“Why me?”: Low-Income Women’s Poverty Attributions, Mental Health, and Social Class Perceptions

Mickelson, Kristin D.; Hazlett, Emily

doi:10.1007/s11199-014-0414-4

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“…With respect to outward‐directed violence, individuals may be more likely to externalize blame if their actions are seen as culturally appropriate and necessary, which is consistent with the discounting principle (Jones & Davis, ; Kelley, ). In addition, socioeconomic disadvantage may have a direct effect on attributional style, as individuals in lower socioeconomic classes may be more likely to assign blame externally (e.g., to poverty) for their circumstances (Beauvois & Dubois, ; Beauvois & Le Poultier, ; Cozzarelli et al., ; Kluegel & Smith, ; Mickelson & Hazlett, ). As a result, residents of disadvantaged areas may be more likely to externalize blame, thereby increasing the risk of aggression, retribution, and lethal force (outward‐directed violence).…”

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“…Conversely, in environments where violence is strongly condemned, individuals engaging in violence are likely to be perceived as—and to perceive themselves as—“bad apples,” which is an internal attribution. For example, findings from research on attributions of poverty have demonstrated that individuals residing in middle‐ and upper‐class areas are more likely than individuals residing in lower‐class areas to attribute blame for poverty to internal causes, whereas those living in lower‐class areas are more likely to emphasize the role of structural conditions (Beauvois & Dubois, ; Beauvois & Le Poultier, ; Bullock, ; Cozzarelli, Wilkinson, & Tagler, ; Kluegel & Smith, ; Mickelson & Hazlett, ). Accordingly, we expect individuals who commit homicide in less disadvantaged areas (where violence is atypical) to internalize blame, thereby increasing the odds of subsequent suicide.…”

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Putting homicide followed by suicide in context: Do macro‐environmental characteristics impact the odds of committing suicide after homicide?*

Fridel

Zimmerman

2018

Criminology

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Homicide followed by suicide remains an understudied phenomenon in the criminological literature. This is due, in part, to methodological and statistical limitations—much of the extant research includes small samples and has not kept pace with quantitative advances. Moreover, scholarship on homicide–suicide has been focused almost exclusively on individual risk factors, discounting contextual influences. In this study, we examine whether macro‐environmental characteristics affect the odds of suicide after a homicide. We use data on 24,373 homicide and homicide–suicide cases distributed across 3,019 cities and 48 U.S. states from the National Violent Death Reporting System to examine the direct effects of structural factors on the odds of suicide after a homicide; and whether structural characteristics condition the impact of the victim–offender relationship on the odds of homicide–suicide. Hierarchical logistic regression models indicate that macro‐level concentrated disadvantage decreases the odds of homicide–suicide. Furthermore, concentrated disadvantage attenuates the odds of suicide after the homicide of an intimate partner, child, family member, or friend, relative to the killing of a stranger. The findings reveal that researchers should account for the context in which homicide–suicide occurs; failure to do so may unintentionally discount a key correlate of homicide–suicide and artificially inflate the effects of the micro‐environment.

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confidence: 99%

Section: The Current Study: Examining the Impact Of Concentrated Disamentioning

confidence: 99%

Putting homicide followed by suicide in context: Do macro‐environmental characteristics impact the odds of committing suicide after homicide?*

Fridel

Zimmerman

2018

Criminology

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“…These interviews conveyed how their attributions about their own poverty influenced their depression and anxiety levels as well as whether they perceived their social class to improve. While respondents believed their social class to be lower than that during their childhood, they felt they would achieve a higher social class (5-point increase out of 13) in the next 5 to 10 years (Mickelson and Hazlett 2014). Although many did not conceptualize pathways to success, they perceived the future to be better.…”

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A Silver Lining: The Role of Optimism in Overcoming Poverty in Early Life

Brimmer¹

2018

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Who is able to overcome adversity and experience upward mobility? Using cumulative inequality theory, which posits that the disadvantage or advantage associated with one’s social location impacts life trajectory and perceptions of such, I propose that level of optimistic outlook in individuals from low-income backgrounds increases their chances of financial success in adulthood. Analyzing data from the 2016 General Social Survey, a nationally representative survey administered to randomly sampled adults in the U.S., I examine a subset of 1,269 individuals from backgrounds of far below average or below average family income levels. In doing so, I determine how optimistic attitudes, regarding matters such as personal agency and success, influence whether the individual may obtain a higher degree of financial success in adulthood compared to those of their families. Findings indicate that higher levels of optimism are associated with greater family income levels, with level of education and marital status as the biggest predictors of adult financial standing. With higher educational attainment, optimistic outlook increases, perhaps due to an increase in career opportunities and pathways to success. These findings show how influential education may be on intergenerational income mobility, however, they also provide insight on how disadvantage, including being a person of color; being divorced, separated or a single-parent; as well as how many children one has, may create limitations on educational attainment and effects on outlook. Such findings call attention to the need for greater financial and educational assistance programs, due to their impact on outlook and subsequent life course.

