Social causes of psychological distress [electronic resource] / John Mirowsky, Catherine E. Ross

Author	Mirowsky, John, 1949-
Title	Social causes of psychological distress [electronic resource] / John Mirowsky, Catherine E. Ross
Imprint	Hawthorne, New York : Aldine de Gruyter, c2003
Edition	2nd ed
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Descript	vii, 320 p. : ill. 24 cm

CONTENT

Researching the causes of distress -- Measuring psychological well-being and distress -- Real-world causes of real-world misery -- Social patterns of distress -- Basic patterns -- New patterns -- Explaining the patterns -- Life change: an abandoned explanation -- Alienation -- Authoritarianism and inequity -- Conclusion -- Why some people are more distressed than others -- Appendix: Description of data sets and measures

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