Psychological Distress Among College Youth as a Function of Family SES: The Mediating Effect of Sense of Poverty and the Mitigating Role of Family Resources

Reyes, Melissa Lopez; Yujuico, Isabelle C.

doi:10.1017/prp.2014.9

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“…Another causal factor that seems to indicate compensatory primary control relates to asking help from others and also giving help to others to cope with their indigence, which is mentioned in the qualitative studies of Filipinos who were born poor (Tuason, 2008). Asking for help to lift one's socio-economic status aligns with discourses related to social networks as a specific form of social resources that poor families use to cope (Hill, Jobling, Pollet, & Nettle, 2014;Reyes & Yujuico, 2014). Again, there seems to be an acknowledgement that one's personal resources are not sufficient to move oneself towards higher social mobility, and help from other people could be recruited for this purpose.…”

Section: Social Mobility Pathways In the Philippinesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Working for a better future: Social mobility beliefs and expectations of Filipino migrant workers in Macau

Bernardo

Clemente

Wang

2018

Australian Journal of Psychology

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Objective: Household theory of labour migration assumes that the decision to work in another country is a family's strategy to improve prospects of socio-economic mobility. We inquired into the social cognitive processes associated with this goal by applying model of pathways to socio-economic mobility, but extending the types of causal conceptions related to social mobility that are considered important in the Philippine context. Method: We surveyed 246 Filipino migrant workers in Macau, who answered questions about perceptions of the socio-economic status of their family (before they worked abroad, presently, and 10 years after), socio-economic mobility causal conceptions (merit, luck, faith in God, social networks), and goal-attainment strategies (goal engagement, goal disengagement). Results: Migrant workers expect improved socio-economic status of their families compared to before, and they expect further improvement after 10 years. They endorsed faith in God and meritocracy as important causal factors to mobility. Path analysis indicated two pathways to socio-economic mobility expectations: (1) engagement-promoting pathway-involving faith in God and meritocracy as causal conceptions related to goal engagement, and higher socio-economic mobility expectations and (2) disengagement-promoting pathway-involving luck as causal conception related to goal disengagement, and lower socio-economic mobility expectations. Conclusion: Although working abroad is fraught with uncertainties, Filipino migrant workers aspire for upward socio-economic mobility for their families, which they seek to attain by working hard and persistence, which in turn relate to causal conceptions of mobility that involve controllable factors.

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Section: Social Mobility Pathways In the Philippinesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Working for a better future: Social mobility beliefs and expectations of Filipino migrant workers in Macau

Bernardo

Clemente

Wang

2018

Australian Journal of Psychology

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“…There are currently no published studies that show this relationship with a Filipino sample. One recent study did not actually measure financial stress, but showed that sense of poverty was associated with the experience of psychological distress among students (Reyes & Yujuico, 2014).…”

Section: Financial Stress and Well-being Among Filipino Studentsmentioning

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Financial Stress and Well-being of Filipino Students: The Moderating Role of External Locus-of-hope

Bernardo¹,

Resurreccion²

2018

PJP

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Copyright @ 2018 psyChologiCal assoCiation of the philippines One of the core principles of positive psychology is that character strengths buffer the effects of adverse experiences on well-being. This study investigated whether external locus-of-hope (LOH) moderates the effects of financial stress on Filipino students' well-being. Students from various universities answered questionnaires that included scales for financial stress, internal and external LOH, and satisfaction with life; all the relevant scales had good psychometric properties with the current sample. As expected, life satisfaction was negatively predicted by financial stress and positively predicted by three LOH dimensions. More importantly, external-family LOH moderated the relationship between financial stress and life satisfaction; there was no negative relationship between financial stress and life satisfaction among students with high external-family LOH. But the results also suggest that financial stress moderates the relationship between external-spiritual LOH and life satisfaction; external-spiritual LOH's positive relationship with life satisfaction is found only among those who experience low financial stress.

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“…As the nation slowly progresses toward adopting tuition-free models of financing higher education (Miller-Adams, 2015), this research may help stakeholders to refine support programs for these students. While eliminating tuition financial stressors (Collier et al , 2017), scholarship funding cannot overcome barriers to underrepresented students' success, such as academic preparation, self-efficacy and increased psychological distress (Covarrubias and Fryberg, 2015; Harackiewicz et al , 2014; Reyes and Yujuico, 2014; Soria and Stebleton, 2013). Studying students who receive a tuition benefit provides an opportunity to explore student experiences that do not solely focus on finances and may offer insight to mentoring activities that do not focus on scholarship opportunities.…”

Section: Mentoring and College Student Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Meaning making of mentorship for the tuition-free student

Parnther

Collier

2021

IJMCE

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PurposeThe study aimed to explore how student recipients of a full-tuition scholarship envision, define and experience mentorship and the types of relationships they have and expect from mentors. The study adds to the growing body of literature on mentorship as supplemental support for college student success.Design/methodology/approachSemi-structured interviews of 20 first-year college students in the Mid-West United States were collected as a part of a more extensive mixed-methods study. The authors used a four-phase process to refine, derive meaning and develop themes. Kegan's orders of consciousness explain how students make meaning of mentorship.FindingsStudents described mentoring as a service that could provide specific transactional features. Ten participants were unable to acknowledge a mentoring relationship at all, despite describing mentoring experiences and opportunities. Students often align with Kegan's second order, which focuses on self and valuing transactional, short-term relationships. Adjusting approaches to explaining mentorship and the value of building relationships appear to be an opportunity for research and practice.Originality/valueThis study illustrates an apparent disconnect between the intent of mentorship and the experiences of mentees. The students' experiences add a valuable perspective that supports the need to further refine mentoring practices in meaningful ways to impact student success, persistence and retention.

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Psychological Distress Among College Youth as a Function of Family SES: The Mediating Effect of Sense of Poverty and the Mitigating Role of Family Resources

Cited by 7 publications

References 47 publications

Working for a better future: Social mobility beliefs and expectations of Filipino migrant workers in Macau

Working for a better future: Social mobility beliefs and expectations of Filipino migrant workers in Macau

Financial Stress and Well-being of Filipino Students: The Moderating Role of External Locus-of-hope

Meaning making of mentorship for the tuition-free student

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