Socioeconomic status and mental health

  • Robert H. Bradley

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Abstract

Socioeconomic status reflects the resources an individual has connected to family income, household wealth, parental education, and occupation. Socioeconomic status is associated with almost every aspect of individual well-being, beginning prior to birth, and extending throughout the life course. Socioeconomic status affects personal development through a variety of biological, social, and material mechanisms, and there is on-going interplay between genetic influence and socioeconomic conditions. Socioeconomic conditions present at the neighborhood and societal levels also influence developmental course.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationEncyclopedia of Mental Health, Third Edition
Subtitle of host publicationVolume 1-3
PublisherElsevier
PagesV3-318-V3-335
Volume3
ISBN (Electronic)9780323914987
ISBN (Print)9780323914970
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2023

Keywords

  • Achievement
  • Adaptive behavior
  • Assets
  • Capital
  • Cumulative risk
  • Health gradient
  • Human development index
  • Neurocognitive development
  • Parenting
  • Poverty
  • Social class
  • Stress

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Psychology

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