Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
12-2019
Abstract
Socioeconomic disparities in health are prevalent and growing in importance as a concern among academics, policymakers, and the general public. However, psychological resources that can narrow such disparities have not been well-examined. The current study examined the moderating role of dispositional gratitude in the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and inflammation risk as an index of health. Participants consisted of 1,054 midlife adults from the biomarker project of the Midlife in the United States. Infammation risk was measured by interleukin-6 biomarker and SES was operationalized by education attainment and income. We found that dispositional gratitude signifcantly moderated the relationships between SES and interleukin-6. Among individuals with low dispositional gratitude, higher SES was signifcantly associated with lower levels of interleukin-6. However, the association between SES and interleukin-6 was not signifcant among individuals with high dispositional gratitude. More importantly, the fndings remained robust after controlling for demographic characteristics, health status, health behaviours, and personality traits. Our fndings suggest that gratitude may serve as an important psychological resource in attenuating health-related risk from socioeconomic stressors.
Keywords
Human behaviour, quality of life
Discipline
Applied Behavior Analysis | Health Psychology | Work, Economy and Organizations
Research Areas
Psychology
Publication
Scientific Reports
Volume
9
Issue
1
First Page
1
Last Page
10
ISSN
2045-2322
Identifier
10.1038/s41598-018-37109-1
Publisher
Nature Research
Embargo Period
4-29-2021
Citation
HARTANTO, Andree, LEE, Sean T. H., & YONG, Jose C..(2019). Dispositional gratitude moderates the association between socioeconomic status and interleukin-6. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 1-10.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3302
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37109-1
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