Hopelessness, Demoralization and Suicidal Behaviour: the Backdrop to Welfare Reform in Australia

Butterworth, Peter; Fairweather, Kate A.; Anstey, Kaarin J.; Windsor, Tim D.

doi:10.1080/j.1440-1614.2006.01864.x

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“…The accumulation of a large amount of negative pressure, arising from poor socio-economic status (unemployment, low income) and the need to juggle different responsibilities in such circumstances, readily result in a psychological and mental overload. Lack of a confiding relationship, stress associated with becoming a single parent, a priory bad health, and the stigma associated with being a single parent can all be detrimental to good health (Benzeval 1998;Butterwoorth et al 2006).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Yet, the literature worldwide reports that, irrespective of why they are single, single mothers are at increased risk of having health problems themselves. These include psychological and mental health problems (Lipman et al 1997;Butterwoorth et al 2006), chronic illnesses (Burström et al 1999) and exposure to a range of behavioural risk factors (Sarfati & Scott 2001;Young et al 2004).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Incidence and prevention of early childhood caries in one- and two-parent families

Plutzer

Keirse

2010

Child: Care, Health and Development

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The intervention produced a greater reduction in the frequency of ECC in children from one-parent families than in those from two-parent families. This did not reduce their disadvantage, though, as they still had a four times higher risk than children from two-parent families. Mothers and children in one-parent families need substantially more attention and support than those in two-parent families to eliminate their disadvantage in suffering ECC.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Incidence and prevention of early childhood caries in one- and two-parent families

Plutzer

Keirse

2010

Child: Care, Health and Development

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“…However, as the research on the financial impacts of Welfare to Work have found, the financial costs and benefits of work only exacerbate rather than alleviate these concerns. These relationships between poverty, stress and mental wellbeing are most succinctly summarised in the research by Butterworth and colleagues (Butterworth 2003;Butterworth et al 2006;Kiely 2014). They use nationally representative data to show the significantly poorer mental health of benefit recipients; that this ill health was associated with the experience of financial hardship; and that these mental health disparities were worsened by a transition onto income support.…”

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The impact of welfare to work on parents and their children

Brady

Cook

2015

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When Welfare to Work activities for single parents were first introduced in the 2005 Commonwealth Budget, the primary claim was that these measures would increase individual wellbeing. A decade on, the veracity of this claim has yet to be comprehensively assessed. In this article, we systematically review the 41 Australian studies of income support recipients who were the primary carers of children, to examine the impacts of welfare-to-work on child and parent wellbeing. In line with the themes contained within these studies, we synthesized the findings related to three key areas of wellbeing: financial wellbeing; social connection and subjective wellbeing; and physical and psychological wellbeing. Academic research on the impact of Welfare to Work reforms on the wellbeing of single parents and their children presents an overwhelmingly negative picture whereby reforms have forced parents to participate in services that use 'work-first' and 'one size fits all', 'blanket' or 'rigid' approaches that do not help parents to meet their aspirations. Research also suggests that the reforms have decreased the financial wellbeing of single parents and their children, resulting in parents making the transition from welfare to work feeling less satisfied with their future security and standard of living, and higher poverty rates amongst the population of single parents with dependent children. However, there remain significant gaps in our understanding of how Welfare to Work affects parents and their children.

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“…Appropriate remoralization with this community, the authors argued, comes out of community empowerment from political and social action. Linked with these studies was a contribution from Australian mental health academics examining the effects of welfare reform, including welfare dependency, on demoralization (Butterworth et al 2006). Significant in the demoralization patterns that surfaced in this population were thoughts of suicide.…”

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Demoralization and remoralization: a review of these constructs in the healthcare literature

Connor

Walton

2011

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Demoralization and remoralization: a review of these constructs in the healthcare literature Development of the constructs of demoralization and remoralization began in the psychiatric literature in the 1970s when a psychiatrist in the USA observed a pattern of characteristics in people referred to him for depression, which he believed, was not depression. These characteristics included hopelessness, helplessness, isolation, low self-esteem and despair. Such characteristics are often termed existential distress. Distinguishing between depression and the existential distress of demoralization is still central in the literature. This is important as successful responses to each condition differ. Research into these constructs has broadened and contributions now come from many different countries and multiple health disciplines, including nursing. This study presents a review and exploration of these constructs in the healthcare literature in an attempt to bring them to the attention of greater numbers of nurses. Facilitating remoralization requires time and sensitivity to people's personal narratives. Difficulty in achieving such a response in the present efficiency climate of many health institutions can lead to moral distress.

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Hopelessness, Demoralization and Suicidal Behaviour: the Backdrop to Welfare Reform in Australia

Cited by 25 publications

References 30 publications

Incidence and prevention of early childhood caries in one- and two-parent families

Incidence and prevention of early childhood caries in one- and two-parent families

The impact of welfare to work on parents and their children

Demoralization and remoralization: a review of these constructs in the healthcare literature

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