Causal attributions of poverty in less developed countries: Comparing among undergraduates from nations with different development levels

• José Juan Vázquez ^[1] ; Sonia Panadero ^[2] ; Isabel Pascual ^[1] ; Xavier G. Ordoñez ^[2]
  1. [1] Universidad de Alcalá

     Universidad de Alcalá

     Alcalá de Henares, España

     
  2. [2] Universidad Complutense de Madrid

     Universidad Complutense de Madrid

     Madrid, España

     
• Localización: Revista interamericana de psicología = Interamerican journal of psychology, ISSN 0034-9690, Vol. 51, Nº. 1, 2017
• Idioma: inglés
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Atribuciones causales de la pobreza en los países menos desarrollados: Comparación entre estudiantes universitarios de naciones con diferentes niveles de desarrollo
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  • English

    The study analyze the causal attributions of poverty in the less developed countries in a sample of 1,092 undergraduates from Nicaragua, El Salvador, Chile and Spain. Statistical analysis showed the existence of three components which initially grouped thevarious causal attributions for poverty in developing countries: “Fault of the world economic structure”, “Fault of fate, nature, cultural habits, and political misconduct” and “Fault of the developing countries' population”. Five types of subjects were subsequently identified according to the type of causal attributions of poverty that the undergraduates had made and their country of origin, perceived social class, economic situation, political ideology and religious beliefs. The results obtained show that the causal attributions of poverty in developing countries are mainly influenced by the level of development in the country of origin of interviewees, their political ideology and their economic situation

  • português

    El estudio analiza las atribuciones causales de la pobreza en los países menos desarrollados en una muestra de 1.092 estudiantes universitarios de Nicaragua, El Salvador, Chile y España. Los análisis estadísticosmostraron la existencia de tres componentes que inicialmente agrupaban las diferentes atribuciones causales de la pobreza en los estados menos desarrollados: "Por causa de la estructura económica mundial", "Por el destino, la naturaleza, los hábitos culturales, y la mala conducta de los políticos" y "Por causa de la población de los países en desarrollo". Posteriormente se identificaron cinco tipos de motivos en función de las atribuciones causales de la pobreza que realizaron los estudiantes y su país de origen, clase social percibida, situación económica, ideología política y creencias religiosas. Los resultados obtenidos muestran que las atribuciones causales de la pobreza en los países en desarrollo se ven influidas principalmente por el nivel de desarrollo del país de origen de los entrevistados, su ideología política y su situación económica

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