Developing the “Causes of Poverty in Developing Countries Questionnaire (CPDCQ)” in a Spanish-Speaking Population

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (9) ◽  
pp. 1167-1172 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Juan Vázquez ◽  
Isabel Pascual ◽  
Sonia Panadero
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
University Students ◽  
Third World ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
World Poverty ◽  
Spanish Speaking Population ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Causes Of Poverty

From information supplied by 1,092 university students from countries with different levels of development, in this work we developed an up-to-date instrument to allow the causes of poverty in developing countries to be studied. Taking the Causes of Third World Poverty Questionnaire (CTWPQ; Harper, 2002), the most widely used instrument for this purpose as the starting point, and taking into account contributions made by other authors, The Causes of Poverty in Developing Countries Questionnaire (CPDCQ) was developed. It is an instrument of 20 items organized into 5 factors: “Blame causes within developing countries”, “Blame causes external to developing countries”, “Blame attributed to developing countries' populations”, “Blame attributed to developing countries' services”, and “Blame attributed to the poor distribution of land in developing countries”.

PERCEIVED CAUSES OF POVERTY IN DEVELOPING NATIONS: CAUSES OF THIRD WORLD POVERTY QUESTIONNAIRE IN SPANISH-SPEAKING SAMPLES

2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 571-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Panadero ◽  
José Juan Vázquez
Keyword(s):  
Third World ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Factorial Structure ◽  
Developing Nation ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
World Poverty ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Different Levels

The aim of this paper was to analyze the factorial structure of the Causes of Third World Poverty Questionnaire (CTWPQ; Harper, 2002) in Spanish-speaking samples from two countries at different levels of development: Spain (developed nation) and Nicaragua (developing nation). In the English-speaking samples, the instrument displayed a factorial structure composed of four factors: “Blame the poor,” “Blame Third World governments,” “Blame nature,” and “Blame exploitation” (Harper, Wagstaff, Newton, & Harrison, 1990). Bolitho, Carr, and Fletcher (2007) have since added a fifth factor: “Blame conflict”. In the Spanish-speaking samples, a factorial structure composed of five factors can be observed. The factors are very similar to those obtained from the English-speaking samples.

Do Cities ‘Modernize’ the Developing Countries? An Examination of the South Asian Experience

1974 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 266-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Qadeer
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Third World ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
Industrial City ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Third World ◽  
The City

The City is a civilizing influence. This is one of the enduring themes of western thought. The crowding, filth, and exploitation of the industrial city in nineteenth-century Europe could not dampen the enthusiasm of urbanists such as Weber, Ruskin, or Spengler; nor is there any dearth of eulogizers of today‘s sprawling megalopolis. This mode of thought has also found its way into the poor countries of the third world, where the overwhelming majority lives in isolated villages. The current message for them is to seek urbanization if they want to be prosperous. This is the essence of a now familiar proposition that cities are necessary for economic development.

LAY CAUSAL PERCEPTIONS OF THIRD WORLD POVERTY AND THE JUST WORLD THEORY'

1990 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Harper ◽  
Graham F. Wagstaff ◽  
J. Tim Newton ◽  
Kevin R. Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Third World ◽  
Just World ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Just World Belief ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Factor Analytic ◽  
World Poverty ◽  
World Theory

This study investigated the factor analytic properties of Rubin and Peplau's (1975) Just World Scale and a questionnaire of possible causes of Third World poverty. Three Just World factors emerged in contrast to Hyland and Dann's (1987) four factor solution. They were interpreted as ‘Pro Just World’, Anti Just World' and 'Cynical or Reserved Just World Belief. Four poverty factors emerged, interpreted as ‘Blame the Poor; ‘Blame Third World Governments’,‘Blame Nature’ and ‘Blame Exploitation’. The most important finding to emerge was that only the ‘Pro Just World’ factor and significantly correlated with blaming the poor. Blaming the poor was significantly correlated with blaming Third World governments.

Do We Owe the Global Poor Assistance or Rectification?

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathias Risse
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Order ◽  
Central Theme ◽  
Global Order ◽  
The Poor ◽  
World Poverty

A central theme throughout Thomas Pogge's pathbreaking World Poverty and Human Rights is that the global political and economic order harms people in developing countries, and that our duty toward the global poor is therefore not to assist them but to rectify injustice. But does the global order harm the poor? I argue elsewhere that there is a sense in which this is indeed so, at least if a certain empirical thesis is accepted. In this essay, however, I seek to show that the global order not only does not harm the poor but can plausibly be credited with the considerable improvements in human well-being that have been achieved over the last 200 years. Much of what Pogge says about our duties toward developing countries is therefore false.

