附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-312) and index.
Researching the causes of distress -- Measuring psychological well-being and distress -- Real-world causes of real-world misery -- Social patterns of distress -- Basic patterns -- New patterns -- Explaining the patterns -- Life change: an abandoned explanation -- Alienation -- Authoritarianism and inequity -- Conclusion -- Why some people are more distressed than others -- Appendix: Description of data sets and measures.