QOL and Social Class Issues

• Bowling, A. (2017). Measuring Health: a Review of Subjective Health, Well-Being and Quality of Life Measurement Scales. United Kingdom: McGraw-Hill Education.
• Chen, Y., Hicks, A., & While, A. E. (2013). Quality of life of older people in China: A systematic review. Reviews in Clinical Gerontology, 23(1), 88-100.
• Didsbury, M. S., Kim, S., Medway, M. M., Tong, A., McTaggart, S. J., Walker, A. M., ... & Wong, G. (2016). Socio‐economic status and quality of life in children with chronic disease: A systematic review. Journal of paediatrics and child health, 52(12), 1062-1069.
• Efklides, A., Moraitou, D. (2012). A Positive Psychology Perspective on Quality of Life. Netherlands: Springer Netherlands.
• Ellina, P., Middleton, N., Lambrinou, E., & Kouta, C. (2019). Investigation of socioeconomic inequalities in health-related quality of life across Europe: a systematic review. Diversity and equality in health and care, 16(4).
• Fein, O. (1995). The influence of social class on health status: American and British research on health inequalities. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 10, 577-586.
• Foster, J. H., Powell, J. E., Marshall, E. J., & Peters, T. J. (1999). Quality of life in alcohol-dependent subjects–a review. Quality of life research, 8, 255-261.
• Gallagher, M., Muldoon, O. T., & Pettigrew, J. (2015). An integrative review of social and occupational factors influencing health and wellbeing. Frontiers in psychology, 6, 1281.
• Hammell, K. W. (2004). Exploring quality of life following high spinal cord injury: a review and critique. Spinal cord, 42(9), 491-502.
• Kim, J. H., & Park, E. C. (2015). Impact of socioeconomic status and subjective social class on overall and health-related quality of life. BMC public health, 15, 1-15.
• Kraus, M. W., Piff, P. K., Mendoza-Denton, R., Rheinschmidt, M. L., & Keltner, D. (2012). Social class, solipsism, and contextualism: how the rich are different from the poor. Psychological review, 119(3), 546.
• Kraus, M. W., Tan, J. J., & Tannenbaum, M. B. (2013). The social ladder: A rank-based perspective on social class. Psychological Inquiry, 24(2), 81-96.
• Kyle, T., & Dunn, J. R. (2008). Effects of housing circumstances on health, quality of life and healthcare use for people with severe mental illness: a review. Health & social care in the community, 16(1), 1-15.
• Land, K. C., Michalos, A. C. (2011). Handbook of Social Indicators and Quality of Life Research. Netherlands: Springer Netherlands.
• Liem, R., & Liem, J. (1978). Social class and mental illness reconsidered: The role of economic stress and social support. Journal of health and social behavior, 139-156.
• Michalos, A. (Ed.). (2005). Citation Classics from Social Indicators Research: The Most Cited Articles Edited and Introduced by Alex C. Michalos. Germany: Springer Netherlands.
• Niedzwiedz, C. L., Katikireddi, S. V., Pell, J. P., & Mitchell, R. (2012). Life course socio-economic position and quality of life in adulthood: a systematic review of life course models. BMC public health, 12, 1-11.
• Samli, A. C., Rahtz, D., & Sirgy, M. J. (Eds.). (2013). Advances in Quality-of-Life Theory and Research. Germany: Springer Netherlands.
• Sirgy, M. J. (1998). Materialism and quality of life. Social indicators research, 43, 227-260.
• Sirgy, M. J., & Rahtz, D. (Eds.). (2004). Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases. Netherlands: Springer Netherlands.
• Sirgy, M. J., & Uysal, M. (Eds.). (2023). Handbook of Tourism and Quality-of-Life Research II: Enhancing the Lives of Tourists, Residents of Host Communities and Service Providers. Germany: Springer International Publishing.
• Sirgy, M. J., Uysal, M., & Perdue, R. (Eds.). (2012). Handbook of Tourism and Quality-of-Life Research: Enhancing the Lives of Tourists and Residents of Host Communities. Germany: Springer Netherlands.
• Sirgy, M. J. (2012). The Psychology of Quality of Life: Hedonic Well-Being, Life Satisfaction, and Eudaimonia. Netherlands: Springer Netherlands.
• Sirgy, M. J. (2013). The Psychology of Quality of Life. Germany: Springer Netherlands.
• Van Regenmortel, S., De Donder, L., Dury, S., Smetcoren, A. S., De Witte, N., & Verté, D. (2016). Social exclusion in later life: A systematic review of the literature. Journal of Population Ageing, 9, 315-344.
• Whelan, C. T., Russell, H., & Fahey, T. (Eds.). (2008). Quality of Life in Ireland: Social Impact of Economic Boom. Germany: Springer Netherlands.
• Wilkinson, R. G., & Pickett, K. E. (2006). Income inequality and population health: a review and explanation of the evidence. Social science & medicine, 62(7), 1768-1784.
• Williams, D. R. (1990). Socioeconomic differentials in health: A review and redirection. Social psychology quarterly, 81-99.
• Zautra, A., & Goodhart, D. (1979). Quality of life indicators: A review of the literature. Community Mental Health Reveiw, 4(1), 1-14.
• Zhang, M., McGrath, C., & Hägg, U. (2006). The impact of malocclusion and its treatment on quality of life: a literature review. International journal of paediatric dentistry, 16(6), 381-387.

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