"If They Focus on Giving Us a Chance in Life We Can Actually Do Something in This World": Poverty, Inequality and Youths' Critical Consciousness

Autor/inn/en	Roy, Amanda L.; Raver, Cybele C.; Masucci, Michael D.; DeJospeh, Meriah
Titel	"If They Focus on Giving Us a Chance in Life We Can Actually Do Something in This World": Poverty, Inequality and Youths' Critical Consciousness
Quelle	(2019), (39 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
DOI	10.1037/dev0000586
Schlagwörter	Low Income Groups; Poverty; Minority Groups; Youth; Social Bias; Coping; Adolescents; Violence; Racial Bias; Social Problems; Social Change; Participation; Neighborhoods; African Americans; Hispanic Americans; Attitudes; Gender Bias; Religion; Policy; Equal Education; Opportunities; Bullying; Motivation; Mental Health; Well Being; Social Action; Illinois (Chicago) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Armut; Ethnische Minderheit; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Bewältigung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Gewalt; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Sozialer Wandel; Teilnahme; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Afroamerikaner; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Geschlechterstereotyp; Politik; Möglichkeit; Mobbing; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Psychohygiene; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Soziales Handeln
Abstract	Critical consciousness (CC) has emerged as a framework for understanding how low-income and racial/ethnic minority youth recognize, interpret, and work to change the experiences and systems of oppression that they face in their daily lives. Despite this, relatively little is known about how youths' experiences with economic hardship and structural oppression shape how they "read their world" and motivate participation in critical action behaviors. We explore this issue using a mixed methods design and present our findings in two studies. In study one we examine the types of issues that a sample of low-income and predominantly racial/ethnic minority youth (ages 13-17) living in the Chicago area discuss when asked to reflect on issues that are important to them. The most commonly mentioned themes were community violence (59%), prejudice and intolerance (31%), world issues (25%), and economic disparities (18%). In study two we examine youths' quantitative reports of engaging in critical action behavior; over 65% had participated in at least one activity targeting social change in the previous six months. We then examined relationships between youths' experiences with poverty within their households and neighborhoods, neighborhood income inequality, and exposure to violence and youths' likelihood of participating in critical action behaviors. Greater exposure to violence and neighborhood income inequality were related to an increased likelihood of engaging in critical action behaviors. This work highlights the diverse ways that low-income and racial/ethnic minority youth reflect on societal inequality and their commitment to effecting change through sociopolitical participation. [This paper was published in "Developmental Psychology" v55 n3 2019 (EJ1206715).] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01