Mental Models of Poverty in Developing Nations: A Causal Mapping Analysis Using a Canada-Philippines Contrast

Title
Mental Models of Poverty in Developing Nations: A Causal Mapping Analysis Using a Canada-Philippines Contrast
Publication Date
2005
Author(s)
Hine, Donald William
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3905-7026
Email: dhine@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:dhine
Montiel, Cristina Jayme
Cooksey, Ray Wagner
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0297-7256
Email: rcooksey@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:rcooksey
Lewko, John H
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Sage Publications, Inc
Place of publication
United States of America
DOI
10.1177/0022022104273652
UNE publication id
une:3672
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.
Link
Citation
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 36(3), p. 283-303
ISSN
1552-5422
0022-0221
Start page
283
End page
303

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