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“Why me?”: Low-Income Women’s Poverty Attributions, Mental Health, and Social Class Perceptions
Author(s): Kristin D. Mickelson, Emily Hazlett
Publication Date: 2014
Although much is known about broad societal attitudes toward poverty, less is known about how women perceive their own poverty. We sought to examine the types of self attributions low-income women make about their poverty, as well as the association of self poverty attributions to women’s mental health and upward mobility beliefs. Using close-ended questions in a community sample of 66 low-income mothers from the Midwestern United States, we foun...
Role of kin and nonkin support in the mental health of low-income women
Author(s): Ellen L. Bassuk, Kristin D. Mickelson, Heidi D. Bissell, Jennifer N. Perloff
Publication Date: 2002
Data from the Worcester Family Research Project were analyzed to determine whether social support processes are altered by poverty and whether kin and nonkin support are differentially related to mental health in low-income mothers. The authors found that conflict with family and friends predicted adverse mental health and more strongly predicted these outcomes than emotional and instrumental support. Moreover, sibling conflict was a stronger pre...
The Nexus of Domestic Violence and Poverty: Resilience in Women’s Anxiety
Author(s): Stacey L. Williams, Kristin D. Mickelson
Publication Date: 2004
This study extends past research by examining the mediating role of cognitive and social resilience in the domestic violence–anxiety relation. Mediation is tested on a sample of 100 impoverished women from the Women’s Health Outcomes in Urban and Rural Environments (Women’s HOUR) Study. Regression analysis and structural equation modeling provide consistent support for the proposed model: poor women’s violence experience impairs support and self-...