Recognizing People's Agency Amidst Disadvantage: How to Study Inequality Using a Holistic Approach That is Accurate and Non‐Stigmatizing
Social and Personality Psychology Compass,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
19(2)
Опубликована: Янв. 31, 2025
ABSTRACT
In
understanding
the
psychology
of
social
inequalities,
research
has
often
portrayed
groups
individuals
in
disadvantaged
positions
as
lacking
agency,
skills,
or
motivation–portrayals
that
can
stigmatize
these
groups.
Countering
this
stigma,
recent
developments
have
been
made
so‐called
“strength‐based”
to
better
understand
and
acknowledge
motivation
people
show.
Yet,
is
not
focused
on
how
inequalities
emerge.
The
present
explores
ways
study
without
risking
people.
For
example,
we
address
disparities
certain
motivational
factors
(e.g.,
belonging,
confidence)
stigmatizing
motivation?
And
way
experience
disadvantage
reducing
them
role
weak,
passive
victims?
To
answer
such
questions,
integrate
traditional
social‐inequality
with
advances
strength‐based
what
call
a
“holistic
approach”
studying
inequality.
At
core
approach
simultaneous
recognition
context‐level
(a
focus
inequality
research)
individual‐level
agency
research).
This
allows
for
broader–a
holistic–perspective
existing
inequality‐research,
points
underexplored
questions
within
do
actively
respond
disadvantage?).
After
outlining
approach,
distill
it
into
10
practical
guidelines
illustrate
implement
an
agenda.
doing
so,
hope
support
authors,
reviewers,
editors,
other
stakeholders
aiming
accurate
non‐stigmatizing
inequalities.
Язык: Английский
On Being Accepted: Interrogating How University Cultural Scripts Shape Personal and Political Facets of Belonging
Educational Psychology Review,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
36(4)
Опубликована: Ноя. 19, 2024
Abstract
Belonging
is
personal
and
political.
As
a
fundamental
human
need,
belonging
about
self-acceptance
feeling
“accepted”
by
others.
And
yet,
this
process
of
acceptance
inextricably
tied
to
structures
power
that
work
include
exclude.
Structures
whiteness
within
higher
education
systems,
for
example,
relegate
low-income,
first-generation-to-college
students
color
the
margins
undermine
their
capacity
desire
belong.
This
makes
task
developing
institutional
practices
foster
complex.
Such
prompts
important
questions
what
“acceptance”
looks
like.
For
in
ways
can
attend
existing
structures?
Under
conditions
occur
so
as
not
solely
expect
assimilate
or
silence
parts
themselves?
How
recognize
diverse
needs
marginalized
politics
surrounding
those
needs?
To
answer
these
questions,
I
utilize
frameworks
reveal
paradoxes
belonging—the
push
pull
being
accepted
spaces
marginalize
self.
Specifically,
drawing
from
place-belongingness
framework,
first
provide
foundation
understanding
political
components
students.
then
review
harmful
discuss
more
transformative
sustain
students’
cultural
identities.
Illuminating
facets
it
means
be
provides
pathway
reimaging
who
can,
wants,
gets
Язык: Английский
A critical race culture cycle study of class inequities in higher education
Journal of Social Issues,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Ноя. 24, 2024
Abstract
The
culture
cycle
details
how
cultural
ideas,
institutional
practices,
daily
interactions,
and
psychological
processes
mutually
reinforce
(and
disrupt)
social
class
inequities
in
U.S.
education
contexts.
Attending
to
the
intersections
of
classism,
racism,
sexism
shape
unearths
nuances
their
consequences.
In
this
paper,
we
argue
that
by
taking
a
critical
race
perspective
framework,
or
lens
for
short,
can
more
fully
interrogate
interrelated
power
structures
educational
contexts
dynamically
influence
each
other
over
time
students’
unique
realities
marginalization
and,
importantly,
acts
resistance.
To
build
our
argument,
first
describe
utility
study
inequities.
We
then
illustrate
sharpens
investigations
these
offer
mismatch
theory
as
an
illustrative
example
argument
showcase
such
provokes
different
set
research
questions
attend
power,
intersectionality,
Finally,
discuss
offers
new
opportunities
broadly.
Язык: Английский