Pub Date : 2024-08-08DOI: 10.1027/2157-3891/a000107
Austin J. P. Ferolino, Segundo A. Abrea
Abstract: Service providers in community-based drug abuse treatment and recovery clinics are more likely to experience work-related stress, which has negative repercussions for their mental health, their employing organizations, and their clients. A randomized pretest–posttest research design was utilized to assess the preliminary efficacy of a positive psychology intervention aimed at enhancing psychological capital (PsyCap) to reduce work-related stress experienced by these service providers. Fifty-three service providers were randomly assigned to the immediate group or the delayed intervention group. Results indicated significant postintervention enhancement in PsyCap and reduction in work-related stress. At 1-month follow-up, intervention effects were sustained for PsyCap and work-related stress. Although the intervention appears to be a promising stress management strategy for community-based substance abuse treatment providers, additional research is needed to improve its efficacy, generalizability, and sustainability.
{"title":"Pilot Study of a Positive Psychology Intervention to Reduce Work-Related Stress Among Service Providers in a Drug Abuse Treatment Clinic","authors":"Austin J. P. Ferolino, Segundo A. Abrea","doi":"10.1027/2157-3891/a000107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1027/2157-3891/a000107","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Service providers in community-based drug abuse treatment and recovery clinics are more likely to experience work-related stress, which has negative repercussions for their mental health, their employing organizations, and their clients. A randomized pretest–posttest research design was utilized to assess the preliminary efficacy of a positive psychology intervention aimed at enhancing psychological capital (PsyCap) to reduce work-related stress experienced by these service providers. Fifty-three service providers were randomly assigned to the immediate group or the delayed intervention group. Results indicated significant postintervention enhancement in PsyCap and reduction in work-related stress. At 1-month follow-up, intervention effects were sustained for PsyCap and work-related stress. Although the intervention appears to be a promising stress management strategy for community-based substance abuse treatment providers, additional research is needed to improve its efficacy, generalizability, and sustainability.","PeriodicalId":517095,"journal":{"name":"International Perspectives in Psychology","volume":"13 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141925807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-07-01DOI: 10.1027/2157-3891/a000103
Laura Pacheco, Coralie Mercerat, Marjorie Aunos, Marie-Marthe Cousineau, A. Goulden, Michelle Swab, Bethany Brenton, Sibusiso Moyo
Abstract: For centuries, the reproductive agency of women with disabilities have been challenged and often undermined by informal and formal support networks. Evidence illustrates that women with disabilities face disproportionately higher rates of reproductive violence compared to their nondisabled peers (i.e., long-term contraception or forced sterilization). However, little is known about the specific nature, type, and impact of reproductive violence on women with disabilities. This scoping review examined the literature related to the reproductive violence against women with disabilities. We used Arksey and O’Malley’s framework, and based on our inclusion criteria, 28 empirical articles were included. Most studies were published in the disciplines of health (i.e., nursing and medicine) within the North American context and used qualitative research designs. Main findings within the scoping review included themes related to imposed contraception, rationalization of sterilization, barriers to sexual and reproductive health services, and the discourses underpinning reproductive injustice toward women with disabilities. The findings of the study have implications for future disability community-based research, peer-led supports, practice guidelines for professionals, and intersectoral policy provision aiming at supporting the reproductive agency of women with disabilities.
