Racial disparities in health tend to be more pronounced at the upper ends of the
socioeconomic (SES) spectrum. Despite having access to above average social and …

Objective This study investigates how status gains in job authority over time are related to
three work‐and family‐related stressors: job pressure, role blurring, and work‐to‐family …

Previous work shows suicide rates increase during economic recessions, but little research
has examined the extent to which the foreclosure crisis—a unique aspect of the Great …

Analyses of the 2008 National Study of the Changing Workforce demonstrate that job
pressure is associated with greater anxiety and job dissatisfaction. In this paper we ask …

Prior research evaluates the health effects of higher status attainment by analyzing highly
similar individuals whose circumstances differ after some experience a “status boost.” …

One of the most pervasive statements about stratification and health identifies the strong
inverse relationship—or gradient—between socioeconomic status (SES) and poor health …

We examine the relationship between disadvantaged social status and adverse health
outcomes within a context-contingent thesis of relative deprivation. We argue that the health …

Background Actual or perceived status, such as housing tenure, may impact on health
through stress-inducing social comparisons. Studies of how status change impacts mental …

This study examines that US adolescents' relative deprivation in school (Deaton index) is
associated with physiological health outcomes in young adulthood (aged 24–32) measured …

This article examines current trends in theory in medical sociology and finds that the use of
theory is flourishing. The central thesis is that the field has reached a mature state and is in …