Abstract: The study on relative deprivation has an important theoretical and practical significance for building a harmonious society. Firstly,this paper reviews the social individual single dimensional deprivation model(SISDM),the social individual multi-dimensional deprivation model(SIMDM) and the social group single dimensional deprivation model (SGSDM),which are the three main models in the field of social deprivation. And then,on the basis of SIMDM and SGSDM,this paper establishes the social group multidimensio nal dep rivation model(SGMDM)which considers horizontal deprivation and vertical deprivation comprehensively. Finally,empirical results indicate that the new model can roundly and objectively reflect the actual situation of social groups and provide objective deision basis for building harmonious society.

Key words: horizontal deprivation, vertical deprivation, social group deprivation model