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Network Ties, Upward Status Heterophily, and Unanticipated Health Consequences
- Title
- Network Ties, Upward Status Heterophily, and Unanticipated Health Consequences
- Authors
- Kim C.; Hyun-soo Kim H.
- Ewha Authors
- 김현수
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 김현수
- Issue Date
- 2023
- Journal Title
- Journal of Health and Social Behavior
- ISSN
- 0022-1465
- Citation
- Journal of Health and Social Behavior vol. 64, no. 2, pp. 313 - 332
- Keywords
- physical health; relative deprivation; social comparison; subjective well-being; upward status heterophily
- Publisher
- American Sociological Association
- Indexed
- SSCI; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- Using cross-national data containing information on the status rank of network alters, this study investigates the potential negative effects of “upward status heterophily,” ties to and perceived interaction with higher status others. According to our main finding, upward status heterophily is associated with poor physical health and lower subjective well-being. We also find that this focal relationship varies across individual and contextual moderators. For subjective well-being only, it is weaker among people who are better educated, have larger nonkin network, and possess greater self-efficacy. Moreover, there is a significant cross-level interaction: For both health outcomes, the relationship is more pronounced in subnational regions that are economically more unequal. Our findings shed light on the mechanisms of the “dark side of social capital” by operationalizing perceived status differential as a proxy for upward social comparison and showing its deleterious consequences in the East Asian context. © American Sociological Association 2023.
- DOI
- 10.1177/00221465231155892
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- 사회과학대학 > 사회학전공 > Journal papers
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