It has been thirty years since the publication of Leonard Pearlin’s (1989) “The Sociological Study of Stress.” This classic work left an indelible mark, shaping the way the field thinks about stressors, their emotional consequences, and the factors that influence the nature of the links between stressors and outcomes. In this essay, I dialogue with that paper—not with a comprehensive summary of the field but rather with a sharper focus on a few core themes that have inspired the direction and current parameters of my scholarship.Pearlin’s theorizing and empirical work on social roles provides a foundation for the sociological study of stress and mental health. I describe the ways his ideas about role strains have influenced my thinking and development around themes like the Stress of Higher Status model, and I propose new directions for research on topics like distributive justice. Pearlin’s ideas hold a special place in the history of social stress research—and the many intellectual puzzles that he proposed remain and provide fertile terrain for advancing knowledge. A greater integration and synthesis of theory and evidence in the sociology of mental health, sociology of emotion, social psychology, stratification and work, occupations, and organizations will help guide such innovations.

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普通生活和压力的社会学特征：工作，家庭和地位如何导致情绪不平等

自伦纳德·珀尔金（Leonard Pearlin）（1989）发表“压力的社会学研究”以来已有30年了。这项经典著作留下了不可磨灭的烙印，塑造了人们对压力源，其情绪后果以及影响压力源与结果之间联系性质的因素的思考方式。在本文中，我与该论文进行了对话-并未对该领域进行全面的总结，而是更侧重于一些启发了我的学术研究方向和现状的核心主题。Pearlin关于社会角色的理论和实证研究提供了压力和心理健康的社会学研究基础。我描述了他关于角色紧张的想法如何影响了我的思想和发展，围绕诸如“更高地位的压力”模型，我为分配正义等主题提出了新的研究方向。珀尔金的思想在社会压力研究的历史上占有特殊的地位，他提出的许多智力难题仍然存在，并为推进知识发展提供了沃土。心理健康社会学，情感社会学，社会心理学，分层与工作，职业和组织在理论和证据方面的理论和证据的更大整合和综合将有助于指导此类创新。