“Feeling Less Than a Second Class Citizen”: Examining the Emotional Consequences of Poverty in New York City

Ali, Samira; Bahar, Ozge Sensoy; Gopalan, Priya; Łukasiewicz, Karolina; Parker, Gary; McKay, Mary M.; Walker, Robert

doi:10.1177/0192513x18760348

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“…The data presented in this article came from an international study with a broader focus on the relation between poverty and experiencing feelings such as shame (Ali et al 2018;Walker and Bantebya-Kyomuhendo 2014).…”

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Getting by in New York City: Bonding, Bridging and Linking Capital in Poverty–Impacted Neighborhoods

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A lack or low level of social capital is associated with negative outcomes for communities impacted by poverty. However, less is known about how different types of social capital operate on the ground in poverty‐impacted urban neighborhoods. This article explores the ways in which bonding, bridging, and linking capital manifest among residents of two poverty‐impacted neighborhoods in New York City. Findings of the study reveal that urban neighborhood characteristics, more than individual‐level factors, compromise the ability to develop and utilize the leveraging role of bridging and linking capital. Lack of safety resulted in limited trust, and involvement in community life limit bonding capital. Opportunities for bridging are restricted by the socioeconomically homogenous and spatially segregated nature of the communities. Linking capital is undermined by the lack of resources in the neighborhoods. These structural barriers prevent communities from breaking the cycle of poverty and should be explicitly targeted when developing interventions focused on building social capital.

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Getting by in New York City: Bonding, Bridging and Linking Capital in Poverty–Impacted Neighborhoods

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“…By revealing the mechanisms through which deprivation of citizenship rights influences the economic deprivation of noncitizen families, this study contributes not only to literature examining contemporary processes of social and economic exclusion of families living in poverty (e.g., Ali et al, 2018) but also to the growing discussion of economic and social difficulties of an evergrowing population of families of migrants and immigrants, both legal and illegal (e.g., Phoenix, 2019). These families, often struggling to escape poverty, wars, and other dangerous life conditions in their homelands, encounter various obstacles to economic and social relief in their host country embedded in their status as noncitizens.…”

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Families in Poverty and Noncitizenship: An Intersectional Perspective on Economic Exclusion

Lavee

Dallal

Strier

2021

Journal of Family Issues

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Recent scholarship on families living in poverty has focused on immigrant and migrant families, legal and illegal. The element of citizenship has received relatively broad attention, as legal status has profound influence on the individual’s life chances. However, studies exploring relations between noncitizenship and poverty have not provided a comprehensive explanation of the mechanisms that deprive noncitizens of the possibility of accumulating sufficient material resources. The study offers a nuanced, comprehensive account of the process of economic deprivation, focusing on four main survival strategies with respect to noncitizen Palestinian families residing in Israel. Drawing on 24 qualitative in-depth interviews with adult family members, we apply the intersectionality approach to decipher mechanisms of exclusion at work in the everyday lives of illegal migrants, shaping their ability to attain material resources. Findings point to a need to adopt a transnational protection framework in order to allow economic and social inclusion of noncitizens.

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“…The perception of one's financial situation (dissatisfaction, perceived ability to control one's financial situation, perceived financial future) mediates the relationship between OFH and psychological wellbeing (60). Shame about one's financial circumstances, a common experience in response to financial hardship and poverty (61,62), mediates the relationship between financial hardship and anxiety (63). Among the unemployed, shame and financial hardship seem to interact to intensify the detrimental effect of unemployment on mental wellbeing (64).…”

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Financial Hardship, Hope, and Life Satisfaction Among Un/Underemployed Individuals With Psychiatric Diagnoses: A Mediation Analysis

Jiménez-Solomon

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BackgroundIndividuals with psychiatric diagnoses who are unemployed or underemployed are likely to disproportionately experience financial hardship and, in turn, lower life satisfaction (LS). Understanding the mechanisms though which financial hardship affects LS is essential to inform effective economic empowerment interventions for this population.AimTo examine if subjective financial hardship (SFH) mediates the relationship between objective financial hardship (OFH) and LS, and whether hope, and its agency and pathways components, further mediate the effect of SFH on LS among individuals with psychiatric diagnoses seeking employment.MethodsWe conducted structured interviews with participants (N = 215) of two peer-run employment programs using indicators of OFH and SFH and standardized scales for hope (overall hope, hope agency, and hope pathways) and LS. Three structural equation models were employed to test measurement models for OFH and SFH, and mediational relationships. Covariates included gender, age, psychiatric diagnosis, race/ethnicity, education, income, employment status, SSI/SSDI receipt, and site.ResultsConfirmatory factor analysis (CFA) for items measuring OFH and SFH supported two separate hypothesized factors. OFH had a strong and significant total effect on SFH [standardized beta (B) = 0.68] and LS (B = 0.49), and a weak-to-moderate effect on hope (B = –0.31). SFH alone mediated up to 94% of the effect of OFH on LS (indirect effect B = –0.46, p < 0.01). The effect of SFH on LS through hope was small (indirect effect B = –0.09, p < 0.05), primarily through hope agency (indirect effect B = –0.13, p < 0.01) and not hope pathways. Black and Hispanic ethno-racial identification seemed to buffer the effect of financial hardship on hope and LS. Individuals identifying as Black reported significantly higher overall hope (B = 0.41–0.47) and higher LS (B = 0.29–0.46), net of the effect of OFH and SFH.ConclusionSFH is a strong mediator of the relationship between OFH and LS in our study of unemployed and underemployed individuals with psychiatric diagnoses. Hope, and particularly its agency component, further mediate a modest but significant proportion of the association between SFH and LS. Economic empowerment interventions for this population should address objective and subjective financial stressors, foster a sense of agency, and consider the diverse effects of financial hardship across ethno-racial groups.

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“Feeling Less Than a Second Class Citizen”: Examining the Emotional Consequences of Poverty in New York City

Cited by 13 publications

References 24 publications

Getting by in New York City: Bonding, Bridging and Linking Capital in Poverty–Impacted Neighborhoods

Getting by in New York City: Bonding, Bridging and Linking Capital in Poverty–Impacted Neighborhoods

Families in Poverty and Noncitizenship: An Intersectional Perspective on Economic Exclusion

Financial Hardship, Hope, and Life Satisfaction Among Un/Underemployed Individuals With Psychiatric Diagnoses: A Mediation Analysis

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