Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Social Status

Social status is the relative standing an individual or group occupies within a social hierarchy, reflecting esteem, prestige and access to resources, opportunities and power. It may be ascribed, derived from inherited or fixed characteristics such as family, caste, sex or ethnicity, or achieved through education, o…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 96× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2574-612X 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Social status is the relative standing an individual or group occupies within a social hierarchy, reflecting esteem, prestige and access to resources, opportunities and power. It may be ascribed, derived from inherited or fixed characteristics such as family, caste, sex or ethnicity, or achieved through education, occupation and accomplishment, and is closely linked to socioeconomic position, indexed by income, education and employment. Social status operates as a powerful social determinant of health and psychological wellbeing, shaping exposure to stress, nutrition, healthcare access and the experience of inclusion or marginalisation. Both objective position and subjective perception of one's rank influence chronic stress pathways, self-esteem, materialistic aspiration and risk behaviour, with consequences that accumulate across the life course and are amplified by adversity, migration and displacement. The peer-reviewed research associated with this topic engages these themes, examining nutritional status among older adults, psychosocial determinants of substance use among students, elder abuse and the circumstances of climate migrants, the relationship between participation, parental support and self-esteem, materialistic aspiration and wellbeing, and disparities in maternal and adolescent health, reflecting how social status and socioeconomic standing are studied as determinants of health, behaviour and quality of life across diverse populations.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 96 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Social Status, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research (ISSN 2574-612X).

Journal editorial board
Karim Sedky · United States Tullio Scrimali · Italy DAMIANA SCUTERI · Italy

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