{"title":"Uncovering Reproductive Injustice Toward Women With Disabilities","authors":"Laura Pacheco, Coralie Mercerat, Marjorie Aunos, Marie-Marthe Cousineau, A. Goulden, Michelle Swab, Bethany Brenton, Sibusiso Moyo","doi":"10.1027/2157-3891/a000103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1027/2157-3891/a000103","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: For centuries, the reproductive agency of women with disabilities have been challenged and often undermined by informal and formal support networks. Evidence illustrates that women with disabilities face disproportionately higher rates of reproductive violence compared to their nondisabled peers (i.e., long-term contraception or forced sterilization). However, little is known about the specific nature, type, and impact of reproductive violence on women with disabilities. This scoping review examined the literature related to the reproductive violence against women with disabilities. We used Arksey and O’Malley’s framework, and based on our inclusion criteria, 28 empirical articles were included. Most studies were published in the disciplines of health (i.e., nursing and medicine) within the North American context and used qualitative research designs. Main findings within the scoping review included themes related to imposed contraception, rationalization of sterilization, barriers to sexual and reproductive health services, and the discourses underpinning reproductive injustice toward women with disabilities. The findings of the study have implications for future disability community-based research, peer-led supports, practice guidelines for professionals, and intersectoral policy provision aiming at supporting the reproductive agency of women with disabilities.","PeriodicalId":517095,"journal":{"name":"International Perspectives in Psychology","volume":"18 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141689040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-07-01DOI: 10.1027/2157-3891/a000105
Catriona Ida Macleod, Yamini Kalyanaraman, Laurah Mogonong
Abstract: How may reproductive justice be enacted in services and provider training to further the sustainable development goals of healthy lives and universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights? We argue for careful baseline qualitative research infused with feminist and reproductive justice theory and, based on the findings of this research, the development and refinement of healthcare provider training through action research. We report on our implementation of this process in developing an in-service person-centered abortion counseling training course aimed at South African abortion healthcare providers. The baseline research consisted of recordings of abortion counseling sessions and interviews with healthcare providers and users. Several problematic directive and anti-abortion interactions were surfaced, which led to the development of a policy brief and step-by-step guidelines for providers. Subsequently, action research was employed to operationalize these guidelines into an in-service person-centered abortion counseling training course, and an iterative process enabled course improvement. Data collected for the course refinement included recordings of various sessions during the course, participants’ reflective journals, case presentations, and feedback forms, as well as interviews conducted two months post the first course. Comparing baseline findings with data collected as part of the action research shows some shifts in healthcare providers’ actions. We report on a shift in respecting bodily autonomy and encouraging autonomous decision-making. Structural and normative barriers continue, however. The enactment of reproductive justice through in-service training shows promise but must be supplemented with advocacy around other barriers.
{"title":"Enacting Reproductive Justice","authors":"Catriona Ida Macleod, Yamini Kalyanaraman, Laurah Mogonong","doi":"10.1027/2157-3891/a000105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1027/2157-3891/a000105","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: How may reproductive justice be enacted in services and provider training to further the sustainable development goals of healthy lives and universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights? We argue for careful baseline qualitative research infused with feminist and reproductive justice theory and, based on the findings of this research, the development and refinement of healthcare provider training through action research. We report on our implementation of this process in developing an in-service person-centered abortion counseling training course aimed at South African abortion healthcare providers. The baseline research consisted of recordings of abortion counseling sessions and interviews with healthcare providers and users. Several problematic directive and anti-abortion interactions were surfaced, which led to the development of a policy brief and step-by-step guidelines for providers. Subsequently, action research was employed to operationalize these guidelines into an in-service person-centered abortion counseling training course, and an iterative process enabled course improvement. Data collected for the course refinement included recordings of various sessions during the course, participants’ reflective journals, case presentations, and feedback forms, as well as interviews conducted two months post the first course. Comparing baseline findings with data collected as part of the action research shows some shifts in healthcare providers’ actions. We report on a shift in respecting bodily autonomy and encouraging autonomous decision-making. Structural and normative barriers continue, however. The enactment of reproductive justice through in-service training shows promise but must be supplemented with advocacy around other barriers.","PeriodicalId":517095,"journal":{"name":"International Perspectives in Psychology","volume":"25 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141691221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-07-01DOI: 10.1027/2157-3891/a000102
Tonya Pavlenko, Lillien Nathan, Ellen Yom, Agnes Stachnik, Allison Yarrow, Lisa Rubin
Abstract: Traumatic childbirth can have wide-ranging consequences for birthing individuals. Data were obtained from a large-scale ( N = 1,210) online survey of perinatal experiences in the United States. Utilizing a Reproductive Justice framework, we analyzed open-ended responses regarding the most difficult aspects of pregnancy and childbirth from 54 participants who solely identified their births as traumatic. We identified the following themes: Mental and Emotional Toll; The Toll of Relentless Work Expectations; The Embodied Toll; Complications and Interventions; Loss of Control: Bodily Autonomy; and Loss of Control: Interactions with Medical Systems and Professionals. Results underscore the inadequacy of perinatal support in the United States, highlighting the imperative to address policy and research to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals of Good Health and Wellbeing and Gender Equality.
{"title":"Unmet Expectations, Unmet Needs, and Uncertainty–A Qualitative Survey Study of Women Who Described Giving Birth as Traumatic","authors":"Tonya Pavlenko, Lillien Nathan, Ellen Yom, Agnes Stachnik, Allison Yarrow, Lisa Rubin","doi":"10.1027/2157-3891/a000102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1027/2157-3891/a000102","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Traumatic childbirth can have wide-ranging consequences for birthing individuals. Data were obtained from a large-scale ( N = 1,210) online survey of perinatal experiences in the United States. Utilizing a Reproductive Justice framework, we analyzed open-ended responses regarding the most difficult aspects of pregnancy and childbirth from 54 participants who solely identified their births as traumatic. We identified the following themes: Mental and Emotional Toll; The Toll of Relentless Work Expectations; The Embodied Toll; Complications and Interventions; Loss of Control: Bodily Autonomy; and Loss of Control: Interactions with Medical Systems and Professionals. Results underscore the inadequacy of perinatal support in the United States, highlighting the imperative to address policy and research to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals of Good Health and Wellbeing and Gender Equality.","PeriodicalId":517095,"journal":{"name":"International Perspectives in Psychology","volume":"316 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141691695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-07-01DOI: 10.1027/2157-3891/a000104
Emily Rehbein, Amanda Levinson, H. Preis, Brittain L. Mahaffey, M. Lobel
Abstract: High stress experienced during pregnancy increases risk for adverse birth outcomes such as low birthweight and preterm birth that occur disproportionately among women of color in the United States. Prior research has identified a distinct form of discrimination, gendered racism in pregnancy (GRiP), that likely elevates stress and is suspected to contribute to racial disparities in birth outcomes among American women. We investigated associations of GRiP experiences and distress with two types of stress, pregnancy related and pandemic related, among 2,995 pregnant women in the United States at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a time when health care restrictions, social contact limitations, and concerns about COVID-19 infection created added stress for pregnant women. Using data collected online during the second US pandemic surge (December 2020), we found that pregnant self-identified Hispanic/Latina ( n = 233), Non-Hispanic/Latina Black/African American ( n = 182), and Multiracial/Other ( n = 201) women experienced greater GRiP and greater stress of both types than Non-Hispanic/Latina White women. Structural equation modeling indicated a strong association of racial/ethnic identity with prenatal stress that was mediated by GRiP, independent of other contributors to prenatal stress. Focusing on the harmful impact of gendered racism coupled with culturally informed individual interventions and change at multiple societal levels and institutions may help reduce the poorer reproductive outcomes that are disproportionately common among communities of color in the United States. Addressing and alleviating discrimination can improve reproductive justice for all who choose to give birth throughout the world, regardless of their race, ethnicity, nationality, or other identities.
{"title":"Gendered Racism in Pregnancy and Stress Among Women in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"Emily Rehbein, Amanda Levinson, H. Preis, Brittain L. Mahaffey, M. Lobel","doi":"10.1027/2157-3891/a000104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1027/2157-3891/a000104","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: High stress experienced during pregnancy increases risk for adverse birth outcomes such as low birthweight and preterm birth that occur disproportionately among women of color in the United States. Prior research has identified a distinct form of discrimination, gendered racism in pregnancy (GRiP), that likely elevates stress and is suspected to contribute to racial disparities in birth outcomes among American women. We investigated associations of GRiP experiences and distress with two types of stress, pregnancy related and pandemic related, among 2,995 pregnant women in the United States at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a time when health care restrictions, social contact limitations, and concerns about COVID-19 infection created added stress for pregnant women. Using data collected online during the second US pandemic surge (December 2020), we found that pregnant self-identified Hispanic/Latina ( n = 233), Non-Hispanic/Latina Black/African American ( n = 182), and Multiracial/Other ( n = 201) women experienced greater GRiP and greater stress of both types than Non-Hispanic/Latina White women. Structural equation modeling indicated a strong association of racial/ethnic identity with prenatal stress that was mediated by GRiP, independent of other contributors to prenatal stress. Focusing on the harmful impact of gendered racism coupled with culturally informed individual interventions and change at multiple societal levels and institutions may help reduce the poorer reproductive outcomes that are disproportionately common among communities of color in the United States. Addressing and alleviating discrimination can improve reproductive justice for all who choose to give birth throughout the world, regardless of their race, ethnicity, nationality, or other identities.","PeriodicalId":517095,"journal":{"name":"International Perspectives in Psychology","volume":"50 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141696775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-07-01DOI: 10.1027/2157-3891/a000101
Lora Adair, Nicole Lozano, Nelli Ferenczi
Abstract: We explored between-country and within-country variability in abortion attitudes, using country-level factors (e.g., gender equality) and individual-level factors (e.g., gender role attitudes) as predictors. Participants from Mexico ( N = 215), India ( N = 215), the United States ( N = 215), and the United Kingdom ( N = 206) were recruited via Qualtrics Panels. Regression models and ANOVAs were used to assess whether estimates of gender inequality, gender role attitudes, motherhood norms, belief in big/moralizing gods, and sexual strategy were associated with abortion attitudes. As predicted, individuals living in countries with greater gender inequality, and more restrictive abortion policy, reported more restrictive abortion attitudes and stronger support for banning abortion. Furthermore, individuals who endorsed more traditional gender role ideologies, who reported belief in big/moralizing gods and who used long-term sexual strategies also reported more restrictive abortion attitudes and stronger support for banning abortion. Exploratory analyses highlight how these relationships vary as a function of cultural context. We can conclude that both contextual factors (e.g., local abortion legislation and gender inequality) as well as individual factors (e.g., gender role attitudes and religious/spiritual belief) shape people’s attitudes toward abortion. Implications regarding the bidirectional relationship between attitudes and policy in reproductive health are discussed.
{"title":"Abortion Attitudes Across Cultural Contexts","authors":"Lora Adair, Nicole Lozano, Nelli Ferenczi","doi":"10.1027/2157-3891/a000101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1027/2157-3891/a000101","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: We explored between-country and within-country variability in abortion attitudes, using country-level factors (e.g., gender equality) and individual-level factors (e.g., gender role attitudes) as predictors. Participants from Mexico ( N = 215), India ( N = 215), the United States ( N = 215), and the United Kingdom ( N = 206) were recruited via Qualtrics Panels. Regression models and ANOVAs were used to assess whether estimates of gender inequality, gender role attitudes, motherhood norms, belief in big/moralizing gods, and sexual strategy were associated with abortion attitudes. As predicted, individuals living in countries with greater gender inequality, and more restrictive abortion policy, reported more restrictive abortion attitudes and stronger support for banning abortion. Furthermore, individuals who endorsed more traditional gender role ideologies, who reported belief in big/moralizing gods and who used long-term sexual strategies also reported more restrictive abortion attitudes and stronger support for banning abortion. Exploratory analyses highlight how these relationships vary as a function of cultural context. We can conclude that both contextual factors (e.g., local abortion legislation and gender inequality) as well as individual factors (e.g., gender role attitudes and religious/spiritual belief) shape people’s attitudes toward abortion. Implications regarding the bidirectional relationship between attitudes and policy in reproductive health are discussed.","PeriodicalId":517095,"journal":{"name":"International Perspectives in Psychology","volume":"18 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141693811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-07-01DOI: 10.1027/2157-3891/a000106
Judith L. Gibbons, Nancy M. Sidun, J. Chrisler
{"title":"Documenting Reproductive Injustice, Striving for Reproductive Justice","authors":"Judith L. Gibbons, Nancy M. Sidun, J. Chrisler","doi":"10.1027/2157-3891/a000106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1027/2157-3891/a000106","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":517095,"journal":{"name":"International Perspectives in Psychology","volume":"345 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141691618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1027/2157-3891/a000098
Ma. Tonirose D. Mactal, Mendiola Teng‐Calleja, Jaimee Felice Caringal-Go, Rae Mark S. Zantua
Abstract: Massive involuntary job loss is one of the most damaging consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a distressful life event, studies revealed how it can adversely impact one’s well-being, especially when challenges are unmanaged. Using phenomenology as its theoretical lens, this study aimed to provide an understanding of the experiences of sudden job loss among 12 Filipino migrant workers through semistructured online interviews. In particular, it explored the difficulties, coping mechanisms, and critical resources that enabled them to deal with the transition from being substantial income earners to jobless individuals. The analysis underscored the need for a concerted response, especially at the government level, to help mitigate the adverse psychological and economic impact of unemployment among migrant workers.
{"title":"Job Loss During the COVID-19 Crisis","authors":"Ma. Tonirose D. Mactal, Mendiola Teng‐Calleja, Jaimee Felice Caringal-Go, Rae Mark S. Zantua","doi":"10.1027/2157-3891/a000098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1027/2157-3891/a000098","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Massive involuntary job loss is one of the most damaging consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a distressful life event, studies revealed how it can adversely impact one’s well-being, especially when challenges are unmanaged. Using phenomenology as its theoretical lens, this study aimed to provide an understanding of the experiences of sudden job loss among 12 Filipino migrant workers through semistructured online interviews. In particular, it explored the difficulties, coping mechanisms, and critical resources that enabled them to deal with the transition from being substantial income earners to jobless individuals. The analysis underscored the need for a concerted response, especially at the government level, to help mitigate the adverse psychological and economic impact of unemployment among migrant workers.","PeriodicalId":517095,"journal":{"name":"International Perspectives in Psychology","volume":"51 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140768976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract: Lived experiences of in-work poverty remain under-researched in countries such as Aotearoa New Zealand NZ. Community-orientated psychologists often argue that people experiencing such complex issues develop considerable expertise that is invaluable in efforts to reimagine effective responses. The core aim of this article is to explore participant experiences of government efforts to alleviate the negative impacts of in-work poverty on socioeconomically marginalized groups, including the emergent Māori precariat class. From the perspective of assemblage theory, this article documents how government efforts to support low-income households become territorialized within a dynamic geography of relations as experienced by 10 precariat households (9 Māori, one Cook Island Māori). The analysis is based on four interviews per household, with a total of 40 interviews across the 10 households. These interviews encompassed photo-elicitation and mapping exercises and document householder experiences of policy initiatives, including annual minimum wage rises, the introduction of healthy homes standards, and related government support initiatives. What emerges from participant accounts is considerable disappointment regarding government efforts to render assistance that do not address dysfunctional and extractive relationships between precariat households and more affluent groups, such as private landlords. Evident from the analysis is how current policies do not adequately address the relational nature of poverty and how many policies combine in the everyday lives of the precariat to cancel out potentially positive impacts on poverty reduction. We offer a series of recommendations for how participant concerns might be addressed.
{"title":"Everyday Experiences of In-Work Poverty and Policy Responses in the Assemblage of Situations of Precarity in Aotearoa New Zealand","authors":"Ahnya Martin, Darrin Hodgetts, Pita King, Denise Blake","doi":"10.1027/2157-3891/a000100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1027/2157-3891/a000100","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Lived experiences of in-work poverty remain under-researched in countries such as Aotearoa New Zealand NZ. Community-orientated psychologists often argue that people experiencing such complex issues develop considerable expertise that is invaluable in efforts to reimagine effective responses. The core aim of this article is to explore participant experiences of government efforts to alleviate the negative impacts of in-work poverty on socioeconomically marginalized groups, including the emergent Māori precariat class. From the perspective of assemblage theory, this article documents how government efforts to support low-income households become territorialized within a dynamic geography of relations as experienced by 10 precariat households (9 Māori, one Cook Island Māori). The analysis is based on four interviews per household, with a total of 40 interviews across the 10 households. These interviews encompassed photo-elicitation and mapping exercises and document householder experiences of policy initiatives, including annual minimum wage rises, the introduction of healthy homes standards, and related government support initiatives. What emerges from participant accounts is considerable disappointment regarding government efforts to render assistance that do not address dysfunctional and extractive relationships between precariat households and more affluent groups, such as private landlords. Evident from the analysis is how current policies do not adequately address the relational nature of poverty and how many policies combine in the everyday lives of the precariat to cancel out potentially positive impacts on poverty reduction. We offer a series of recommendations for how participant concerns might be addressed.","PeriodicalId":517095,"journal":{"name":"International Perspectives in Psychology","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140247531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-03-13DOI: 10.1027/2157-3891/a000099
Mara Teresina D. Lee, Raphael F. Canalita, Janelle Angelica A. Tong, M. Macapagal
Abstract: The criminalization of abortion has limited the access of women who seek to undergo abortion, resulting in women seeking unsafe means to acquire abortions. As experts on women’s reproductive health, obstetrician-gynecologists (ob-gyns) have the ability to influence the trajectory of abortion in the Philippines. Our research aimed to discover how Filipino ob-gyns position women who have undergone abortion, how they position themselves in relation to these women, and the rights and duties they ascribe to both themselves and these women. We conducted one-on-one in-depth, semistructured interviews with seven ob-gyns who are currently practicing across different institutions in Metro Manila. The analysis revealed reflexive and interactive positions, along with respective rights and duties of ob-gyns on women who have undergone abortion. The ob-gyns viewed themselves as protectors of religion, informed, moral enforcers, and sympathetic, while women who have undergone abortion were seen as religious transgressors, misinformed, having loose consciences, and selfish. These results imply that, should abortion be decriminalized, ob-gyns in the Philippines may still conscientiously object to performing the procedure for moral and religious reasons.
{"title":"“We Feel Sad for the Baby Because the Mother Is Bad” – A Positioning Analysis of Filipino Ob-Gyns on Women Who Have Undergone Abortion","authors":"Mara Teresina D. Lee, Raphael F. Canalita, Janelle Angelica A. Tong, M. Macapagal","doi":"10.1027/2157-3891/a000099","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1027/2157-3891/a000099","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: The criminalization of abortion has limited the access of women who seek to undergo abortion, resulting in women seeking unsafe means to acquire abortions. As experts on women’s reproductive health, obstetrician-gynecologists (ob-gyns) have the ability to influence the trajectory of abortion in the Philippines. Our research aimed to discover how Filipino ob-gyns position women who have undergone abortion, how they position themselves in relation to these women, and the rights and duties they ascribe to both themselves and these women. We conducted one-on-one in-depth, semistructured interviews with seven ob-gyns who are currently practicing across different institutions in Metro Manila. The analysis revealed reflexive and interactive positions, along with respective rights and duties of ob-gyns on women who have undergone abortion. The ob-gyns viewed themselves as protectors of religion, informed, moral enforcers, and sympathetic, while women who have undergone abortion were seen as religious transgressors, misinformed, having loose consciences, and selfish. These results imply that, should abortion be decriminalized, ob-gyns in the Philippines may still conscientiously object to performing the procedure for moral and religious reasons.","PeriodicalId":517095,"journal":{"name":"International Perspectives in Psychology","volume":"1991 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140246561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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