scholarly journals The relationship of adult and childhood poverty with the individual psychological characteristics

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 118-136
Author(s):  
M.V. Efremova ◽  
O.V. Poluektova
Keyword(s):  
Low Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Individual Values ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Retrospective Assessment ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

In this paper examines the effects of low socioeconomic status in adulthood and in childhood on psychological characteristics, such as individual values, self-efficacy, self-esteem, psychological well-being and trust. The sample included people with low socio-economic status (namely poors) (N=162) and non-poor (N=188). Measurement of children’s socio-economic status was carried out by retrospective assessment. The results showed that values and self-esteem differ depending on the adult SES. The results revealed the significant effect of adult and childhood SES for trust and life satisfaction. The analysis revealed that adult status had a significant impact on trust only in the groups of those who did not experience poverty in childhood, i.e. the group with average levels of wealth in childhood, and the wealthy group. In conclusion, our study revealed the impact of childhood and adult SES on various individual psychological characteristics.

scholarly journals Socio-Economic Status and Well-being among Early Adolescents

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sundaram Divya ◽  
Raj Paul
Keyword(s):  
Economic Status ◽  
Early Adolescents ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
Societal Level ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

McAllister (2005) defined Well-being as “The absence of illness or pathology with subjective and objective dimensions” and states that Well-being can be measured at individual or societal level, accounting for the elements of life satisfaction that cannot be influenced by economic growth. Socio-Economic Status (SES) is defined as the hierarchy of social positions which describes a person’s social standing or class (Graetz, 1995) and gender refers to the array of socially constructed roles and relationships, personality traits, attitudes and behaviours that the society ascribes (Moser, 2003). The impact of Socio-Economic Status on Well-being studies the perception of the individual towards his/her Well-being in terms of their stand in the socio-economic strata of the society. There are no significant studies in this area of research correlating Socio-Economic Status, gender and Well-being of early adolescents and hence the study would be of importance. This research focuses on the measurement of the impact of Socio-Economic Status and gender on the Well-being of early adolescents, aged between 14-16 years. A purposive sample consisting of 200 adolescents (n=200), 100 boys and 100 girls from government and private schools in South India would be selected for the study. The Socio-Economic Status Scale (SESS) and the Personal Well-being Index- School Children (PWI-SC) will be used to measure Socio-Economic Status and Well-being respectively. The obtained data would be analysed using mean, t-test, and one-way ANOVA. The Socio-Economic Status is expected to affect the Well-being of children in terms of their personal as well as environmental conditions. The perception of Well-being is expected to be higher among girls than boys. The study will provide an insight of how the Socio-Economic Status of the family and gender will affect the perceived Well-being of the early adolescent. The study will serve as adequate data in understanding factors affecting Well-being and in devising ways of improving the basic needs of adolescents. It can help in the formulation of policies towards adolescents, in designing their educational curriculum, etc. It can also help in the designing of intervention for ‘at-risk’ adolescents.

Lake Baikal and Psychological Resources to Encourage Environmental Patriotism

2020 ◽  
pp. 196-214
Author(s):  
A.D. Karnyshev ◽  
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E.A. Ivanova ◽  
O.A. Karnysheva ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Psychological Resources ◽  
Social Significance ◽  
Appropriate Behavior ◽  
Clear Vision ◽  
Foreign Media ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

The American scientist R. Tyler formulated the concept of “libertarian paternalism”, which outlined a strategy aimed at ensuring that a person makes optimal choices dictated by reasons, not feelings. These ideas formed the basis of the “nudge theory”. In this article, we make an attempt to consider the possibility of using the concept of pushing with reference to the urgent problems of today - the development of environmental patriotism in people. The concept of "environmental patriotism" reflects not only an active life position on the protection and restoration of nature, but also active participation in specific activities to strengthen environmental well-being. Ecological patriotism today is a real factor aimed at neutralizing the environmental challenges and threats of our time. The nudge theory with the development of environmental patriotism can be demonstrated by the example of the inclusion of a person’s individual resources, which in turn explains what exactly “shifts” in the process of pushing and makes a person make his choice: – Natural resources of a person: understanding the impact of the ecological situation on personal health, a clear vision of the essence of the influence of specific natural factors on the well-being, lifestyle and life expectancy of an individual, when any harm caused to nature is returned by a boomerang to different systems of the human body (the famous Russian saying is «more expensive for yourself» discloses this aspect well). For today researches conducted by the authors of the article show that so many people are united by the idea that their health is directly related to the ecology of the region in which they live. Through “encourage” we must try to do everything possible so that installations of this kind become a constant possession of environmental consciousness and the environmentally friendly behavior of people; – Personality orientation: awareness of the solidarity of their environmental positions and actions, their thoughts with the opinions and attitudes of other people and hence their social significance; – Skills and competencies: presentation of the possibilities of using one’s potentials to protect the environment, ensure its prosperity, to develop its talents that are somehow related to the natural world, for the prosperity of the environment; – Self-esteem and social status: the desire for high self-esteem, which necessarily includes elements of awareness of the role of “me” in the transformation of the world, in achieving harmonious unity with nature; – Communicative resources of the individual: a desire to interact with other people about the vital values that environmental activity is filled with because of its social and personal benefits (the popularity of various options for the “green” campaign in the West eloquently illustrates this). Today shows that it is not necessary to rely only on the consciousness and responsibility of citizens in the formation of a reasonable attitude to nature. The above positions and attitudes become that internal foundation on which a careful attitude of man to nature can be nurtured. In our opinion, the image of the planet’s environmental defender, the Swedish schoolgirl G. Thunberg, is often used today by foreign media and politicians precisely in con-nection with his (image) ability to encourage even poorly informed young people to appropriate behavior. The demonstrations and demonstrations held in defense of G. Thunberg's positions in many European countries have convincingly confirmed this.

