The Unexamined Identity: Students’ Conservative Ideology, Perspectives of Poverty, and Implications for Practice

Toft, Jessica; Calhoun, Molly

doi:10.1080/10437797.2020.1713945

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“…According to these results, political orientation was the strongest predictor of their external-structural poverty attributions in this study, showing significant differences with a large effect size index (0.84). In line with previous studies, our results pointed out that people with left or center-left political orientation tend to consider the causes of poverty as predominantly external (Vázquez and Panadero 2007;Vázquez et al 2017;Stephen et al 2021;Toft and Calhoun 2021;Vázquez and Panadero 2022). In contrast, the group of young undergraduate students with a political orientation toward the right use internal explanations for the causes of poverty.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

“…Political orientation, often operationally defined as voting preference or party affiliation (Kluegel and Smith 1986;Bullock 1999) and/or self-ascribed, ranges from liberalism to conservatism or left to right wing (Lee et al 1992;Appelbaum 2001). Most of the research points out that those with a more conservative (right and center-right) or traditional political orientation frequently tend toward individual or internal attributions for poverty explanations, whereas others with a more liberal or progressive approach (left or center-left) emphasize external and structural or social attributions of poverty and positive attitudes toward welfare policy (Bullock 1999;Cozzarelli et al 2001;Ljubotina and Ljubotina 2007;Vázquez and Panadero 2007;Lepianka et al 2009;Bobbio et al 2010;Vázquez et al 2017;Boeh 2018;Bergmann and Todd 2019;Toft and Calhoun 2021;Contreras-Montero and Hidalgo-Mesa 2021;Vázquez and Panadero 2022). However, the role of religion in attributions for the causes of poverty presents unclear results in the different studies.…”

Section: Determinants Of Causal Attributions For Povertymentioning

confidence: 99%

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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: Determinants Of Causal Attributions For Povertymentioning

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

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“…Social workers and social work students are more likely to identify as liberal or moderate than conservative (Pritzker & Burwell, 2016;Ringstad, 2014;Rosenwald, 2006), but it is important not to assume that social workers are a monolithic group with shared political interests and perspectives (Galambos, 2009). Further, differences in political ideologies can affect social workers' perceptions of clients or prospective clients (Toft & Calhoun, 2020). For example, those with more conservative views may harbor narrow views of issues related such as homosexuality and abortion.…”

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Influence of Political Ideology on Coping and Personal Protection Practices During the Early Days of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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J of Pol Practice & Research

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Even prior to COVID-19, it was clear that political ideology was defining experiences and attitudes of Americans. Responses to the societal repercussions brought about by the pandemic quickly seemed to follow the same pattern of difference across the spectrum of political beliefs. This study explores the relationship of political ideology to personal responses to COVID. The present article reports on the results of an online survey in the USA conducted in June 2020 that explored the impact of personal political ideology on individual responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that political ideology was related to the likelihood of respondents following government guidance on personal protective practices. Ideological identification was not a significant predictor of the likelihood to specifically follow guidance from state officials, specifically, when satisfaction with state and federal leaders were controlled for. Differences in responses to COVID, including use of personal protection strategies and coping mechanisms are related to political ideology. Practice and policy should be responsive to these differences.

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“…MSW students were also more likely to disagree that poverty is related to structural factors than BSW students. A recent study by Toft and Calhoun (2021) indicated that social work students with more conservative ideologies were more likely to hold more negative attitudes toward the poor. An essential component of social work education is helping people in need, including the poor.…”

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Comparison of Students’ Attitudes Towards Poverty Following an Interdisciplinary Poverty Simulation

2023

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Individualistic beliefs about the cause of poverty are associated with more negative attitudes towards poverty, while structural beliefs are associated with more positive attitudes. The use of the Poverty Simulation (MCAN, 2017) has been shown to influence attitudes. The study compared post-poverty simulation findings of different disciplines. Undergraduate students from four disciplines were surveyed following participation in a Poverty Simulation. Researchers focused on quantitative analysis using the Attitude Toward Poverty Short Form (Yun & Weaver, 2010). Students in Nursing, Education, and Communication Disorders viewed poverty with less stigma and were more likely to view poverty as a function of structural factors than business students. The Poverty Simulation is an effective experiential learning component for influencing a change in attitudes toward people in poverty. After participating in the Poverty Simulation, students from different disciplines had varied views regarding those in poverty. Additional interventions may be needed for students to develop more positive attitudes concerning those in poverty.

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The Unexamined Identity: Students’ Conservative Ideology, Perspectives of Poverty, and Implications for Practice

Cited by 7 publications

References 44 publications

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

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

Influence of Political Ideology on Coping and Personal Protection Practices During the Early Days of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Comparison of Students’ Attitudes Towards Poverty Following an Interdisciplinary Poverty Simulation

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