Psychology Applied to Poverty

Carr, Stuart C.; Bandawe, Chiwoza

doi:10.1002/9781444395150.ch28

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“…Studies have indicated the roles of culture (Lewis 1966;Hansen 2008), inter-and intra-generational transmissions (Plewis and Bartley 2014), causal attributions (Bullock and Waugh 2005;Cozzarelli et al 2001), and personality traits (e.g. Hart et al 2008;Carr and Bandawe 2011) in social mobility processes, and also in poverty reduction efforts. That said, analyzing poverty at a group level contributes to the comprehension of interactional, contextual and hierarchical aspects of this wide-ranging social problem when seeking solutions.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Diener and Biswas-Diener 2002;Kaplan et al 2008;Mullainathan and Shafir 2013;Rojas 2008), on the personal attributes or traits in the perpetuation of poverty, such as the lack of an entrepreneurial personality (e.g. Carr and Bandawe 2011;Hart et al 2008), and on the causal attributions for poverty, such as fatalistic-individualistic or structural attributions (Bullock and Waugh 2005;Cozzarelli et al 2001; see also Furnham 2003).…”

Section: Previous Psychological Accounts Of Povertymentioning

confidence: 99%

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How the Poor Deal with Their Own Poverty: A Social Psychological Analysis from the Social Identity Perspective

2015

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The focus of psychological studies of poverty is usually on the psychological outcomes, causal attributions and the personality characteristics of the poor. Different from previous psychological accounts, the present study considered poverty as a group level phenomenon in the frame of Social Identity Theory, addressing the question of how poor people deal with the negative poor identity. In order to explore which of the three identity management strategies suggested by SIT (so-called individual mobility, social creativity and collective effort) would most likely be adopted by the poor to deal with the negative poor identity, a semi-structured interview study (N = 50) and a survey study (N = 170) were conducted of a sample of Turkish adults living below the poverty line, based on data from a 2011 Report of Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions (TURK-IS, 2011). The analysis of the interviews showed that when people see group boundaries as permeable and the social structure as unstable, they tend to move into higher status groups, even if they perceive the unequal social structure to be illegitimate. On the other hand, when the social structure is perceived as stable, they tend to use creative strategies. The analysis of the survey data mostly confirmed the proposed model, which suggests that a poor identity leads poor people to endorse one of the three identity management strategies through the perceptions of permeability between the poor and the wealthy, and through the perceptions of stability and illegitimacy of the status relations between the poor and the wealthy group.

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Section: Previous Psychological Accounts Of Povertymentioning

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How the Poor Deal with Their Own Poverty: A Social Psychological Analysis from the Social Identity Perspective

2015

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“…Stu Carr from Massey University has led the application of organizational psychology to poverty reduction Carr, & Bandawe, 2011), and this is a central element of both hu manitarian work psychology and of macropsychology, be cause poverty often sets the broader social context that di minishes people's opportunities to live a full life.…”

Section: Acro P Sy Ch O Lo G Y a N D H U M A N Ita Ria N W O R Kmentioning

confidence: 99%

Macropsychology, policy, and global health.

MacLachlan

2014

American Psychologist

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In this article I argue for the development of a macro perspective within psychology, akin to that found in macroeconomics. Macropsychology is the application of psychology to factors that influence the settings and conditions of our lives. As policy concerns the strategic allocation of resources—who gets what and why?—it should be an area of particular interest for macropsychology. I review ways in which psychology may make a contribution to policy within the field of global health. Global health emphasizes human rights, equity, social inclusion, and empowerment; psychology has much to contribute to these areas, both at the level of policy and practice. I review the sorts of evidence and other factors that influence policymakers, along with the content, process, and context of policymaking, with a particular focus on the rights of people with disabilities in the low- and middle-income countries of Africa and Asia. These insights are drawn from collaborations with a broad range of practitioners, governments, United Nations agencies, civil society organizations, the private sector and researchers. Humanitarian work psychology is highlighted as an example of a new area of psychology that embraces some of the concerns of macropsychology. The advent of "big data" presents psychology with an opportunity to ask new types of questions, and these should include "understanding up," or how psychological factors can contribute to human well-being, nationally and globally.

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“…Markets react to the ripples, often disproportionately, and especially in financial "crises." Managing Foreign Direct Investment is important for poverty reduction globally (Carr and Bandawe 2011). Stability, security, and quality of government are as much in the mind of the perceiver as they are supposedly objective "indicators" of governance.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In time, they can each affect opportunities (Hunt 2011). Historically, from health and education to clinical settings, Psychology has focused less on opportunities, and opportunity structures for poverty reduction, than it has on personality in such situations, itself (Baer et al 2012;Carr and Sloan 2003;Carr and Bandawe 2011). Such a focus on personality is not too surprising perhaps, for a discipline that studies the person, and persons.…”

Section: Roadmapmentioning

confidence: 99%