Social Causes of Psychological Distress

By Catherine E. Ross and John Mirowsky

Book Overview

A provocative, critical attack on the reliance on clinical diagnostic tools as measurement instruments in field research on distress and "real-world misery," as Mirowsky and Ross described it. They took a scientific look at community patterns of well-being and distress, and proposed a social model for stress research as an alternative to a medical model. Maps the relationship of emotional states to external, social conditions positions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0202303551
• ISBN13: 9780202303550
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"