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Article: Income inequality is associated with stronger social comparison effects: The effect of relative income on life satisfaction
Title | Income inequality is associated with stronger social comparison effects: The effect of relative income on life satisfaction |
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Keywords | Social comparison Life satisfaction Income inequality |
Issue Date | 2016 |
Publisher | American Psychological Association. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.apa.org/journals/psp.html |
Citation | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2016, v. 110 n. 2, p. 332-341 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Previous research has shown that having rich neighbors is associated with reduced levels of subjective well-being, an effect that is likely due to social comparison. The current study examined the role of income inequality as a moderator of this relative income effect. Multilevel analyses were conducted on a sample of more than 1.7 million people from 2,425 counties in the United States. Results showed that higher income inequality was associated with stronger relative income effects. In other words, people were more strongly influenced by the income of their neighbors when income inequality was high. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/215603 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 6.4 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 3.610 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Cheung, CKF | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lucas, REL | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-08-21T13:32:16Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2015-08-21T13:32:16Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2016, v. 110 n. 2, p. 332-341 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0022-3514 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/215603 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Previous research has shown that having rich neighbors is associated with reduced levels of subjective well-being, an effect that is likely due to social comparison. The current study examined the role of income inequality as a moderator of this relative income effect. Multilevel analyses were conducted on a sample of more than 1.7 million people from 2,425 counties in the United States. Results showed that higher income inequality was associated with stronger relative income effects. In other words, people were more strongly influenced by the income of their neighbors when income inequality was high. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | American Psychological Association. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.apa.org/journals/psp.html | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | - |
dc.rights | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Copyright © American Psychological Association. | - |
dc.rights | This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the APA journal. It is not the copy of record. | - |
dc.subject | Social comparison | - |
dc.subject | Life satisfaction | - |
dc.subject | Income inequality | - |
dc.title | Income inequality is associated with stronger social comparison effects: The effect of relative income on life satisfaction | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Cheung, CKF: felixckc@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Cheung, CKF=rp02275 | - |
dc.description.nature | postprint | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1037/pspp0000059 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 26191957 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84955370859 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 247937 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 110 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 2 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 332 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 341 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000369151800008 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0022-3514 | - |