Objective and subjective assessments of socioeconomic status and their relationship to self-rated health in an ethnically diverse sample of pregnant women

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This article examines the relationship between social status assessments and self-reported health ratings among a sample of Caucasian, Chinese, African American, and Hispanic pregnant women. Results indicate that subjective status assessments were related to health ratings across groups while income was only a significant health predictor among African Americans and Hispanics.

Pregnant women, Social status, Social perception, Ethnicity, Clinical health psychology

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The role of behavioral experience in judging risks

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This article examines the relationship between personal experience with risk and subsequent risk judgements in young adults and adolescents. Findings indicate that subjects who have experienced a risky behavior or natural disaster are less likely to believe that they could be harmed by related negative outcomes than inexperienced individuals.

Young adults, Health behavior, Judgment, Judgment (Psychology), Risk-taking (Psychology), Risk taking, Experience

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Underreporting sensitive behaviors: the case of young women's willingness to report abortion

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Research in self-reporting of abortions by young women shows personal interviews yield more accurate data than telephone surveys. How these findings affect other health behavior studies is discussed.

Sexual behavior, Statistics, Young women, Abortion, Single women

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