BACKGROUND Subjective social status (captured by the MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status) is in many cases a stronger predictor of health outcomes than objective socioeconomic status (SES). PURPOSE The study aims to test whether implicit beliefs about social class moderate the relationship between subjective social status and inflammation. METHODS We measured implicit social class b...

Using retrospective data from a sample of women who graduated from Radcliffe College in 1964, this paper examines the perceptions (what women notice) and consequences (how it makes them feel) of social class during college in these women's lives. The majority of women acknowledged that social class was salient at Radcliffe by stating so directly, by noticing members of different class groups, a...

OBJECTIVE To examine whether adult social class and childhood social class are related to metabolic syndrome in later life, independent of adult behavioral factors. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS This was a population-based cross-sectional study comprising 2,968 men aged 60-79 years. RESULTS Adult social class and childhood social class were both inversely related to metabolic syndrome. Mutual...

Though the scientific study of social class is over a century old, theories regarding how social class shapes psychological experience are in their infancy. In this review, we provide a road map for the empirical study of an emerging psychology of social class. Specifically, we outline key measurement issues in the study of social class – including the importance of both objective indicators an...

the design of packaging is an important factor in selling any products, which should be done based on the customers taste, in a way that influence the costumers in a few seconds and persuades them to buy an special product. in this article, first the integrity of bordio’s theory in iranian community is tested and after proving the correctionand utility of this theory, we attempts to extract the...

Numerous studies have documented the effects of social class on psychological and behavioral variables. However, lay beliefs about how social class affects these dimensions have not been systematically tested. Studies 1 and 2 assessed lay beliefs about the association between social class and 8 variables (including psychological and behavioral tendencies and cognitive ability). Study 3 assessed...

over the past years there has been a significant growth in corporate reporting of environmental,social and corporate governance (esg) factors. this study assesses whether esg ratings are related to firmperformance. through a multivariate analysis we have confirmed differences between the esg scores used toevaluate environmental, social and corporate governance factors of rated companies. we che...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To investigate the influence of social class in childhood, young adulthood and middle age, and intergenerational mobility, on adult central and total obesity. DESIGN Prospective, population based, birth cohort study. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING 1472 men and 1563 women born in 1946 in England, Scotland, and Wales. OUTCOME MEASURES Waist-hip ratio, waist-height ratio, waist cir...