Social Causes of Psychological Distress

A provocative, critical attack on the reliance on clinical diagnostic tools as measurement instruments in field research on distress and "real-world misery," as Mirowsky and Ross described it. They took a scientific look at community patterns of well-being and distress, and proposed a social model for stress research as an alternative to a medical model. Maps the relationship of emotional states to external, social conditions positions.Mirowsky, John is the author of 'Social Causes of Psychological Distress' with ISBN 9780202303550 and ISBN 0202303551.