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Bernburg, Jon Gunnar; Thorlindsson, Thorolfur; Sigfusdottir, Inga Dora – Social Forces, 2009
The theory of relative deprivation emphasizes that social comparisons contextualize how people experience impoverishment. An important application of this theory argues that relative deprivation that stems from unfavorable social comparisons can result in anger, normlessness and an increased likelihood of deviant behavior. We test this theory in a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reference Groups, Disadvantaged Environment, Psychological Patterns
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Verbakel, Ellen; DiPrete, Thomas A. – Social Forces, 2008
Comparisons of wellbeing between the United States and Western Europe generally show that most Americans have higher standards of living than do Western Europeans at comparable locations in their national income distributions. These comparisons of wellbeing typically privilege disposable income and cash transfers while ignoring other aspects of…
Descriptors: Working Hours, Living Standards, Quality of Life, Labor Market
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Yount, Kathryn M.; Carrera, Jennifer S. – Social Forces, 2006
We evaluate the effects of marital resources and early-life experiences on recent domestic violence and attitudes about wife abuse among 2,074 married Cambodian women. Household standard of living was negatively associated with physical domestic violence. Women with 8-13 fewer years of schooling than their husbands more often experienced physical…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Spouses, Females, Foreign Countries