Research Catalog

Title

Social causes of psychological distress / John Mirowsky, Catherine E. Ross.

Author

Mirowsky, John, 1949-

Publication

New York : De Gruyter, ©1989.

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Details

Additional Authors

Ross, Catherine E., 1953-

Description

vii, 214 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Social institutions and social change

Uniform Title

Social institutions and social change

Subject

• Stress (Psychology) > Social aspects
• Social psychology
• Social ecology
• Affective Symptoms > etiology
• Social Environment
• Socioeconomic Factors
• Stress, Psychological > etiology
• Psychology, Social
• social psychology
• human ecology
• Social ecology
• Social psychology
• Stress (Psychology) > Social aspects
• Affektstörung
• Gefühlsstörung
• Gesellschaft
• Psychische Störung
• Soziale Probleme
• Sozialpsychologie
• Psychische Belastung
• Soziogenese
• Stress
• Psychosociale problemen
• Psychische Belastung
• Soziogenese
• Stress

Note

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-205).

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-205).
• Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-205) and index.

Contents

I. Introduction -- 1. Introduction -- II. Researching the causes of distress : sociology compared to psychiatry and psychology -- 2. Measuring psychological distress. What is psychological distress? -- Diagnosis -- How a diagnosis is made -- A sea of troubles -- Conclusion: The story of a woman diagnosed -- Appendix 2.A: The diagnostic interview schedule : major depression -- Appendix 2.B: 91 symptoms -- 3. Real world causes of real world misery. Establishing cause in human sciences -- Finding causes : the three criteria -- Population studies in distress -- Judging causal order -- Experimental studies of distress -- Ersatz experiments on personality and depression -- Explaining real patterns -- III. Social patterns of distress. 4. Established patterns. Community mental health surveys -- The four basic patterns -- A preview of explanations -- Discussion -- 5. New patterns : questioning cultural myths. Children : blessing or burden? -- Religion : comforting belief? -- Overweight : internalized stigma? -- Age : the best years of your life -- A preview of explanations -- IV. Explaining the patterns. 6. Life change. A scientific myth -- 7. Alienation. Control -- Commitment -- Support -- Meaning -- Normality -- Summary -- 8. Authoritarianism and inequality. Authoritarianism -- Inequality -- V. Conclusion: 9. Why some people are more distressed than others. Control of one's own life -- Social causes of psychological distress, how important are they? -- What about genetics and biochemistry as alternative explanations? -- What can be done to prevent distress? -- "Take arms against a sea of troubles" -- Appendix: Description of data sets and measures -- Illinois Survey of Well-Being -- Women and Work Study -- Health Behavior study -- Life Stress and Illness Project.

ISBN

• 0202303543
• 9780202303543
• 0202303551
• 9780202303550

LCCN

89006703

OCLC

• ocm19555947
• 19555947
• SCSB-1896948

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library