Socioeconomic Status and COVID-19-Related Psychological Panic in China: The Role of Trust in Government and Authoritarian Personality

Although the health and economic risks of COVID-19 may differ for higher- and lower-socioeconomic-status (SES) populations, some studies found that people with lower SES do not necessarily experience more psychological panic. In this research, we examine how SES is related with psychological panic during the COVID-19 pandemic using a large nationwide Chinese sample. Participants were 933 adults (mean age = 30.04, SD = 8.19) who completed an online questionnaire between 11 and 12 February 2020. Lower SES individuals have higher trust in government and thus experience less psychological panic, and the indirect effect of this trust suppresses the direct negative association between SES and psychological panic. In addition to this difference in trust in government between lower- and higher-status individuals, the indirect effect of the trust only exists among people with low (not high) authoritarian personalities. This study provides evidence that political trust may serve as a buffer, suppressing the negative association between SES and psychological panic; thus, policies and actions enhancing political trust are vital to support the mental health of individuals with lower SES during the pandemic, especially for citizens with low authoritarian personalities.

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Beliefs about the Role of Parenting in Feeding and Childhood Obesity among Mothers of Lower Socioeconomic Status

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior ◽

10.1016/j.jneb.2010.09.017 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 44 (5) ◽

pp. 432-437 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

Alison Kalinowski ◽

Kylene Krause ◽

Carla Berdejo ◽

Kristina Harrell ◽

Katherine Rosenblum ◽

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Keyword(s):

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Childhood Obesity ◽

Lower Socioeconomic Status ◽

Lower Socioeconomic

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Inequities in cancer outcomes between different healthcare systems in Brazil.

Journal of Clinical Oncology ◽

10.1200/jco.2017.35.5_suppl.31 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 35 (5_suppl) ◽

pp. 31-31

Author(s):

Kimlin Tan Ashing ◽

Cristiane Decat Bergerot ◽

Errol James Philip ◽

Getulio Okuma

Keyword(s):

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Public Institution ◽

Cancer Outcomes ◽

Healthcare Settings ◽

Income Disparities ◽

Oncology Research ◽

Lower Socioeconomic ◽

Anxiety Depression

31 Background: Studies have shown a clear difference among minority and economically disadvantaged patients. Less is known about marginalized populations in Brazil, a country that possesses a two-tiered healthcare system, based on socioeconomic status. We sought to explore differences in quality of life (QOL) and distress among patients receiving care within these systems. Methods: 270 patients were assessed for distress (DT), anxiety/depression (HADS) and QOL (FACT-G). Half of them was recruited at a private institution (PRI) and the other at a public institution (PUB) (each group: n=135; 68.9% breast and 31.1% gynecological cancers). We calculated descriptive statistics and examined QOL and distress using T-test and ANOVA. Results: We found ethnic differences between PUB (50.4% white, 32.6% mulato and 14.1% black) and PRI patients (82.9% white), and income disparities (PUB patients report almost a third less monthly income than PRI patients). PUB patients were mostly late-stage diagnosed 70.4% compared to PRI counterpart 42.2% (p<.001). In general PUB patients reported higher rates of distress and anxiety/depression (p<.03); and poorer QoL outcomes (p<.01). Conclusions: This preliminary study is one of the first to investigate inequities in cancer outcomes among patients in Brazilian healthcare settings. Analyses revealed notable differences between groups across demographic characteristics, while individuals of lower socioeconomic status reported significantly poorer psychosocial outcomes. These results suggest a complex interaction between ethnicity, access to care and cancer outcomes, and warrants further research to better understand and address these inequities. Further discussion of the role of psycho-oncology research and clinical practice in reducing disparate outcomes among Brazilian cancer patients is warranted.

