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THE SOCIAL PREDICTION OF SELF‐PERCEIVED MORBIDITY
Author(s) -
Hausfeld R. G.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1973.tb129866.x
Subject(s) - cognitive dissonance , psychology , social psychology , value (mathematics) , clinical psychology , statistics , mathematics
This paper shows that the self‐perceived morbidity (average number of “yes” responses on the Cornell Medical Index) of subcultural groups can be predicted by a measure of social difference (value dissonance). Evidence is offered to support the claim that clinically assessed morbidity is correlated with self‐perceived morbidity and therefore that morbidity is caused by conflict generated by value dissonance. The hypothesis is advanced that the life chances of a subcultural group are inversely proportional to its value dissonance.