scholarly journals Consequences of Lockdown During COVID-19 Pandemic in Lifestyle and Emotional State of Children in Argentina

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Victoria Fasano ◽  
Marcela Padula ◽  
María Ángeles Azrak ◽  
Ana Julia Avico ◽  
Marisa Sala ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Demographic Information ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Parental Characteristics ◽  
Important Concern ◽  
Children And Parents ◽  
The Impact

The implications of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown measurements and social isolation in children and their parents are still unknown. The aims of this study were to examine the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on emotional state, feelings and lifestyle of children and their parents, to explore the association between parental characteristics and child well-being and to examine whether the impact of lockdown depends on socio-economic status. Parents completed an online survey including data about socio-demographic information, parent and child feelings and lifestyle during lockdown. Logistic regression and correlation analysis were used to establish associations between variables. In total, 814 parents with children between 4 and 11 were included in the study. According to parents, 69.5% of the children showed changes in their emotional state, 55.3% altered their routine and 62.6% showed sleep disorders. Families with lower socio-economic status were more worried about health, shortage of food and household income (p < 0.01). Parent and children concern about food/essential items were highly associated [OR (CI 95%) 13.0 (6.81, 26.5), p < 0.01]. Adverse children's emotional state was associated with parental feeling of loneliness (r = 0.35) and inversely associated with keeping a routine (r = −0.11). Sleep changes were inversely associated with keeping a routine and having a balcony/garden (r = −0.53 and −0.16). We conclude that lockdown affected emotional state and lifestyle of children and parents, which were strongly related. Routine and positive parental attitude supported children's well-being. Economic issues were an important concern in families with lower socio-economic status. Our findings can help to promote child health during lockdown.

PSYCHO-EMOTIONAL HEALTH OF THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE CONTEXT OF SOME PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PERSONALITY OF THE MODERN STUDENT

2021 ◽  
pp. 83-89
Author(s):  
Kichuk A.V.
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Main Stage ◽  
Meaningful Life ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

Under the realities of today, the impact on the personality of the whole spectrum of emotional factors significantly increases. We are talking about the negative impact of the environmental crisis, the conflict of mediums, the consequences of the military conflict and the pandemic. The psycho-emotional sphere of a person's existence, which is at the age stage of early adulthood, turned out to be the most invulnerable. This requires the deepening of scientific ideas about the content of the concept of “psycho-emotional health”, its structural and component composition in relation to the individual in the age period of early adulthood. The purpose of the article is to highlight the nature of the links between psycho-emotional health and some specific personality traits of the student. Methods – analysis, synthesis, generalization of scientific sources; correlation analysis of the nature of the connections of the components of psycho-emotional health with the psychological characteristics of the personality of students.The results of the analytical work were based on the scientific fund on the problem, the correlation analysis made it possible to state a long list of personality traits that correlate with certain components of psycho-emotional health of the student's personality (axiological, cognitive-affective, conative-instrumental, social). Conclusions. Empirically, significant correlations have been established between the studied integrative personality trait and the emotional stability of the individual in the age period of early adulthood, vitality and meaningful life orientations. In particular, in terms of the axiological indicator of psycho-emotional health, a correlation was established at the 1% level of significance with sociability, strength of “I” and “Super-I”, carefreeness, dreaminess, extraversion, and at the 5% level with courage. Regarding the plane of conative-affective indicator of psycho-emotional health of the student's personality, various correlations have been established, namely, in addition to the described ones, there is also a correlation with high self-esteem and high intelligence, as well as dominance and ability to control one's desires. The established helps to determine the foundations of psycho-emotional health of student youth at the main stage of their personal and professional development.Key words: vitality, emotional orientation, meaningful life orientations of the personality, actual mental state, psychological well-being. За реалій сьогодення значно посилюється вплив на особистість усього спектру емоціогенних факторів. Йдеться про негативний вплив екологічної кризи, наслідків воєнного конфлікту і пандемії. Чи не найвразливішою виявилась саме психоемоційна сфера буття особистості, котра перебуває на віковому етапі раннього дорослішання. Означене вимагає поглиблення наукових уявлень про змістове напов-нення поняття «психоемоційне здоров’я» його структурно-компонентний склад дотичний особистості у віковий період раннього дорослішання. Мета статті – висвітлити характер зав’язків психоемоційного здоров’я з деякими специфічними рисами особистості студента. Методи – аналіз, синтез, узагальнення наукових джерел; кореляційний аналіз характеру зв’язків компонентів психоемоційного здоров’я з психологічними характеристиками особистості студента. Результати проведеної аналітичної роботи базувалась на науковому фонді з порушеної проблеми, здійсненому кореляційному аналізі; видалось за можливе констатувати про розлогий перелік особистісних рис, що корелюють з визначеними компонентами психоемоційного здоров’я особистості студента (аксіологічний, когнітивно-афективний, конативно-інструментальний, соціально-визначальний). Висновки. Емпіричним шляхом установлені значущі кореляційні зв’язки досліджуваної інтегратив-ної особистісної властивості із емоційною стійкістю особистості у віковий період раннього дорослішання, життєстійкістю та смисложиттєвими орієнтаціями. Зокрема, в аспекті аксіологічного показника психоемоційного здоров’я встановлено кореляційний зв’язок на 1% рівня значущості з товариськістю, силою «Я» та «Над-Я», безтурботністю, мрійливістю, екстраверсією, а на 5% рівні – зі сміливістю. Щодо площини конативно-афективного показника психоемоційного здоров’я особистості студента, то встановлено більш різноманітні кореляційні зв’язки, а саме, окрім описаних, йдеться ще й про кореляцію з високою самооцінкою і високим інтелектом, а також домінантністю і вмінням контролювати власні бажання. Встановлене сприяє визначенню основ психоемоційного здоров’я студентської молоді на основному етапі її особистісно-професійного становлення.Ключові слова: життєстійкість, емоційна спрямованість, смисложиттєві орієнтації особистості, актуальний психічний стан, психологічне благополуччя

