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http://dx.doi.org/10.5392/JKCA.2021.21.01.173

The Effects of Perceived Social Fairness and the Possibility of Upward Social Mobility on Emotional Depression  

Roh, Minjung (부경대학교 경영대학 경영학부)
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The Journal of the Korea Contents Association / v.21, no.1, 2021 , pp. 173-184 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper aims to examine the effects of perceived social fairness and upward social mobility on the individual emotional depression. Specifically, this study investigates the conditions under which the effects are more or less pronounced for the sake of shedding more light on the relationship between social-cognitive and psychological factors. The key proposition of this study is that as one holds more favorable beliefs about the fairness of the society to which (s)he belong, (s)he would have more optimistic expectations for the possibility of his or her own upward social mobility. Moreover, the decrease of this expectation could exacerbate his or her emotional depression with the expectation that (s)he might not get what (s)he deserves despite his or her time and effort put into achieving such goals. This study also adds further boundary conditions to these effects, such that the decrease of emotional depression is more pronounced when (1)social capital and (2)economic resources are scarce (versus abundant). To test these predictions, this study used the survey data on a total of 8000 people collected by Gallup Korea at the request of the Korea Institute of Public Administration. The analyses provided support for the proposed model of the present study. These results should contribute to laying the theoretical foundation for the establishment of policies and research models on the enhancement of fairness and prevention of depression in the future.
Keywords
Social Fairness; Upward Social Mobility; Emotional Depression; Social Capital; Economic Resources;
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