Social Causes of Psychological Distress

Name: Social Causes of Psychological Distress
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780202307091

ISBN-10: 0202307093

ISBN-13: 9780202307091

Edition: 2nd 2003

Authors: Catherine E. Ross, Catherine E. Ross, Catherine Ross

List price: $50.95

This item qualifies for FREE shipping.

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Buy new: $60.99

Rent eBooks

180 day rental: $32.45 Expiration date: 10/15/2024

365 day rental: $38.35 Expiration date: 4/18/2025

Marketplace

4 new & used from $6.69

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Book details

List price: $50.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 3/31/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.00" wide x 13.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Catherine E. Ross is professor in both the department of sociology and Population Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin.



Acknowledgments



Introduction



Introduction


Understanding the Connections between Social and Personal Problems


Preview



Researching the Causes of Distress



Measuring Psychological Well-Being and Distress


What Is Psychological Distress?


Diagnosis: Superimposed Distinctions


Conclusion: The Story of a Woman Diagnosed


Appendix of Symptom Indexes



Real-World Causes of Real-World Misery


Establishing Cause in the Human Sciences


Explaining Real Patterns



Social Patterns of Distress



Basic Patterns


Community Mental Health Surveys


Socioeconomic Status


Marriage


Children at Home


Gender


Undesirable Life Events


Age


Discussion



New Patterns


Life Course Disruptions and Developments


Neighborhood Disadvantage and Disorder



Explaining the Patterns



Life Change: An Abandoned Explanation


Conceptual History of Life Change and Stress


Contradictory Evidence


Variants of the Life Change Index


Alternative Concepts and Future Research



Alienation


Control


Commitment


Support


Meaning


Normality


Alienation: the Prime Stressor



Authoritarianism and Inequity


Authoritarianism


Inequity



Conclusion



Why Some People Are More Distressed Than Others


Control of One's Own Life


The Importance of Social Factors


Genetics and Biochemistry as Alternative Explanations


What Can Be Done?


"Take arms against a sea of troubles"



Description of Data Sets and Measures


References


Index