The psychology of social class: How socioeconomic status impacts thought, feelings, and behaviour.
Drawing on recent research on the psychology of social class, I argue that the material conditions in which people grow up and live have a lasting impact on their personal and social identities and that this influences both the way they think and feel about their social environment and key aspects o...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Social Psychology Vol. 57; no. 2; pp. 267 - 292 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Apr2018
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