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Status Frustration

Status Frustration is a sociological theory within subcultural deviance that explains the psychological and behavioral response of individuals, particularly lower-class youth, who experience blocked opportunities to achieve socially valued success, leading them to reject mainstream norms and form alternative deviant subcultures to gain status.

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2017–2026

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Dilemmas and Contradictions of Status

Everett C. Hughes · American Journal of Sociology · 1945 · 853 citations

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Social status and biological dysregulation: The “status syndrome” and allostatic load

Melvin Seeman, Sharon Stein Merkin, Arun S. Karlamangla et al. · Social Science & Medicine · 2014 · 125 citations · Full text

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The Cynical Americans: Living and Working in an Age of Discontent and Disillusion.

Clark Molstad, Donald L. Kanter, Philip H. Mirvis · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1990 · 93 citations

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The Moral Basis of Moral Reform: Status Discontent vs. Culture and Socialization as Explanations of Anti-Pornography Social Movement Adherence

Michael Wood, Michael Hughes · American Sociological Review · 1984 · 93 citations

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Sociocultural inequalities and status anxiety: Redirecting the Spirit Level Theory

Jan Delhey, Christian Schneickert, Leonie C. Steckermeier · International Journal of Comparative Sociology · 2017 · 73 citations

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Authors

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  1. WD
    Walter Dill Scott

    University of Wyoming, United States

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  2. SA
    SangNam Ahn

    University of Memphis, United States

    1 publications · 36 citations

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  3. JB
    John Barron Mays

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  4. DL
    Donald L. Kanter

    Center for Southeast Asian Studies, France

    1 publications · 93 citations

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  5. AL
    A. Lewis Rhodes

    University of Michigan, United States

    1 publications · 28 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    144 citations

  2. San Diego State University

    San Diego, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    42 citations

  3. University of Memphis

    Memphis, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    36 citations

  4. University of Georgia

    Athens, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    108 citations

  5. Southern Methodist University

    Dallas, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  6. Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office

    San Antonio, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    36 citations

  7. Emory University

    Atlanta, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    36 citations

  8. Universität Hamburg

    Hamburg, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    66 citations

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Venues

  1. Social Science & Medicine

    2 publications · 141 citations

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  2. American Sociological Review

    ASR · 2 publications · 114 citations

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  3. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews

    1 publications · 93 citations

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  5. Educational Review

    1 publications · 10 citations

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