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The Effect of Inequality and Social Class on Wellbeing

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (26 November 2023) | Viewed by 4712

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Yi Ding

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School of Psychology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097, China
Interests: social inequality; social fairness; well-being
Dr. Tingting Ji

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School of Psychology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097, China
Interests: intergroup relations; prejudice; well-being
Dr. Shenlong Yang

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Institute of Social Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
Interests: social class; social justice; conspiracy theory; personal control and well-being
Prof. Dr. Yongyu Guo

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School of Psychology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097, China
Interests: psychological issues in social governance; well-being

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Inequality is profound and is seen in all aspects of life. Some people are less fortunate, have less resources, or live in poorer conditions than others. How does inequality affect well-being? What are the physical, psychological, and social consequences of inequality? Are the consequences similar across social classes, genders, regions, and races? These questions are of great societal interest as inequality reaches its highest level in decades across many developed and developing societies.

This Special Issue seeks to extend knowledge on the relationships between inequality, social class, and well-being. Our goal is to create a cross-disciplinary space for researchers working within and across social, psychological, and public health perspectives to address issues relevant to the above topics. We are especially interested in works addressing the following issues in varied cultural and social contexts.

  1. Social class, inequality, and physical, mental, and economic well-being
  2. How poverty and other aspects of disadvantage affect well-being
  3. What factors buffer the negative outcomes of inequality and poverty
  4. Health disparities and COVID-19
  5. How COVID-19 widens inequality in well-being
  6. Child, adolescent, and elderly well-being
  7. Migrant children and left-behind children’s well-being
  8. Interventions to reduce inequality and poverty

Dr. Yi Ding
Dr. Tingting Ji
Dr. Shenlong Yang
Prof. Dr. Yongyu Guo
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2500 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • inequality
  • social class
  • poverty
  • disadvantaged groups
  • health and well-being
  • health disparities
  • mental health
  • COVID-19
  • migrant children and left-behind children

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Academic Passion and Subjective Well-Being among Female Research Reserve Talents: The Roles of Psychological Resilience and Academic Climate
by Zijun Yin, Bin Xuan and Xiaoyan Zheng
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(5), 4337; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054337 - 28 Feb 2023
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This study aimed to investigate the relationship between academic passion (AP) and subjective well-being (SWB), along with the mediating role of psychological resilience (PR) and the moderating role of academic climate (AC), among Chinese female research talent in reserve. A convenience sampling method [...] Read more.
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between academic passion (AP) and subjective well-being (SWB), along with the mediating role of psychological resilience (PR) and the moderating role of academic climate (AC), among Chinese female research talent in reserve. A convenience sampling method was used to select 304 female master’s degree students from several universities in the central region of China a questionnaire survey. The results show that: (1) AP has a positive predictive effect on the SWB of female reserve research talents; (2) PR partially mediated the relationship between the AP and SWB of female reserve research talents; (3) AC moderated the relationship between the AP and SWB of female reserve research talents. Thus, the findings of this study support a moderated mediation model that explores the relationship between AP and SWB for female research backups, with PR as the mediating variable and AC as the moderating variable. These findings provide a new perspective with which to explore the mechanisms influencing the subjective well-being of female research reserves. Full article
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The Effects of Subjective Social Class on Subjective Well-Being and Mental Health: A Moderated Mediation Model
by Kai Li, Feng Yu, Yanchi Zhang and Yongyu Guo
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(5), 4200; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054200 - 27 Feb 2023
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In recent decades, China’s rapid economic growth has substantially improved average living standards; however, this has not been accompanied by greater happiness among the Chinese population. This phenomenon is known as the Easterlin Paradox (i.e., there is no link between a society’s economic [...] Read more.
In recent decades, China’s rapid economic growth has substantially improved average living standards; however, this has not been accompanied by greater happiness among the Chinese population. This phenomenon is known as the Easterlin Paradox (i.e., there is no link between a society’s economic development and its average level of happiness) in Western countries. This study examined the effects of subjective social class on subjective well-being and mental health in China. Consequently, we found that individuals in a relatively low social class had lower levels of subjective well-being and mental health; self-class discrepancy partially explains the relationship between subjective social class and subjective well-being and fully explains the relationship between subjective social class and mental health; and subjective social mobility moderates the path from self-class discrepancy to subjective well-being and mental health. These findings suggest that enhancing social mobility is an important method for reducing class differences in subjective well-being and mental health. These results have important implications, indicating that enhancing social mobility is an important method for reducing class differences in subjective well-being and mental health in China. Full article
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