Social status
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relative social rank in a hierarchy of prestige; social rank order established by certain behavioral patterns.
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- Evidence from Investing in the Health of Canadians: Social status is also linked to health.
- (social status is the "standing", EHandler: no quick summary.
- So, his social status is in limbo at this point.
- Experiments have also shown that raising of social status is associated with increased serotonin in the brain, which has equally beneficial physical and psychological effects.
- In command hierarchies, social status is primarily determined by access to coercive power.
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