The Churches and Third World Poverty

1989 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 453-464
Author(s):  
Mark R. Amstutz
Keyword(s):  
Third World ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Job Creation ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Absolute Poverty ◽  
Economic Expansion ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Poor ◽  
World Poverty ◽  
The Third World

How should churches respond to absolute poverty in the Third World? The author applauds the concern for the poor found in church documents on economic life, but questions the adequacy of the proposed public policies. The major limitation of the proposed policy prescriptions lies in the emphasis on redistribution and increased governmental action. What is needed in the Third World is a strategy of economic expansion based on job creation. Churches and Western governments can contribute to this mission by providing aid to those in need and by modeling values and patterns of life conducive to increased productivity.

scholarly journals Household Strategies for Survival: An Introduction

2000 ◽  
Vol 45 (S8) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurence Fontaine ◽  
Jürgen Schlumbohm
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
Third World ◽  
Early Modern Europe ◽  
Seasonal Fluctuations ◽  
Economic Cycles ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Natural Factors ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Ruling Elites

In early modern Europe, as in developing countries today, much of the population had to struggle to survive. Estimates for many parts of pre-industrial Europe, as for several countries in the so-called Third World, suggest that the majority of the inhabitants owned so little property that their livelihood was highly insecure. Basically, all those who lived by the work of their hands were at risk, and the reasons for their vulnerability were manifold. Economic cycles and seasonal fluctuations jeopardized the livelihood of the rural and urban masses. Warfare, taxation, and other decisions by the ruling elites sometimes had far-reaching direct and indirect repercussions on the lives of the poor. This is also true of natural factors, both catastrophes and the usual weather fluctuations, which were a major factor affecting harvest yields. Equal in importance were the risks and uncertainties inherent in life and family cycles: disease, old age, widowhood, or having many young children.

scholarly journals Spanish adaptation of the Ambivalent Classism Inventory (ACI)

2021 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Sainz ◽  
◽  
Roberto M. Lobato ◽  
Gloria Jiménez-Moya ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Spanish Speakers ◽  
English Speakers ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Divergent Validity ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Convergent And Divergent Validity ◽  
Spanish Speaking Population

Introduction: Hostile and benevolent classism influence the derogation of poor people and groups, with negative consequences. The present study aims to adapt and validate the Ambivalent Classism Inventory (ACI) to obtain an adequate tool for expanding research on this topic among the Spanish-speaking population. Method: Toward this end, the researchers back-translated the ACI version originally developed for English speakers. Exploratory and confirmatory analyses verify the ACI’s reliability and factor structure with a sample of Mexican participants. Results: The results demonstrated that the adapted scale’s psychometric properties are acceptable. Its original and factor structure are similar to those of the original scale:hostile classism (12 items), protective paternalism (4 items), and complementary class differentiation (4 items). Furthermore, the study tests the convergent and divergent validity of the scale´s sub-dimensions concerning other ideological and socioeconomic variables. Conclusion:The proposed ACI adaptation should contribute to understanding attitudes toward the poor as well as their consequences among Spanish speakers.

scholarly journals Measuring Strategies to Cope with Boredom in Spanish Speaking Population: A Study with Argentinean University Students

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Sánchez Rosas ◽  
Juan Bedis
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
Spanish Speaking Population ◽  
Estudiantes Universitarios

Se realizó un estudio para validar  las Escalas de Afrontamiento del Aburrimiento y analizar sus propiedades psicométricas en una muestra de estudiantes universitarios de Argentina  (BCS-AR).  La BCS-AR, adaptada al español, se aplicó a una muestra de estudiantes en la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba  y la Universidad Tecnológica Nacional  (N = 250).  La consistencia interna se estimó mediante el alfa de Cronbach  (?).  Se obtuvo evidencia de la estructura interna al evaluar  y  comparar  tres  modelos  de  medición  de  estrategias  de afrontamiento  del  aburrimiento.  Se aportó  evidencia  de validez criterio mediante correlaciones bivariadas con valor de la tarea, atención, aburrimiento y disfrute académico.  Las escalas  demostraron  valores  aceptables  de  consistencia  interna   (?  =  .69  hasta  ?  =  .92).  El  modelo  de  cuatro  factores relacionados demostró un ajuste aceptable  (?2/df = 1.65, CFI = .95, GFI = .91, RMSEA = 0.051). La evidencia  test criterio se correspondió parcialmente con los resultados esperados. Se discuten los resultados en el marco de la teoría control -valor de las emociones de logro y del afrontamiento del aburrimiento.

Special Considerations for Evaluation and Treatment of Spanish-Speaking Patients with Cleft Palate

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 41-49
Author(s):  
Ellen Moore
Keyword(s):  
Cleft Palate ◽  
The United States ◽  
Culturally Competent ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
Appropriate Treatment ◽  
Oral Pressure ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
History Of ◽  
Spanish Speaking Population

As the Spanish-speaking population in the United States continues to grow, there is increasing need for culturally competent and linguistically appropriate treatment across the field of speech-language pathology. This paper reviews information relevant to the evaluation and treatment of Spanish-speaking and Spanish-English bilingual children with a history of cleft palate. The phonetics and phonology of Spanish are reviewed and contrasted with English, with a focus on oral pressure consonants. Cultural factors and bilingualism are discussed briefly. Finally, practical strategies for evaluation and treatment are presented. Information is presented for monolingual and bilingual speech-language pathologists, both in the community and on cleft palate teams.

Health Informatics Education in the Third World

1989 ◽  
Vol 28 (04) ◽  
pp. 270-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Rienhoff
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Third World ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Collaboration Network ◽  
Educational Tools ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Third World

Abstract:The state of the art is summarized showing many efforts but only few results which can serve as demonstration examples for developing countries. Education in health informatics in developing countries is still mainly dealing with the type of health informatics known from the industrialized world. Educational tools or curricula geared to the matter of development are rarely to be found. Some WHO activities suggest that it is time for a collaboration network to derive tools and curricula within the next decade.

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