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Asking for Help

A Qualitative Study of Barriers to Help Seeking in the Private Sector

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12987036
AutoresVicki Lens (0000-0002-4676-5522, Hunter College, autor de correspondencia), M Elaine Nugent (Columbia University), Chris Wimer (Columbia University)
Año2018
Volumen9
Número1
Páginas107-130
Fecha de publicación2018-01-24
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of the Society for Social Work and Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1948-822X • E-ISSN: 2334-2315
EditorialUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/696356
OpenAlexW2785457602
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas25

Objectives: Help-seeking patterns in people experiencing material hardships are poorly understood. This study examines variations in patterns of help seeking among people experiencing material hardships who do, and do not, seek help from nonprofit organizations. Method: The qualitative research design included 70 in-depth, semistructured interviews with New York City residents experiencing financial hardship. Participants (ages 18–65+) ranged from welfare-reliant individuals to low-wage workers ineligible for basic government aid. Results: Study findings reveal ways in which the cognitive and emotional burdens of living with scarcity and hardship make barriers to help seeking, such as stigma and a lack of knowledge, more formidable. We introduce and describe a new element called survival fatigue: cognitive weariness and psychological exhaustion that makes help seeking more difficult. Conclusions: Findings suggest that nonprofit organizations should increase community outreach activities, reduce application burdens by simplifying application procedures and eligibility requirements, and offer a wider range of assistance to fill the gap between people’s incomes and their basic needs

Basic needs · Business · Cognition · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics · Help-seeking · Mental health · Outreach · Political science · Poverty · Private sector · Psychiatry · Public relations · Qualitative research · Scarcity · Sociology · Stigma (botany · Welfare · Employment and Welfare Studies · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Homelessness and Social Issues · Psychology · Social Psychology

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Citas por año1,83
Intervalo de citas2020 - 2026 (7)
Velocidad de citacióncurrent
Altamente citadoNo
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