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The Symbolic Efficacy of Pope Francis’s Religious Capital and the Agency of the Poor

Sociology ◽

10.1177/0038038519853109 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 53 (6) ◽

pp. 1077-1093 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Gustavo Morello

Keyword(s):

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Home Country ◽

Methodological Approach ◽

Global Markets ◽

Lower Socioeconomic Status ◽

Religious Capital ◽

The Poor ◽

Lower Socioeconomic ◽

Depth Interviews

This article explores the paradox between Pope Francis’s success as a critic of global markets and the limitations of his religious capital in his home country of Argentina. While for some observers it might be obvious that the pope can influence people’s thinking about social and political matters, the findings of this article highlight the role of ‘non-specialist’, ordinary believers in setting limits to Francis’s religious power. Using Bourdieusian theory and a ‘lived religion’ methodological approach, I explore the agency of ordinary believers in the religious field. By studying the limits regular believers established to the efficacy of Pope Francis’s religious capital, we better understand how the agency of non-specialists operates in the religious field. This research is based on a non-random sample of semi-structured, in-depth interviews of 42 lower socioeconomic status interviewees, self-identified as Catholics, Evangelicals, Others and Non-Affiliated; conducted in Córdoba, Argentina from November 2015 to December 2016.

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Gender Role Expectations in the Context of Pain: What is the Role of Socioeconomic Status?

10.14293/s2199-1006.1.sor-.ppvkpnw.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Margarida Jarego ◽

Eva Diniz ◽

Susana Mourão ◽

Sónia F. Bernardes

Keyword(s):

Chronic Pain ◽

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Gender Role ◽

Pain Tolerance ◽

Role Expectations ◽

Vulnerable Groups ◽

Gender Role Expectations ◽

Lower Socioeconomic ◽

Pain Experiences

Chronic pain has a significant impact on the overall population but does not impact all people equally. More vulnerable groups, such as women or individuals with a lower socioeconomic status (SES) revealed a higher burden of chronic pain. Gender role expectations and similar conceptualizations related to SES do not fully explain the differences in pain experiences and assessments with the literature showing incongruent results. Thus, intersectionality emerges as a valuable tool to promote the knowledge of health inequalities, by examining how multiple psychosocial factors interact to shape and influence human experience. This study aims to understand how socioeconomic status (SES) influences gender role expectations in the context of chronic pain, i.e., whether gender role expectations are different for women and men from various SES. Two-hundred and twenty-two adults (56.6% women), with an average age of 37.4 years ( SD = 14.1) were asked to imagine a (wo)men of low/medium/high SES and to imagine that persons pain. An experimental design was used to investigate the influence of an imagined persons SES on gender role expectations regarding: (a) sensitivity; (b) tolerance; and (c) willingness to express pain. Analyses of variance (ANOVA) concluded that there was a triple interaction effect between sex and SES of the person imagined and participants sex on pain tolerance, but not on sensitivity or willingness to express pain. Multiple comparison tests revealed that female tend to perceive people from lower SES as more tolerant to pain, independently of their sex, since they imagined women of medium SES and men of low SES with greater pain tolerance than imagined women and men of high SES, respectively. In opposition, male participants imagined women of every SES with the same level of pain tolerance, as well as all men with the same level of pain tolerance. However, male participants attributed different levels of pain tolerance to imagined people in the high SES condition, where the imagined woman was perceived as more tolerant of pain. These findings allow us to better understand the influence of SES on gender role expectations in the context of chronic pain.

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Thwarted Belongingness and PTSD Symptom Severity among Firefighters: The Role of Emotion Regulation Difficulties

Behavior Modification ◽

10.1177/01454455211002105 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 014544552110021

Author(s):

Samuel J. Leonard ◽

Anka A. Vujanovic

Keyword(s):

Emotion Regulation ◽

Indirect Effect ◽

Symptom Severity ◽

Ptsd Symptom ◽

Thwarted Belongingness ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Ptsd Symptom Severity ◽

Bidirectional Associations ◽

Empirical Implications

The present investigation examined the associations among thwarted belongingness (TB), emotion regulation difficulties (ERD), and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity among firefighters. First, the associations of TB and ERD with PTSD symptom severity were evaluated. Second, the indirect effect of TB on PTSD symptom severity through ERD was examined. The sample included 246 trauma-exposed firefighters ( M age = 40.21, SD = 9.93, 93.1% male) who completed an online questionnaire battery. Results demonstrate significant, positive associations among TB, ERD, and PTSD symptom severity; and an indirect effect of TB on PTSD symptom severity through heightened ERD (β = 0.17; CI [0.08, 0.29]). Alternate indirect effect models were also significant, underscoring the potentially bidirectional associations of these variables. These findings suggest that there is merit in investigating the role of interpersonal factors and ERD among firefighter populations to better understand PTSD symptomatology. Clinical and empirical implications are discussed.

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