A Constellation of Misfortune
Narrative Accounts of Adverse Life Events, Chronic Illness, and Subjective Social Status
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3371037 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gavin Daker‐white (0000-0002-3538-8805, University of Manchester, corresponding author), Gavin Daker-White, Caroline Sanders (0000-0002-0539-928X, University of Manchester), Anne Rogers (0000-0002-7231-790X, University of Southampton), Ivaylo Vassliev (University of Southampton), Christian Blickem (University of Manchester), Sudeh Cheraghi‐sohi (0000-0002-2863-0683, University of Manchester), Sudeh Cheraghi-Sohi |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2014-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | SAGE Open (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2158244014558041 |
| OpenAlex | W2159607701 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 28 |
Quantitative studies have drawn attention to the patterning of health inequalities in relation to subjective social status (SSS). There is currently little insight into the complexities of the social and biographical aspects that lie behind these findings. Narrative accounts were gathered in a mixed-methods study involving a population of people with coronary heart disease (CHD) and/or diabetes in a region of the United Kingdom with above average levels of socio-economic deprivation. The aim of this secondary qualitative analysis was to examine the accounts of interviewees with low socio-economic status (SES) who ranked themselves either low or high in terms of SSS. The results highlight the multiplicity of adverse circumstances leading to subjective assessments of low SSS. Loss of employment status contributed more to a feeling of being "at the bottom of the ladder" than the symptoms of chronic illness did, perhaps because having somewhere to go is central to the accrual of social, economic, and cultural capital. The narratives of those who ranked themselves highly (in spite of low SES) appeared to have more family and community connections. The findings contribute to theories of socio-economic biographies or trajectories, subjective social status, and engagement with the self-management aspects of chronic illness
Developmental psychology · Feeling · Narrative · Population · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demography · Employment and Welfare Studies · Health disparities and outcomes · Health, psychology, and well-being · Psychology · Social Psychology
Contemporary Social Theory
Sociology of Postmodernism
Linking people with long‐term health conditions to healthy community activities
The Logic of Practice
Living with chronic mental illness
Contemporary Social Theory
An Integrated Theory of Disease
The limits of lifestyle
Socioeconomic status and health
Personal narratives, social careers and medical courses
Permission to participate?' A qualitative study of participation in patients from differing socio-economic backgrounds
Illness as moral occasion
Exchange, Value and Affect
Capitalising' on Emotions? Rethinking the Inequalities in Health Debate
A New Model of Social Class? Findings from the BBC's Great British Class Survey Experiment
Conceptualizing Contemporary Health Lifestyles
The personal significance of home
Chronic illness as biographical disruption
Theorising class, health and lifestyles
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2024 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |