Subjective Poverty, Material Deprivation Indices and Psychological Distress Among Young Adults: The Mediating Role of Social Capital and Usage of Online Social Networks

Achdut, Netta; Refaeli, Tehila; Tayri, Talia Meital Schwartz

doi:10.1007/s11205-021-02729-0

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“…Third, experiencing material deprivation was a major risk factor for the well-being of care leavers. This is one of the most established associations in the health literature (Achdut et al, 2021;Simona-Moussa, 2020), and indeed material deprivation was the strongest predictor in our final estimation of all three outcomes. This is particularly troubling since about 35% of our sample reported experiencing at least one type of material deprivation in basic life needs, such as lack of food and shelter, with the majority reporting recurring occurrences.…”

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Life satisfaction among alumni of youth villages in Israel: A life course perspective.

Achdut¹,

Sulimani‐Aidan²,

Benbenishty³

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American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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Empirical evidence on life satisfaction of care leavers is scant and often based on small and nonrepresentative samples. Based on the life course perspective, this study explored the role of objective and subjective factors in explaining life satisfaction among care leavers, both general and domain-specific (work-financial-housing, social relationships-emotional state). The sample was randomly drawn from the whole population of eight graduating birth cohorts of alumni of educational residential care in Israel and consists of 2, 295 alumni (24-31 years old). The study is based on an extensive set of longitudinal administrative records combined with structured phone interviews. Bivariate analysis and multiple regression models were used to assess associations between precare context, in-care and postcare experiences and achievements with general and domain-specific life satisfaction. Gender differences were found in both domain-specific life satisfactions with men having greater satisfaction. Family background indicators were generally more predictive of general and social relationships-emotional state satisfaction. In-care experiences of peer and staff support and postcare experience of material deprivation were strong predictors of general and domain-specific life satisfaction. Postcare contacts with care staff, surprisingly, were associated with lower general satisfaction and satisfaction with social relationships-emotional state. Higher educational attainment at the end of placement and integration into postsecondary education were associated with greater general and work-financial-housing satisfaction. The effects of in-care preparation for independent adult living, employment and parenthood are not consistent across different domains of life satisfaction. Implications for policy and practice during and after care are discussed.

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confidence: 64%

Life satisfaction among alumni of youth villages in Israel: A life course perspective.

Achdut¹,

Sulimani‐Aidan²,

Benbenishty³

et al. 2022

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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“…Studies of the direct consequences of material deprivation and subjective poverty for mental health 8 , 9 have found a direct link between income and subjective well-being. 10–12 Other studies have indicated that money has the highest association with well-being.…”

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“… 17 Good economic conditions do not necessarily lead to improved happiness; on the contrary, subjective comparisons and perceptions of economic conditions can affect individuals’ life satisfaction. 8 Maslow’s hierarchy of needs begins with the most fundamental physical requirements and progresses to psychological wants. 18 The desire for self-esteem and respect from others is greatest during adolescence.…”

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Perceived Poverty and Life Satisfaction in College Students with Impoverished Backgrounds: The Mediating Role of Self-Esteem

Liu¹,

Fu²

2022

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Background Perceived poverty is a common psychological feeling among college students with impoverished backgrounds. Perceived poverty can harm impoverished college students’ interpersonal interactions, psychological health and life satisfaction. This study explored the effect of perceived poverty on the life satisfaction of impoverished college students and the mediating role of self-esteem. Methods In this cross-sectional study, 1044 impoverished college students from 22 universities completed an online questionnaire that included a measure of perceived poverty, self-esteem scale (SES) and satisfaction with life scale (SWLS). Mplus statistical software was used to test whether self-esteem mediates the relationship between perceived poverty and life satisfaction. Results Perceived poverty and life satisfaction were significantly negatively correlated, self-esteem was significantly positively correlated with life satisfaction, and perceived poverty was significantly negatively correlated with self-esteem. The structural equation model revealed that self-esteem partially mediated the relationship between perceived poverty and life satisfaction. Conclusion Financial aid programmes should safeguard and strengthen impoverished students’ self-esteem while also taking steps to lessen their perceived poverty.

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“…Relative deprivation is defined as a subjective psychological structure, 32 in which the perception of the gap between expecting gains and actual gains will lead to the negative feelings of unbalance in the process of comparing with other corresponding referents. 13 From the perspective of social psychology, term “deprivation” is derived from absolute conditional disadvantages measured by objective criteria, 33 which belongs to objective social phenomenon. But relative deprivation reveals the negative attitudes from subjective comparison with relative conditions.…”

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Does Compulsory Citizenship Behavior Necessarily Reduce Employee’s Work Well-Being? The Role of Relative Deprivation and Resource Compensation Based on Compulsory Citizenship Behavior

Fu¹,

Wu²,

Pervaiz³

2022

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Purpose On the basis of previous research results, the opinion that compulsory citizenship behavior (CCB) leads to negative impacts over employees and organizations prevails. However, the latest researches negate the absence of rewards and favorable evaluation from organizational system for CCB. Instead, CCB is likely to be awarded by incentive allocation and recognitive affirmation. In the case of the resource compensation based on CCB, will the expected utility of CCB still show the consistence with the traditional CCB researches, imposing negative effects over employees and organizations? Methods This research explored the mechanism and boundary condition based on self-determination theory (SDT) and relative deprivation theory (RDT) to avert the negative effects of CCB, hoping to explain the above question. Time-lagged survey data from 227 employees tested the moderated mediation model, and the results verified the hypotheses. Results With resource compensation after the delivery of CCB, employees will not feel relative deprivation caused by reluctant false citizenship behaviors. In addition, relative deprivation expresses the gap between expectation and reality, low psychological discrepancy will not deeply undermine employees’ work well-being.

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Subjective Poverty, Material Deprivation Indices and Psychological Distress Among Young Adults: The Mediating Role of Social Capital and Usage of Online Social Networks

Cited by 18 publications

References 95 publications

Life satisfaction among alumni of youth villages in Israel: A life course perspective.

Life satisfaction among alumni of youth villages in Israel: A life course perspective.

Perceived Poverty and Life Satisfaction in College Students with Impoverished Backgrounds: The Mediating Role of Self-Esteem

Does Compulsory Citizenship Behavior Necessarily Reduce Employee’s Work Well-Being? The Role of Relative Deprivation and Resource Compensation Based on Compulsory Citizenship Behavior

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