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Student perceptions of financial literacy: relevance to practice
- Author:
- KINDLE Peter A.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Service Research, 36(5), October 2010, pp.470-481.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Financial literacy is the most common of a variety of terms to refer to consumer financial acumen. However, the relevance of financial literacy to social work has been framed almost exclusively in the context of poverty relief. This study expands this framework to the evidence linking financial stress, not merely poverty, to adverse client outcomes. Using a new 15-item, quantitative instrument, 1,506 student perceptions were obtained. Respondents demonstrated a moderate awareness of the relevance of financial literacy in 11 of 15 problem issues commonly encountered in practice, indicating a moderate receptivity to financial education. The author suggests that future research should clarify the contours of financial knowledge that is required to assist clients more effectively.
Assessing power and control differentials: understanding dysfunctional agency from the client’s perspective
- Author:
- KINDLE Peter A.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 14(3), 2006, pp.93-104.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
A new synthetic conceptualisation of power and control in human behaviour is developed from a critique of uni-directional understandings of power and control in social psychology, conflict theory, critical theory and social work empowerment theories. Control balance, a criminological theory, is also employed as an explanation of non-conforming behaviour. Both a surplus of autonomy and an excess of repression provide subjective motivation for subversive acts that empower the actor. This dual-tension model is a theoretically useful predictor of human behaviour and, together with symbolic interactionism, provides a theoretical framework for considering secondary socialisation as a potential means of social work intervention. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Self-reflective helping: Foucaultian insights on helping and power dynamics
- Author:
- KINDLE Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 11(2), 2005, pp.1-8.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Empirical evidence suggests that postsecondary education for offenders within the Texas prison population is an effective means of reducing recidivism. This article is an interpretative essay attempting to understand these beneficial effects. It contrasts the naïve interpretation of enhanced offender agency with Foucault's powers of normalization as the foreground for a larger discussion of what it means to help. It suggests a theoretical framework for client empowerment that embraces the ideal of parity of control between the extremes of subversive agency and the social power of normalization.
School selection preferences of public and private University MSW students: a retrospective study
- Authors:
- KINDLE Peter A., COLBY Ira
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Education, 44(3), 2008, pp.97-113.
- Publisher:
- Council on Social Work Education
A convenience sample of 2,289 MSW students responded to an Internet-based survey retrospectively reporting their reasons for enrolling in a specific social work graduate program. Responses indicated that MSW students who enrol in private graduate programs are younger and reported reputation-related and employment-related reasons for specific school selection more often that students enrolled in public schools. Students enrolled in public schools reported location-related reasons as more important.
Perceptions of social support among heterosexual and homosexual adopters
- Authors:
- KINDLE Peter A., ERICH Stephen
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 86(4), December 2005, pp.541-546.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
Social support is a key variable in adoptive family functioning, however, few have addressed this in reference to gay and lesbian adoptive families. In this American study comparison of responses between 47 gay and lesbian adoptees with 25 heterosexual adoptees on a modified version of the Family Support Scale did not indicate differences in overall levels of family support. Differences did exist between the levels of social support in individual categories with heterosexuals relying on my relatives and my own children and gay and lesbians relying on partners and day care centres. Results supported the hypothesis that heterosexual adoptive parents relied more on family, but did not support the hypothesis that gay and lesbian adoptive parents relied more on friends.
Personal accounts of poverty: a thematic analysis of social media
- Authors:
- CAPLAN Mary Ager, PURSER Gregory, KINDLE Peter A.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work, 14(6), 2017, pp.433-456.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The field of social work seeks to enhance human well-being by addressing the needs of people living in poverty. Three billion people around the world use the internet daily, and 65% of them use social media. This article qualitatively identifies emergent themes about the lived experiences of poverty from people who reported either being poor or having have been poor, using selected social media posts (N = 1,495) on the website Reddit. The authors found that the experiences of poverty bring arduousness and hardship, which necessitates an arsenal of survival strategies and skills. It was also found that some people who were poor experienced the saving grace of unexpected charitable acts, which eased their burden. Moreover, these experiences manifest in vestigial feelings and behaviours even when one is no longer poor. An understanding of the lived experiences by poor people themselves is a foundational task for social work educators, practitioners, and researchers. (Edited publisher abstract)