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

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Description	vii, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series	Social institutions and social change
	Social institutions and social change.
Bibliography	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.
Subject	Stress (Psychology) -- Social aspects.
	Social psychology.
	Affective Symptoms -- etiology. (DNLM)D000342Q000209
	Social Environment. (DNLM)D012931
	Socioeconomic Factors. (DNLM)D012959
	Stress, Psychological -- etiology. (DNLM)D013315Q000209
	Social psychology. (OCoLC)fst01122816
	Stress (Psychology) -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01134939
	Psychosociale problemen.
	Affektstörung (DE-588)4205031-5
	Gefühlsstörung (DE-588)4156272-0
	Gesellschaft (DE-588)4020588-5
	Psychische Störung (DE-588)4047686-8
	Soziale Probleme (DE-588)4139770-8
	Sozialpsychologie (DE-588)4055891-5
	Psychische Belastung (DE-588)4176184-4
	Soziogenese (DE-588)4129727-1
	Stress (DE-588)4058047-7
	Psychische Belastung.
	Soziogenese.
	Stress.
	Psychologie sociale.
	Stress -- Aspect social.
Added Author	Ross, Catherine E., 1953-
ISBN	0202303543
	9780202303543
	0202303551 (pbk.)
	9780202303550 (pbk.)

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