Relative deprivation (RD) is the judgment that one is worse off compared to some standard
accompanied by feelings of anger and resentment. Social scientists use RD to predict a …

The focus of this special issue is relative deprivation (RD): the judgment that one or one's
group is worse off compared to some standard accompanied by feelings of anger and …

The relative deprivation construct has been widely used in the social sciences to explain
phenomena from experiencing psychosomatic stress to participating in urban riots. It is …

This chapter reviews the preliminary results from a meta-analytic integration of relative
deprivation (RD) research that includes measurements of both group and personal RD. The …

Reviews a new model of relative deprivation (RD)—the referent cognitions theory—that
reconceptualizes the antecedents of RD and presents a typology of responses to RD …

This chapter attempts to integrate basic themes that emerge from the book's diverse
analyses of the concept of relative deprivation. Eight focal issues are considered:(1) …

This paper first offers a tribute to Samuel Stouffer (1900–1960), a major contributor to social
psychology. He helped to establish probability surveys as a useful method for social …

In previous theory and research dealing with relative deprivation (RD), the role of relative
gratification (RG), the opposite of RD, was relatively overlooked. Two experiments (N= 245) …

Relative deprivation (RD) theory states that the perception of the relative positions of one's
group and an out‐group in terms of status and privilege is psychologically important. RD …

Relative deprivation and equity theory are the two major social psychological approaches to
the study of felt distributive injustice. Both theories postulate its antecedent conditions …