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“…Desde estos aportes iniciales, la investigación en atribuciones representa un ámbito relevante y diverso en psicología social, siendo investigado en relación a variables como edad, género, etnicidad, raza, educación e ingresos (Hunt, 2004;Lepianka, Gelissen & van Oorschot, 2010;McWha & Carr, 2009;Mickelson & Hazlett, 2014;Reutter et al, 2006;Sigelman, 2013;Wollie, 2009;Yeboah & Kumi, 2012), experiencias personales de desventaja (Lepianka et al, 2010), ideología política (Bobbio, Canova & Manganelli, 2010;Robinson, 2009), creencias sobre movilidad social (Bullock & Waugh, 2005), creencias sobre desigualdades de ingresos y apoyo a políticas de bienestar (Bullock, Williams & Limbert, 2003), conciencia de la pobreza (Kallio & Niemelä, 2014), exposición a la pobreza (Reutter et al, 2006), valores psicosociales (Lepianka et al, 2010;Yeboah & Kumi, 2012), salud mental (Mickelson & Hazlett, 2014), emociones y comportamiento (Weiner, Osborne & Rudolph, 2010) y actitudes hacia la pobreza (Cozzarelli, Wilkinson & Tagler, 2001). Asimismo, es posible encontrar investigaciones que vinculan atribuciones con variables que van más allá de lo individual, tales como crecimiento económico, desempleo, regímenes de bienestar, gasto social (Kallio & Niemelä, 2014;Yeboah & Kumi, 2012) y niveles de desarrollo (da Costa & Dias, 2014).…”

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Dimensiones Comunes a las Atribuciones de Pobreza y Riqueza

Castillo

Rivera-Gutiérrez

2018

Psykhe (Santiago)

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La teoría de la atribución posee una larga tradición en el estudio de las explicaciones que las personas otorgan al origen de la pobreza. Sin embargo, la investigación sobre las causas percibidas de la riqueza han tenido hasta ahora un lugar secundario y no relacionado con las atribuciones de pobreza. Este artículo se centra en la relación de las atribuciones de riqueza y pobreza desde una perspectiva de medición de variables latentes, considerando dos tipos básicos de atribuciones: internas (conducta individual) y externas (determinantes socioestructurales). Se analizaron las respuestas a una escala de 10 indicadores de la encuesta Justicia Social y Participación Ciudadana, aplicada a una muestra probabilística estratificada por conglomerados en Chile el año 2013 (N = 1245). Basados en evidencia previa, se estimó un modelo factorial confirmatorio de atribuciones internas y externas, tanto para pobreza como riqueza (cuatro factores), en base al cual se estima un modelo de segundo orden de dos factores, uno de atribuciones internas y otro de atribuciones externas. Los resultados entregan por primera vez evidencia de atribuciones comunes para la riqueza y la pobreza. Palabras clave: atribuciones, de pobreza, atribuciones de riqueza, atribuciones internas, atribuciones externas, análisis factorial confirmatorio The theory of attributions has long been used to study people's explanations for the origin of poverty. Nevertheless, research on the perceived causes of wealth has thus far been sidelined and isolated from the study of poverty attributions. This article focuses on the relationship between poverty and wealth attributions from a latent variable measurement perspective. To examine this relationship, two basic attribution types were considered: internal (based on individual behavior) and external (based on socio-structural determinants). Answers to a 10indicator scale from the Social Justice and Citizenship Participation survey were analyzed. The instrument was administered to a stratified cluster probability sample in Chile in 2013 (N = 1245). Based on prior evidence, a confirmatory factor model of internal and external poverty and wealth attributions was estimated (four factors). Based on it, a second-order two-factor model was estimated, one of internal and another of external attributions. For the first time results yield evidence of common attributions for poverty and wealth.

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“Why me?”: Low-Income Women’s Poverty Attributions, Mental Health, and Social Class Perceptions

Cited by 24 publications

References 55 publications

Putting homicide followed by suicide in context: Do macro‐environmental characteristics impact the odds of committing suicide after homicide?*

Putting homicide followed by suicide in context: Do macro‐environmental characteristics impact the odds of committing suicide after homicide?*

A Silver Lining: The Role of Optimism in Overcoming Poverty in Early Life

Dimensiones Comunes a las Atribuciones de Pobreza y Riqueza

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