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Psychology of Socioeconomic and Psychosocial Deprivation

A special issue of Psych (ISSN 2624-8611).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2021) | Viewed by 9661

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Graham Pluck

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Instituto de Neurociencias, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito 170901, Ecuador
Interests: neuropsychology; intelligence; executive functions

Special Issue Information

This Special Issue will bring together high-quality research on the psychological context of variation in socioeconomic and psychosocial deprivation on children and adults. We live in a world with great disparities in opportunity for optimal development. It is becoming clear that such disparities can have huge effects on aspirations, cognitive potential, and emotional health. However, this has been generally neglected by psychology until recently. In addition, to becoming more global, psychology must address big issues, such as deprivation, which are of particular relevance in the developing world. 

More specifically this Special Issue will provide a rapid, open-access outlet for high-quality peer-reviewed research on the Psychology of Socioeconomic and Psychosocial Deprivation. Studies exploring neuropsychological/ physiological, cognitive, emotional, and resilience factors are particularly welcome. Empirical reports could describe observational studies, such as the psychological correlates of socioeconomic and psychological deprivation gradients. In addition, specific groups are also of interest, such as people experiencing homelessness, foster care, child labor, servitude, etc. However, cross-cultural, longitudinal, and intervention studies are particularly encouraged. Studies may also report experimental findings, such as the effects of debt rumination on physiological or psychological processes. Review articles are also accepted. However, reviews should strive to provide balanced coverage of the extant literature. In this regard, systematic reviews and meta-analyses are particularly encouraged. 

Submissions from all countries are welcome. However, in all cases, authors should strive to provide an analysis that has implications beyond the local context, and is useful and interesting to a global audience. I hope you can join me and the contributing authors by being part of this exciting Special Issue. I am confident that, together, our collected works will mark a substantial advance in the psychology of socioeconomic and psychosocial deprivation.

Dr. Graham Pluck
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Socioeconomic status 
  • Psychosocial deprivation 
  • Neglect 
  • Poverty 
  • Homelessness 
  • Social exclusion

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Homelessness and Research: Methodological Obstacles and Lessons Learned from a Psychological Study in Parisian Homeless Services
by Gaëtan Chevreau, Claire Vallat-Azouvi, Marta Coll, Frédéric Barbot and Marie-Carmen Castillo
Psych 2021, 3(2), 184-196; https://doi.org/10.3390/psych3020016 - 7 Jun 2021
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Homelessness, defined as a lack of appropriate, stable, and permanent housing, is a common issue in many societies and is linked to both structural and individual factors. These factors include psychological mechanisms and disorders which can trigger or worsen already precarious situations. In [...] Read more.
Homelessness, defined as a lack of appropriate, stable, and permanent housing, is a common issue in many societies and is linked to both structural and individual factors. These factors include psychological mechanisms and disorders which can trigger or worsen already precarious situations. In order for these factors to be taken into account in social rehabilitation programs, they need to be precisely described. However, at present, studies in this field are lacking in France. Despite homelessness being an issue across the country, few studies have evaluated the underlying psychological or neuropsychological mechanisms. More data are needed, not only to provide an accurate description of the situation in France, but also to ensure that foreign observations and interventions are relevant for application to the homeless population. In order to achieve this, more quantitative and qualitative data and investigative methodologies and studies are needed. Sharing experience and methods within the scientific community is one way to support further research, particularly in complex domains such as homelessness. At the moment, only a few such papers have been published. In this paper, we share our experiences from a research project that started in 2020 (currently unpublished) on the prevalence of cognitive disorders among homeless service users in Paris. We describe the exploratory phase of our project, obstacles encountered during the implementation of the study, including how we dealt with ethical issues, and data collection. We end the paper with recommendations for future psychological studies on homelessness. Full article
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Theory of Mind Ability and Socioeconomic Status, a Study of Street-Connected Children and Adolescents in Ecuador
by Graham Pluck
Psych 2021, 3(2), 72-84; https://doi.org/10.3390/psych3020008 - 13 May 2021
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Family socioeconomic status (SES) is closely associated with cognitive ability in children and adolescents. However, most of the research has come from high-income countries. There is only limited research on ‘street children’, who represent an aspect of low-SES particularly associated with low- and [...] Read more.
Family socioeconomic status (SES) is closely associated with cognitive ability in children and adolescents. However, most of the research has come from high-income countries. There is only limited research on ‘street children’, who represent an aspect of low-SES particularly associated with low- and middle-income counties. The current research in Quito, Ecuador, compared a group of street-connected youth with a not street-connected control group on two different measures of theory of mind ability and verbal comprehension. Initial analysis revealed that the street-connected sample scored significantly below the level of the control sample for verbal comprehension. For the main analysis, street-connected youth were matched to control participants for age, sex, and verbal comprehension scores. The street-connected sample was found to perform significantly below the control sample on both measures of theory of mind. Furthermore, worse performance appeared to be linked to severity of symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) within the street-connected sample. In conclusion, the association of relatively poor verbal comprehension with street-connectedness is consistent with existing research from high-income countries on SES gradients and cognitive development. In contrast, theory of mind ability, a core aspect of social cognition, may be particularly linked to the street-connectedness form of low SES that exists in many low- and middle-income countries. Full article
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Social Support Is Related to the Use of Adaptive Emotional Regulation Strategies in Ecuadorian Adolescents in Foster Care
by Ana F. Trueba and Graham Pluck
Psych 2021, 3(2), 39-47; https://doi.org/10.3390/psych3020005 - 22 Apr 2021
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Adolescents in foster care are exposed to maltreatment and inadequate social support which can have lasting repercussions on their emotional development. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of social support on the use of emotional regulation strategies in Ecuadorian [...] Read more.
Adolescents in foster care are exposed to maltreatment and inadequate social support which can have lasting repercussions on their emotional development. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of social support on the use of emotional regulation strategies in Ecuadorian adolescents in foster care and non-foster peers. This study recruited 181 adolescents, 56 in foster care and 123 non-foster peers, from various locations in Quito, Ecuador. Participants completed the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS). Using linear regression, we found that being in foster care was related to lower perceived social support. The non-foster care control group reported using more emotion regulation strategies, both adaptive and maladaptive (acceptance, rumination, refocusing to planning, and self-blaming), than the foster care group. Greater social support was associated with the use of more positive strategies (reappraisal, positive refocusing, and refocusing to planning) and less maladaptive strategies (catastrophizing). Youth in foster care have less social support than their non-foster peers. This puts them at risk, as social support has an important role in the use of healthy emotion regulation skills in adolescents. Full article
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