Open AccessRelative Income Deprivation and All-Cause Mortality in Japan: Do Life Priorities Matter?
Author(s) -
Krisztina Gerő,
Atsushi Miyawaki,
Ichiro Kawachi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of behavioral medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.701
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1532-4796
pISSN - 0883-6612
DOI - 10.1093/abm/kaaa010
Subject(s) - hazard ratio , psychosocial , demography , proportional hazards model , confidence interval , medicine , gerontology , social support , psychology , affect (linguistics) , social engagement , psychiatry , social psychology , communication , sociology , social science
Relative deprivation (RD) is proposed to affect health through psychosocial stress stemming from upward social comparisons. This study hypothesized that prioritizing values, such as social engagement and personal growth (as opposed to prioritizing work), would inoculate against the toxic effects of upward social comparisons.