Relative Deprivation and Risky Behaviors

Balsa, Ana I.; French, Mark; Regan, Tracy L.

doi:10.1353/jhr.2014.0011

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“…In addition to Balsa et al (2014), Cooper et al (1990) and Martin et al (2003) created similar studies looking at the relationship between stress and alcohol consumption, and find that those who are stressed, whether it is induced by work or other external influences, excess alcohol consumption is seen to be a coping mechanism. Cooper et al (1990: 260) explains that the "tension reduction theory proposes that alcohol reduces tension and…that people drink alcohol for its tension-reducing properties."…”

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“…Cooper et al (1990: 260) explains that the "tension reduction theory proposes that alcohol reduces tension and…that people drink alcohol for its tension-reducing properties." In Balsa's et al (2014) research, tension is directly related to work, but Martin et al (2003) argues that tension can be caused by anything, in his research more specifically related to discrimination, but a universal coping method is alcohol consumption. It can be assumed that a common coping practice for stressed individuals is alcohol consumption.…”

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“…It can be assumed that a common coping practice for stressed individuals is alcohol consumption. Balsa et al (2014), Cooper et al (1990) and Martin et al (2003).…”

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“…They say that this is because privileged people are not necessarily worried about consequences since they have an education and a high SES to fall back on. (Balsa et al 2014). …”

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High-Risk Behavior: Who's Engaging in It?

Licata¹

2017

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Why are people engaging in dangerous behaviors, putting themselves and society at risk, despite the detrimental consequences? I propose that with more years of education completed, an individual is less likely to participate in high-risk behaviors; and also, that those who lived in a two-parent household at age 16 are less likely to engage in these behaviors as well. In this research we analyze 345, unmarried respondents, from the 2004 General Social Survey, all whom have answered questions about their educational attainment, strength in religion, familial formation at age 16, employment status and age through an interview process. The data rejects both hypotheses: those with more years of education completed, and who are employed, are likely to visit a bar more often than those with fewer years completed, and there is not any statistically significant relationships to support that those who lived in a two-parent household at age 16 are less likely to participate in high-risk behavior. There is a strong relationship among the drug variables, implying that respondents who are using drugs are typically using more than one. This research shows significant relationships between these variables, but there is a need for future research.

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“…It can be assumed that a common coping practice for stressed individuals is alcohol consumption. Balsa et al (2014), Cooper et al (1990) and Martin et al (2003).…”

Section: High-risk Participators: Placing Blamementioning

confidence: 99%

“…They say that this is because privileged people are not necessarily worried about consequences since they have an education and a high SES to fall back on. (Balsa et al 2014). …”

Section: Impact Of Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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High-Risk Behavior: Who's Engaging in It?

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2017

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“…Factors that encourage the HRM to control the misuse of alcohol include the prevention of aggressive behavior at work (Barling, Dupre, & Kelloway, 2009), reducing abusive supervisory practices (Byrne et al, 2014) and insubordination (Spicer & Miller, 2016), the risk of suicide (Balsa, French, & Regan, 2014;Eliason & Storrie, 2009), the containment of prejudice and the social stigma attached to drinking (Gedro, Mercer, & Iodice, 2012), and the reduction of medium-and long-term health care costs (Deitz, Cook, & Hersch, 2005).…”

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Implicit Cognition for Alcohol in the Workplace: An Essay Review Article for Health Promotion and Human Resources Management

Viacava

2016

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Alcohol misuse is an occupational risk factor and, therefore, a regular theme in health-promotion programs in the workplace. However, Human Resources Management could expand the effectiveness of these programs, especially if implicit measures, such as attentional bias for alcohol cues were assessed. Attentional bias is an automatic behavior, which is the tendency to direct attention to emotionally relevant stimuli (e.g., pleasure, reward, danger). It was previously observed in alcohol-dependent (and non-dependent) adults and appointed as a risk marker to alcohol misuse. Thus, the aim of this paper is to theoretically address possible relationships between frequency of participation in alcohol-prevention programs in the workplace and attentional bias to alcohol cues related to drinking. We suggest that implicit measures of risk for alcohol misuse could be assessed by the organizations and that lower results could be found in employees with frequent participation in alcohol-prevention programs at work. This discussion can contribute to definitions about frequency schedules for preventive actions at work and can support the development of cognitive-oriented technologies to identify employees' implicit motivational states in relation to health goals.

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Understanding the moral cognition of aggression: Longitudinal serial effects of personal relative deprivation and hostility on within‐person changes in civic moral disengagement

Li,

Xia

2024

Aggressive Behavior

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Moral disengagement is an important aggressive and moral cognition. The mechanisms of changes in moral disengagement remain unclear, especially at the within‐person level. We attempted to clarify this by exploring the serial effects of personal relative deprivation and hostility on civic moral disengagement. We conducted a three‐wave longitudinal survey with 1058 undergraduates (63.61% women; mean age = 20.97). The results of the random intercept cross‐lagged panel model showed that personal relative deprivation at Wave 1 and hostility at Wave 2 formed a serial effect on the within‐person changes in civic moral disengagement at Wave 3, and the longitudinal indirect effect test showed that the within‐person dynamics in hostility at Wave 2 acted as a mediator. The results of multiple group analysis across genders further showed that the longitudinal indirect role of hostility at Wave 2 was only observed for men, but not for women, which indicates the moderating effect of gender. These findings facilitate an understanding of the mechanisms of aggressive cognitions at the within‐person level and offer implications for the prevention and intervention of aggression from the perspective of moral cognition.

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Relative Deprivation and Risky Behaviors

Cited by 24 publications

References 29 publications

High-Risk Behavior: Who's Engaging in It?

High-Risk Behavior: Who's Engaging in It?

Implicit Cognition for Alcohol in the Workplace: An Essay Review Article for Health Promotion and Human Resources Management

Understanding the moral cognition of aggression: Longitudinal serial effects of personal relative deprivation and hostility on within‐person changes in civic moral disengagement

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