Adolescents' Theories About Economic Inequality: Why Are Some People Poor While Others Are Rich?
Adolescents' Theories About Economic Inequality: Why Are Some People Poor While Others Are Rich?
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DOI：
10.1037/a0037934
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发表时间：
2014-11-01
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4
通讯作者：
Pancer, Mark
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作者：
Flanagan, Constance A.;Kim, Taehan;Pancer, Mark
对 593 名 12 至 19 岁的种族和社会经济多样化样本（M = 16 岁，SD = 1.59）的开放式回答进行了分析，以解释为什么美国有些人贫穷而另一些人富有。与贫困相比，青少年对财富有更多的知识和更复杂的理解，而年龄较大的青少年对两者都有更多的知识和更复杂的理解。控制年龄和人口统计数据后，如果青少年是女性，来自受过良好教育的家庭，讨论家庭时事，并与讨论家庭时事的同学一起上学，那么他们对不平等会有更深入的了解。较高的父母教育以及与同学一起上学并与家人讨论时事增加了结构性贫困归因的可能性。
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.