Adolescents' Theories About Economic Inequality: Why Are Some People Poor While Others Are Rich?

被引：124

作者：

Flanagan, Constance A. ^{[1
]}

Kim, Taehan ^{[2
]}

Pykett, Alisa ^{[1
]}

Finlay, Andrea ^{[3
,4
]}

Gallay, Erin E. ^{[5
]}

Pancer, Mark ^{[6
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Civil Soc & Community Studies, Sch Human Ecol, Madison, WI 53706 USA

[2] Charles F Kettering Fdn, Dayton, OH USA

[3] VA Palo Alto Hlth Care Syst, Ctr Innovat Implementat, Subst Use Disorder Qual Enhancement Res Initiat, Palo Alto, CA USA

[4] Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

[5] Univ Wisconsin, Sch Human Ecol, Madison, WI 53706 USA

[6] Wilfrid Laurier Univ, Dept Psychol, Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5, Canada

来源：

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY | 2014年 / 50卷 / 11期

关键词：

economic inequality; attributions; adolescents' lay theories; societal cognition; UNITED-STATES; SOCIAL-CLASS; EXPLANATIONS; POVERTY; PERCEPTIONS; COMPLEXITY; BELIEFS; WEALTH; CONSEQUENCES; CONCEPTION;

D O I：

10.1037/a0037934

中图分类号：

B844 [发展心理学（人类心理学）];

学科分类号：

040202 ;

摘要：

Open-ended responses of an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse sample of 593 12- to 19-year-olds (M = 16 years old, SD = 1.59) were analyzed to explain why some people in the United States are poor and others are rich. Adolescents had more knowledge and a more complex understanding of wealth than of poverty and older adolescents had more knowledge and a more complex understanding of both. Controlling for age and demographics, adolescents had a deeper understanding of inequality if they were female, from better educated families, discussed current events in their families, and attended schools with classmates who discussed current events in their families. Higher parental education and attending schools with classmates who discussed current events with their families increased the likelihood of structural attributions for poverty.

引用

页码：2512 / 2525

页数：14

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