Intragenerational Social Mobility and Well-being in Great Britain: A Biomarker Approach.
Social theory has long predicted that social mobility, in particular downward social mobility, is detrimental to the well-being of individuals. Dissociative and "falling from grace" theories suggest that mobility is stressful due to the weakening of social ties, feelings of alienation, and loss of s...
| Publicado en: | Social Forces Vol. 101; no. 2; pp. 665 - 694 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Dec2022
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