Socioeconomic status, resources, psychological experiences, and emotional responses: a test of the reserve capacity model.
The current study used ecological momentary assessment to test several tenets of the reserve capacity model (L.C. Gallo & K. A. Matthews, 2003). Women (N = 108) with varying socioeconomic status (SES) monitored positive and negative psychosocial experiences and emotions across 2 days. Measures of intrapsychic and social resources were aggregated to represent the reserve capacity available to manage stress. Lower SES was associated with less perceived control and positive affect and more social strain. Control and strain contributed to the association between SES and positive affect. Lower SES elicited greater positive but not negative emotional reactivity to psychosocial experiences. Women with low SES had fewer resources relative to those with higher SES, and resources contributed to the association between SES and daily experiences.
Gallo
Linda C
LC
SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University, 6363 Alvarado Court, Suite 103, San Diego, CA 92120, USA. lcgallo@sciences.sdsu.edu
Bogart
Laura M
LM
Vranceanu
Ana-Maria
AM
Matthews
Karen A
KA
D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D004777:Environment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology