarly journals Beyond Justice Perceptions: The Role of Interpersonal Justice Trajectories and Social Class in Perceived Legitimacy of Authority Figures

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Liang ◽  
Xiaoyun Chen ◽  
Tian Li ◽  
Yaxin Wang
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Latent Growth ◽  
Interpersonal Justice ◽  
Considerable Evidence ◽  
Authority Figures ◽  
Community Residents ◽  
Justice Perceptions ◽  
Subjective Social Class ◽  
Current Experience

There is considerable evidence that the experience of justice is associated with perceived legitimacy of authority, but there has been no research about this association when considering past rather than current fairness. Based on the fairness heuristic theory, we tested the hypothesis that interpersonal justice trajectories positively affect perceived legitimacy of the authority; we also tested whether social class moderated this effect. Community residents (N = 111; 54 women) rated the authority's fairness on 16 consecutive weeks and rated perceived legitimacy on the 16th week. The results of latent growth modeling showed that the trajectory of interpersonal justice scores leading up to the final week significantly predicted perceived legitimacy, regardless of the current experience of interpersonal fairness. Tests of moderation showed that the legitimacy perceptions of individuals of lower subjective social class were significantly affected by interpersonal justice trajectories, whereas this was not the case among individuals of higher subjective social class. The results are discussed in terms of their implications for research on perceived legitimacy and justice, as well as their implications for understanding social class.

scholarly journals Community Environment Perception on Depression: The Mediating Role of Subjective Social Class

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (15) ◽  
pp. 8083
Author(s):  
Liqin Zhang ◽  
Lin Wu
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Psychological Effect ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Community Environment ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Environment Perception ◽  
Subjective Social Class ◽  
The Relationship

Depression has become a major social issue of global concern, which has seriously threatened the quality of an individual’s life. Although the relationship between community environment and depression has aroused heated debate, the empirical research on the relationship between community environment perception and public depression is still relatively insufficient. Data for this study are from China Family Panel Studies in 2016, which were conducted by the institute of Social Science Survey, Peking University. This paper has tested group differences in the influence of community environment on public depression, as well as the mediating role of subjective social class between community environment perception and depression, so as to further explore the social psychological effect of community environment. The empirical study found that there are group differences in the impacts of community environment perception on depression. Specifically, men, rural residents, and people aged 60 and under are more likely to be depressed which were affected by the perception of community environment. Furthermore, we have found that the subjective social class can partly mediate community environment perception and depression. That is to say, the perception of community environment can induce depression by influencing the individual’s subjective social class. Among them, community living environment and community public facilities have the greatest impact, community emotional attachment and community security situation have the second impact, and neighborhood mutual aid and neighborhood relationship have the least impact. In other words, the community environment is deeply endowed with a social psychological effect. To ameliorate the public’s depression, it is necessary to consider the construction of community physical environment and the cultivation of harmonious community culture as powerful measures not to be ignored. In short, the important role of community environmental intervention in alleviating the public’s depression caused by social class cognition deserves attention.

scholarly journals A brighter future: The effect of social class on responses to future debt

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-107
Author(s):  
Harrison J. Schmitt ◽  
Lucas A. Keefer ◽  
Daniel Sullivan ◽  
Sheridan Stewart ◽  
Isaac F. Young
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Lower Class ◽  
The United States ◽  
Exploratory Investigation ◽  
Lower Social Class ◽  
Subjective Social Class ◽  
Brighter Future

The present study serves as an exploratory investigation of the role of social class in responses to the threat of future debt. Previous work has shown that individuals of high and low subjective social class differ in the ways that they respond to a broad range of threats and uncertainties about the future. Across three studies, we found that lower social class individuals expect more future debt and suffer greater attendant stress than higher class individuals (Study 1). We found that experimental manipulations of debt salience increased stress for lower class and not for higher class individuals (Studies 2-3). Likewise, we found that higher class individuals experienced higher affect balance and perceptions of personal control when the possibility of future debt was made salient, specifically as a function of decreased fatalism about future debt (Study 3). These three studies reveal yet another situation in which individuals of lower and higher social class respond differently to threat, and serve as an important step toward understanding the psychological ramifications of rising debt in the United States.

Subjective social class and Internet altruistic behavior among Chinese college students: Mediating role of self-esteem

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Xianliang Zheng ◽  
Zeyi Wang ◽  
Huiping Chen ◽  
Lingqing Yang
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Altruistic Behavior ◽  
Jiangxi Province ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Subjective Social Class ◽  
The Relationship

We explored the role of self-esteem as a mediator in the relationship between subjective social class and Internet altruistic behavior. Participants were 520 Chinese college students from a range of rural and urban areas who were attending a public university in Jiangxi Province. Results show that subjective social class and self-esteem were significantly associated with Internet altruistic behavior, and that selfesteem was a significant indirect mediator of the relationship between subjective social class and Internet altruistic behavior. Implications of the findings are discussed.

Possible Selves Among Urban Youth

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 544-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin C. Perry ◽  
Ryan Raeburn
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Urban Youth ◽  
Possible Selves ◽  
Developmental Differences ◽  
Expectation Gap ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Subjective Social Class

The present study investigated developmental differences and stability in possible selves within the educational and occupational domain among a diverse sample of urban youth ( N = 319). A secondary aim was to test the “aspiration–expectation gap” while exploring the role of subjective social class and gender differences. Results did not indicate any significant differences among possible selves between different grades in high school. Seniors evidenced the lowest levels of subjective social class, whereas freshmen had the highest levels. Subjective social class was significantly associated with the expected levels of education. In addition, girls aspired toward significantly higher levels of prestige than boys in terms of occupations they hoped to attain, while a substantial gap was found between hoped-for and expected education. Implications for practice, limitations, and directions for research are discussed.

Social and Temporal Comparisons as Moderators of Psychological Resources Associations With Wellbeing

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasida Ben-Zur
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Subjective Wellbeing ◽  
Social Comparisons ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Psychological Resources ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Age Range ◽  
General Wellbeing

Abstract. The current study investigated the associations of psychological resources, social comparisons, and temporal comparisons with general wellbeing. The sample included 142 community participants (47.9% men; age range 23–83 years), who compared themselves with others, and with their younger selves, on eight dimensions (e.g., physical health, resilience). They also completed questionnaires assessing psychological resources of mastery and self-esteem, and three components of subjective wellbeing: life satisfaction and negative and positive affect. The main results showed that high levels of psychological resources contributed to wellbeing, with self-enhancing social and temporal comparisons moderating the effects of resources on certain wellbeing components. Specifically, under low levels of mastery or self-esteem self-enhancing social or temporal comparisons were related to either higher life satisfaction or positive affect. The results highlight the role of resources and comparisons in promoting people’s wellbeing, and suggest that self-enhancing comparisons function as cognitive coping mechanisms when psychological resources are low.

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