Attitudes of Future Human Service Professionals: The Effects of Victim and Helper Qualities

Liebkind, Karmela; Eränen, Liisa

doi:10.1080/00224540109600565

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“…Along the same lines, Liebkind and Eränen (2001) found differences between nursing students and police academy students in terms of their attitudes toward fictional trauma victims (e.g. refugees, victims of shipwreck).…”

Section: Sociopolitical Attitudes and P-e 'Fit'mentioning

confidence: 86%

Person-Organization Congruence and the Maintenance of Group-Based Social Hierarchy: A Social Dominance Perspective

Haley

Sidanius

2005

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

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Using vocational choice theory and social dominance theory as guiding frameworks, this paper examines the interrelationships between the types of social institutions that a person occupies, on the one hand, and the sociopolitical attitudes and behavioral predispositions that a person displays, on the other. Beginning with Holland (1959, 1966), numerous researchers have documented the fact that people’s work-related values tend to match the values of their work environments. Researchers have also found, as we might expect, that this value match yields superior job performance and greater employee satisfaction. Social dominance theory has proposed an important expansion of this research: people’s sociopolitical attitudes (e.g. anti-egalitarianism) should also be compatible, or congruent, with their institutional environments (e.g. schools, workplaces). A growing body of research supports this claim. Specifically, recent research has shown that hierarchy-enhancing (HE) organizations (e.g. police forces) tend to be occupied by those with anti-egalitarian beliefs, while hierarchy-attenuating (HA) organizations (e.g. civil liberties organizations) tend to be occupied by those with relatively democratic beliefs. This research has also provided evidence for five (non-mutually exclusive) processes underlying this institutional assortment: self-selection, institutional selection, institutional socialization, differential reward, and differential attrition. This paper reviews the literature bearing on each of these processes, and suggests key paths for future research.

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Section: Sociopolitical Attitudes and P-e 'Fit'mentioning

confidence: 86%

Person-Organization Congruence and the Maintenance of Group-Based Social Hierarchy: A Social Dominance Perspective

Haley

Sidanius

2005

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

116

169

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“…Secondly, each work environment has its own set of ideological norms. Several studies show that individuals acquire a set of attitudes, values, and opinions congruent with the social norms conveyed by the professional setting (Guimond, 1995, 2000; Kurpius & Lucart, 2000; Liebkind & Eranen, 2001; Sidanius et al., 1994). Consequently, by using a technique similar to our measure of perception of the social role, we also questioned the participants about their normative environment (i.e., HE or HA), as they themselves perceived it.…”

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Power and Legitimizing Ideologies in Hierarchy‐Enhancing vs. Hierarchy‐Attenuating Environments

Oliveira

Guimond

Dambrun

2012

Political Psychology

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According to social dominance theory, intergroup dynamics are strongly influenced by the social positions which individuals hold in society. Several studies suggest that holding a position of power can, sometimes automatically, generate negative attitudes and hostile behaviors toward subordinate social groups. However, at present, the studies carried out on these effects of power have not taken into account the influence of the normative context. Based on the distinction made by Sidanius and Pratto between “hierarchy‐enhancing” (HE) vs. “hierarchy‐attenuating” (HA) environments, this study examines if the effects of power on legitimizing cognitions vary as a function of the normative environment. A laboratory study and a study conducted in a natural environment confirm our hypothesis that individuals holding a powerful or dominant social role in a HE setting differ significantly from individuals holding an equally powerful role in a HA setting. The effects of power observed in past research probably resulted from studying power in hierarchy‐enhancing environments, but not in hierarchy‐attenuating ones.

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“…As the facilitators in our study were all women and were providing voluntary assistance mainly to women and children fleeing from Ukraine, it is important to highlight that female attitudes and identification with women refugees may have been a key factor in the process. Several studies have highlighted differences in attitudes among male and female helpers and in the difficulties that arise when working with traumatized people (68)(69)(70). The shift from research to the provision of help was presumably also facilitated by the ongoing fulfilment of multiple roles by the women (in relation to family, childcare, professional development, learning, and work).…”

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confidence: 99%

Research group as helpers due to the war in Ukraine: Focus group experiences of women researchers

Roszik-Volovik

Brandão²,

Kollárovics³

et al. 2023

Front. Psychiatry

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IntroductionWorld Health Organization studies have shown that one in every five people who have experienced war or other conflicts suffers from a mental health disorder, the most vulnerable groups being children and women. According to international guidelines, mental health care should be made available immediately in the event of disaster. With the first influx of Ukrainian refugees to Hungary at the outbreak of the war, the Research Group of Childhood Mental Health at Eötvös Loránd University and Semmelweis University in Budapest immediately decided to help by transforming itself into a support group for refugee families. The members of the support group are all women. The aim of the present study is to explore the motivation behind the transformation of the research group and the help it provided. A further aim was to compare the group’s experiences with descriptions in the literature of impacts on helpers who work with refugees.MethodsThe current paper reflects on the transformation from researchers to helpers and the effects of that transformation at group and individual level using the focus group method and consensual text analysis. The transformation of the support group necessitated the involvement of students, whose experiences are also examined.ResultsWe identified five main categories: context; the help recipients’ perspective; the personal level; the professional level; and the level between the personal and professional.DiscussionThe analysis revealed the way in which the voluntary helping developed, the resulting difficulties, and coping options. Volunteering among Ukrainian refugees has both positive and negative psychological consequences. While stress and trauma threaten the psychological well-being of the helpers, positive aspects, such as flexibility and professional development, are also reported. Due to the strong motivation among group members and their experience in practical work, the all female research group was quickly able to transform itself into a support group.

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Attitudes of Future Human Service Professionals: The Effects of Victim and Helper Qualities

Cited by 6 publications

References 28 publications

Person-Organization Congruence and the Maintenance of Group-Based Social Hierarchy: A Social Dominance Perspective

Person-Organization Congruence and the Maintenance of Group-Based Social Hierarchy: A Social Dominance Perspective

Power and Legitimizing Ideologies in Hierarchy‐Enhancing vs. Hierarchy‐Attenuating Environments

Research group as helpers due to the war in Ukraine: Focus group experiences of women researchers

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