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HOMMERICH CAROLA

  (HOMMERICH CAROLA)

Profile Information

Affiliation
Professor, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Sociology, Sophia University
Degree
Dr. rer. pol (Sociology)(University of Cologne)
Magistra Artium (Sociology, English Literature, Japanese Studies)(University of Cologne)

Researcher number
60770302
J-GLOBAL ID
201501009203770239
researchmap Member ID
B000249252

Papers

 21
  • Christina Sagioglou, Carola Hommerich
    Applied Research in Quality of Life, Mar, 2024  Peer-reviewed
    Abstract People who are socioeconomically better off tend to report higher levels of well-being, with inconsistent roles ascribed to objective socioeconomic status (SES), subjective SES (SSES), and personal relative deprivation (PRD)—depending on the predictors, facets of well-being, and countries under study. We tested a comprehensive model of social status indicators as determinants of subjective well-being by a) including PRD, SSES, income, and education as predictors, b) assessing subjective well-being as well as interdependent happiness (happiness in relation to significant others), c) testing the model in Japan, Germany, and the US—countries with comparable societal structure (e.g., educated, industrialized, rich, democratic) but diverging cultural dimensions, and d) testing an explanatory variable: feeling excluded from society. Cross-culturally (N = 2,155), PRD and SSES independently and strongly predicted well-being, while income and education exhibited negligible direct effects. SSES emerged as the predominant predictor in Japan compared to the US and Germany, whereas PRD was the predominant predictor in the US compared to Germany and, to a lesser extent, Japan. This was largely accounted for by culture-specific links of social status with perceived social exclusion—the extent to which people feel unable to keep up with society as a whole. Perceived social exclusion was more strongly linked to SSES in Japan compared to Germany and the US, and more strongly linked to PRD in the US than in Germany. The role of perceived social exclusion as an explanatory variable in the relationship between social status and subjective well-being merits further investigation within and between countries.
  • Carola Hommerich, Susumu Ohnuma, Kazushige Sato, Shogo Mizutori
    Japanese Psychological Research, Mar 11, 2022  Peer-reviewedLead author
  • Hiroshi Kanbayashi, Carola Hommerich, Naoki Sudo
    理論と方法 (Sociological Theory and Methods), 36(2) 260-278, Mar, 2022  Invited
  • Naoki Sudo, Carola Hommerich, Toru Kikkawa
    Social Change in Japan, 1989-2019: Social Status, Social Consciousness, Attitudes and Values, 169-173, Oct 16, 2020  
  • Carola Hommerich, Naoki Sudo, Toru Kikkawa
    Social Change in Japan, 1989-2019: Social Status, Social Consciousness, Attitudes and Values, 3-15, Oct 16, 2020  

Misc.

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  • Carola Hommerich, Naoki Sudo, Toru Kikkawa
    Social Change in Japan, 1989-2019: Social Status, Social Consciousness, Attitudes and Values, 1-175, Oct 16, 2020  
    Based on extensive survey data, this book examines how the population of Japan has experienced and processed three decades of rapid social change from the highly egalitarian high growth economy of the 1980s to the economically stagnating and demographically shrinking gap society of the 2010s. It discusses social attitudes and values towards, for example, work, gender roles, family, welfare and politics, highlighting certain subgroups which have been particularly affected by societal changes. It explores social consciousness and concludes that although many Japanese people identify as middle class, their reasons for doing so have changed over time, with the result that the optimistic view prevailing in the 1980s, confident of upward mobility, has been replaced by people having a much more realistic view of their social status.

Books and Other Publications

 16

Presentations

 43

Research Projects

 10