scholarly journals TV adverts, materialism, and children’s self-esteem: The role of socio-economic status

2020 ◽  
pp. 147078532097046
Author(s):  
Agnes Nairn ◽  
Suzanna J Opree
Keyword(s):  
Detrimental Effect ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Poor Mental Health ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Tv Advertising ◽  
Advertising Exposure ◽  
Mental Well Being

Levels of debt and poor mental health are at an all-time high among UK families, while the gap between rich and poor has also widened. Exposure and susceptibility to advertising, belief that purchased products will lead to happiness (materialism), and poor mental well-being have been shown to be linked in previous research, but the role of children’s socio-economic status has seldom been taken into account. A greater understanding of the effects of this dynamic among those without the ready money to purchase highly advertised and desired products is important, particularly given the connections with children’s low self-esteem. This study aimed to (1) quantify differences in TV advertising exposure, materialism, and self-esteem between deprived and affluent children, (2) measure differences in susceptibility to the effect of TV advertising exposure on materialism between deprived and affluent children, and (3) measure differences in susceptibility to the effect of materialism on self-esteem between deprived and affluent children. It was found that children from deprived backgrounds were more materialistic than children from affluent homes, and that this was the result of both higher exposure to advertising and higher belief in the credibility of advertising. At the same time, we found that children from affluent backgrounds were more susceptible to advertising’s reinforcing effect on materialism, whereas children from deprived background were more susceptible to materialism’s detrimental effect on self-esteem. Two different dynamics appear to be at play in the two groups. This adds a new dimension to our understanding of the role of advertising in a society with high levels of inequality.

scholarly journals Social Anxiety Viewed From Self-Esteem In Adolescents Low Socio-Economic Status

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Deby Pratiwi
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Low Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
Low Socioeconomic ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Tests For Normality

This study aims to determine the relationship between self esteem with social anxiety. The subjects of this study were 115 adolescents in low socioeconomic status of Lingkungan VIII Belawan I, kecamatan Medan-Belawan. Datas were obtained from scales used to measure self esteem and social anxiety. Calculations were performed by testing the analysis requirements (assumption) that consisted of tests for normality and linearity. The data were analyzed using Product Moment Correlation with SPSS 17 for Windows. The results of the data analysis showed that the correlation coefficient was - 0.595 with a significance value of 0.000 (p <0.05). It showed that there is a negative relationship between self esteem and social anxiety. The results of this study indicate that the contributions made by the variable of self esteem on social anxiety was 35.5 percent, while the remaining 64.5 percent was influenced by other factors that were not examined. From these results, it is concluded that the hypothesis, which stated that there is a negative relationship between the self esteem and social anxiety, is acceptable.

scholarly journals Subjective Well-Being Analysis of Minang Adolescents Based on Parents' Socio-Economic Status and Gender

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-160
Author(s):  
Indah Rizki Ramadani ◽  
Herman Nirwana
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Low Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Low Socioeconomic ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Kolmogorov Smirnov ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive

One of the factors that influence subjective well-being (SWB) is socioeconomic status and gender. This study aims to analyze the differences in SWB of Minang adolescents based on socioeconomic status and gender. The research method used quantitative descriptive comparative with a sample of 182 Minang teenagers (9 people with high socioeconomic status, 76 moderate, and 97 people with low socioeconomic status, or 48 men and 134 women). The instruments used are the Socio-Economic Status List and the SWB Filling List. The data were analyzed using the Kolmogorov Smirnov test and the T test. The results showed that there was no difference in the SWB of Minang adolescents based on the socioeconomic status of their parents and by gender.

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