Determinants of Causal Attributions of Homelessness in Croatia

Ljubotina, Olja Družić; Radović, Marijana Kletečki; Ogresta, Jelena

doi:10.3935/rsp.v29i2.1972

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“…Between these two dimensions, Heider (1958) introduced an internal-external dichotomy of causal attributions to explain outcomes and actions (Malle 2022). Likewise, Weiner's theory, one of the most used in the explanation of attributions, supports Heider's proposal through one main dimension of causality with two poles: internal-external (Ljubotina et al 2022). Thus, causality attributions basically consist of making inferences in order to somehow describe the "causes" of certain behaviors, environmental (external) or personal (internal), based on popular beliefs (Vázquez et al 2018;Vázquez and Panadero 2022).…”

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confidence: 91%

“…This report on unemployment in Spain warns of an increase in poverty and vulnerability, which, in turn, affects how Spanish people explain it, shaping their perceptions and behaviors regarding social inequalities, justice, equity and social policy development (Bullock et al 2003;Vázquez and Panadero 2007;Bastias et al 2019;Contreras-Montero and Hidalgo-Mesa 2021;Davidai 2022). As attributions of wealth and poverty can vary due to contextual and cultural influences, a series of different investigations seem to reflect a certain consensus, based on at least three causality dimensions of poverty attributions and their main determinants or predictors, such as personal or sociodemographic characteristics and ideological beliefs (Davidai 2022;Ljubotina et al 2022;Segretin et al 2022;Vázquez and Panadero 2022).…”

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Causal Attribution for Poverty in Young People: Sociodemographic Characteristics, Religious and Political Beliefs

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Poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon that includes a lack of education, health or housing; it is a relevant factor of social vulnerability that could lead to a situation of social exclusion. According to studies, poverty can be explained by external/social, internal/individual or cultural fatalistic factors. The aim was to confirm the structure of causal attributions of poverty and their relationships with sociodemographic characteristics, as well as religious and political beliefs, in young people. This is a cross-sectional study with a non-probabilistic convenience sample of undergraduate students on different degree courses. A survey was administered to 278 participants (45.4% women) with an average age of 21.59. They were young people studying health science degrees (78.4%) who self-identified as belonging to the lower or middle–lower class (57.2%), without any religious beliefs (56.5%) and as left wing (37.8%; n = 94) or center-left (27.7%; n = 69) in their political orientation. Confirmatory factorial analysis and multiple regression analysis supported the results in previous literature (CFI = 0.90, SRMR = 0.07, RMSEA = 0.06), indicating that there are cultural (C), external (E-S) and internal (I) attribution factors of poverty. The results show moderate relationships between the cultural factor and internal or external factors. The findings show that political affiliation and sex are the most consistent predictors of attributions for poverty.

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Section: Introduction 1theoretical and Contextual Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 91%

Section: Introduction 1theoretical and Contextual Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

Causal Attribution for Poverty in Young People: Sociodemographic Characteristics, Religious and Political Beliefs

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“…Pod tim vidom za očekivati je da će skoro donošenje Pravilnika o jedinstvenoj metodologiji za procjenu socijalnih potreba i njegova primjena na lokalnoj i regionalnoj razini omogućiti željene promjene i u ovom području djelatnosti. Sagledavajući dugoročne društvene posljedice siromaštva i socijalne isključenosti, nositelji politika imaju moć i priliku, ali i obvezu djelovanja, u cilju prevencije beskućništva u Hrvatskoj utemeljenoj na dokazima i prijedlozima stručnjaka 4 .…”

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“…zalaže se za promjenu definicije beskućništva u Zakonu o socijalnoj skrbi, a time i pristupa u vođenju evidencije o broju beskućnika. Ističu da se u sustavu evidentiraju samo podaci o beskućnicima koji imaju prijavljeno prebivalište na adresi Područnog ureda Hrvatskog zavoda za socijalni rad 6 (dalje u tekstu PU HZSR), a prema anketama koje su proveli, samo 10% beskućnika ima prijavljeno prebivalište na adresi PU HZSR. Isti izvor ukazuje da u službenu statistiku nisu uključeni čak ni beskućnici koji su na privremenom smještaju u prihvatilištu i prenoćištu.…”

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Problem Beskućništva U Sustavu Socijalne Skrbi: Izazovi I Mogućnosti

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Radović

2023

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Homelessness is a social problem that represents a challenge for the entire society, therefore policy holders and social welfare systems should have the obligation and responsibility of creating measures for the effective fight against homelessness based on professional and scientific indicators. Croatia still does not have a clear methodology for monitoring the number of homeless people and indicators of homelessness. There is a significant difference in the number of officially registered homeless people in the social welfare system and data from civil society organizations and homeless service providers. The absence of relevant data on the number of homeless people has an effect on the attitude of the profession towards the problem of homelessness and the system for organizing comprehensive care for the homeless. Also, the fact that the homeless were only defined as beneficiaries in the social welfare system for the first time in 2011 indicates that it was a social problem that was not recognized in our society for a long time. Therefore, this work aims to describe and problematize insurance in the social welfare system as a competent system for exercising rights and benefits for combating poverty and organizing the provision of assistance to socially vulnerable persons. The homeless represent one of the most vulnerable social groups, exposed to extreme poverty, risk of social exclusion, prejudice and stigma. The complexity of the problem of homelessness, the individual specificities of the homeless and the difficult access to exercising rights and social services, requires a good knowledge of the problem, sensitization and a highly individualized approach of experts in the social care system. Key words: homelessness; social welfare system; individualized approach

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