Nonsuicidal self‐injury in men: a serious problem that has been overlooked for too long

Abstract

conventional measures of SES, suggests that some aspects of social changes which are strongly associated with mental health have not been fully captured by those conventional measures. Some scholars have argued that income inequality and social polarization can heighten an individual’s sense of relative deprivation, resulting in frustration, anger and resentment. Our data suggest that how much one believes he/she has compared to others is more relevant than how much one actually has in understanding mental health problems in contemporary Korea. These findings may offer some lessons for the countries experiencing similar economic and social changes. Further research is needed to better understand how subjective social status is formed and what mechanisms underlie the strong link between subjective social status and mental health problems. Jihyung Hong, Jong-Hyun Yi Department of Healthcare Management, College of Social Science, Gachon University, Seongnam, South Korea; Department of Business Administration, College of Business and Economics, Gachon University, Seongnam, South Korea