Scientific imperatives vis-à-vis growing inequality in America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8715352 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julie A Kirsch (0000-0003-0804-3518, corresponding author), Gayle D Love, Barry Radler (0000-0001-6217-9737), Carol D Ryff (0000-0002-4693-9190) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 764-777 |
| Publication date | 2019-06-20 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Psychologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-066X • E-ISSN: 1935-990X |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1037/amp0000481 |
| PMID | 31219260 |
| OpenAlex | W2951216078 |
| Language | FR |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 12 |
A landmark article published in the American Psychologist (Adler et al., 1994) encouraged psychologists to engage in research on socioeconomic inequality and health. Numerous contributions followed to fill in psychosocial and behavioral pathways. Specifically, we review advances on health inequalities research from a large public-use study (Midlife in the United States [MIDUS]). The Great Recession of 2007 to 2009 and its lingering effects are then reviewed to underscore widening inequality in access to education, employment, and income. Two MIDUS national samples of same-aged adults recruited 2 decades apart are then compared to assess historical changes in socioeconomic, physical health, and well-being profiles from the 1990s to postrecession. Despite historical gains in educational attainment over time, we show that indicators of socioeconomic status, health, and well-being are more compromised in the postrecession sample relative to the 1990s sample. Building on these preliminary findings, we elaborate opportunities for further inquiry by the scientific community to examine whether widening socioeconomic inequalities exacerbated by the Great Recession translate to widening health inequalities. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)
Development economics · Economics · Inequality · Political science · Sociology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Health disparities and outcomes · Mathematics · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
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Positive Psychology
The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Trajectories of Well-Being of Middle-Aged and older Adults
Differential Momentary Reports of Stress and Affect Associated With Alcohol Consumption in Middle-Aged Versus Younger Adults
Associations of family policy and income inequality with loneliness in midlife
Culture and Health
Unpacking Psychological Vulnerabilities in Deaths of Despair
Historical change in midlife health, well-being, and despair
Uncovering mechanisms of historical change in midlife loneliness across the United States and Europe
Lifetime Adversity in the Context of Monthly Adversity and Psychological Well-Being in Midlife
Examining Racial Disparities in Historical Change of Mental and Physical Health Across Midlife and Old Age in the United States
Adults Older Than Age 55 Engage in Less Diverse Activities Than Those 18 Years Ago
Mattering in the community
Inequality in the long run
The development of markers for the Big-Five factor structure.
Health disparities through a psychological lens
Everyday unfair treatment and multisystem biological dysregulation in African American adults
Discrimination and anger control as pathways linking socioeconomic disadvantage to allostatic load in midlife
Happiness is everything, or is it? Explorations on the meaning of psychological well-being
Low control beliefs, classical coronary risk factors, and socio-economic differences in heart disease in older persons
Early parenthood as a link between childhood disadvantage and adult heart problems
History of socioeconomic disadvantage and allostatic load in later life
Childhood Disadvantage and Health Problems in Middle and Later Life
Perception has its Own Reality
Effects of the Great Recession
| Citations per year | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |