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Title: | Mental Models of Poverty in Developing Nations: A Causal Mapping Analysis Using a Canada-Philippines Contrast | Contributor(s): | Hine, Donald William (author) ; Montiel, Cristina Jayme (author); Cooksey, Ray Wagner (author) ; Lewko, John H (author) | Publication Date: | 2005 | DOI: | 10.1177/0022022104273652 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/3583 | Abstract: | Causal mapping was used to compare poverty activists and non-activists from Canada and the Philippines (N = 80) in terms of their beliefs about the causes of poverty in developing nations. The causal maps varied as a function of both activist status and country of residence. Activists included more external societal causes in their maps than non-activists, whereas non-activists included more individualistic and internal societal causes. In terms of map structure, Filipino activists included significantly more causal links in their maps than members of the other three groups. A cluster analysis on distance ratios, an index of dissimilarity among the maps, produced three clusters dominated by Filipino non-activists, Canadian non-activists, and Filipino activists, respectively, and a fourth cluster that included a heterogeneous mix of respondents from all four groups. Implications for public education, the effective coordination of antipoverty interventions, and methodological issues related to causal mapping are discussed. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 36(3), p. 283-303 | Publisher: | Sage Publications, Inc | Place of Publication: | United States of America | ISSN: | 1552-5422 0022-0221 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 170113 Social and Community Psychology | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 940302 International Aid and Development | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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