Authors:

  • Ichiro Kawachi

Excerpt

Relative Income Deprivation and All-Cause Mortality in Japan: Do Life Priorities Matter? Ichiro Kawachi, March 17, 2020, Paper, "Relative deprivation (RD) is proposed to affect health through psychosocial stress stemming from upward social comparisons. This study hypothesized that prioritizing values, such as social engagement and personal growth (as opposed to prioritizing work), would inoculate against the toxic effects of upward social comparisons." Link