SOC363H1 Final: STUDY NOTES
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Mediating and moderating resources (cid:224) look at the relationship between stressors and mental health outcomes(cid:224) feelings of anxiousness, anger, depression etc. (cid:224) these are not people who have formal diagnosis (cid:224) the purpose of the soc of mental health is to try to understand variation among everyone: the stressors that you are exposed to are all contingent on where you land in the social hierarchy (cid:224) people who are undereducated/ poor are more likely to have greater distress (cid:224) exposed to higher levels of stress on the other hand if you have resources (which usual comes with an education) you can buffer stressors (cid:224) the more resources you have the less stressors you have = the less likely you have a mental health issue, sociologists are interested in what is your relationship in the social world and the outcomes in your mental health, test question prep:
