Attitudes Toward the Unemployed Receiving Social Security Benefits
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9889186 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Furnham (0000-0001-7545-8532, Department of Psychology, University College, London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 135-149 |
| Publication date | 1983-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Relations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7267 • E-ISSN: 1741-282X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/001872678303600204 |
| OpenAlex | W2153535131 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 14 |
Though there appear to have been a number of psychological studies done in the 1930s and 1970s on the consequence of unemployment, there seem to be very few studies on attitudes toward the unemployed receiving social security benefits or attitudes toward welfare in general. This study examined the effect of sex, education, and voting pattern of over 170 subjects on their attitudes toward people receiving social security benefits. Both education and vote appeared to be important factors in predicting people's attitudes, though there were few sex or interaction effects. A factor analysis of the attitude items revealed three factors indicating that the attitudes centered around the difficulty of coping with the amount of benefit provided; beliefs about people being dishonest about their needs and abusing benefit payments; and the loss of self-esteem and stigma associated with being on social security. Results are discussed in terms of the psychology of explanations, and the implications for social change were noted
Coping (psychology · Economic growth · Economics · Payment · Political science · Politics · Social security · Stigma (botany · Unemployment · Voting · Welfare · Clinical Psychology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Psychology · Social Psychology · Workplace Health and Well-being
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Changes of life satisfaction in the transition to retirement
Attributions for Poverty
The Conception of Laziness and the Characterisation of Others as Lazy
Welfare Stereotypes and Conditional Cash Transfer Programmes
Public support for the social rights and social obligations of the unemployed
Social workers' attitudes towards the unemployed in the Nordic countries
Perceived Welfare Deservingness of the Unemployed in Eastern versus Western Europe
The effortful citizen
The just world hypothesis as an argumentative resource in debates about unemployment benefits
Explaining public support for demanding activation of the unemployed
Comparing Negative Attitudes Toward the Unemployed Across European Countries in 2008 and 2016
The socialization of union loyalty
Reducing unemployment
Unemployment and social stigma
Economic Recession and Mental Health
Alternative Ethics
Attitudes Toward the Unemployed
Facing Unemployment
Lay theories of heroin addiction
Explanations of poverty in Australian and American samples
Why are the poor always with us? Explanations for poverty in Britain
Public Attitudes Toward Welfare
Marienthal
The Ultimate Attribution Error
Moderating factors of the psychological impact of unemployment
The psychological impact of unemployment on managers and professional staff
The Protestant work ethic and attitudes towards unemployment
The effects of unemployment on the psycho‐social development of school‐leavers
Work, employment, and unemployment
Explanations for unemployment in Britain
Socioeconomic Factors Associated with Attitudes toward Welfare Recipients and the Causes of Poverty
Social psychology as history
The psychological effects of unemployment
| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,45 |
| Citation span | 1982 - 2022 (41) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |