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.
Publication Name: Health Psychology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0278-6133
Year: 2000
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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.
Publication Name: Health Psychology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0278-6133
Year: 2001
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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.
Publication Name: Health Psychology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0278-6133
Year: 1999
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