Feeling poor: The felt experience of low-income lone mothers

被引:53
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作者
McIntyre, L
Officer, S
Robinson, LM
机构
[1] Dalhousie Univ, Fac Hlth Profess, Halifax, NS B3H 3J5, Canada
[2] Dalhousie Univ, Sch Hlth & Human Performance, Halifax, NS B3H 3J5, Canada
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关键词
poverty; single mothers; coping;
D O I
10.1177/0886109903254581
中图分类号
C916 [社会工作、社会管理、社会规划];
学科分类号
1204 ;
摘要
This article describes what it means to feel poor from the perspective of low-income lone mothers. The construct of feeling poor is complex and multifaceted for these mothers, whose common behaviors include self-sacrifice and coping. The authors identify 10 feeling domains for these mothers:feeling deprived, righteous, the need for occupational choice, relatively better positioned than others, the need to manage the appearance of poverty, judged/degraded, guilty, isolated, dependent, and despondent.
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页码:316 / 331
页数:16
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