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Women in poverty: An investigation ...

Carlton, Nancy Bender.

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Women in poverty: An investigation of the prevalent factors that hinder and enhance the life career development process.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Women in poverty: An investigation of the prevalent factors that hinder and enhance the life career development process./
Author:	Carlton, Nancy Bender.
Description:	297 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 63-03, Section: A, page: 0868.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International63-03A.
Subject:	Education, Guidance and Counseling. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3047416
ISBN:	0493617183

Women in poverty: An investigation of the prevalent factors that hinder and enhance the life career development process.
Carlton, Nancy Bender.

Women in poverty: An investigation of the prevalent factors that hinder and enhance the life career development process. - 297 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 63-03, Section: A, page: 0868.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Union Institute, 2001.

The 20th century's technological revolution has dramatically reshaped the socio-economic system of America. A country once boasting the largest middle class is now described as an "hour glass" society, depicting the growing disparity between the "haves" and "have nots." Concurrent with this trend is the "feminization" of poverty, as the major poverty group is families headed by women. In 1993, nearly 30 million Americans were poor, with women and children comprising 77.4 percent. Race continues to be a confounding variable that predisposes women toward poverty.

ISBN: 0493617183Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017740
Education, Guidance and Counseling.

Women in poverty: An investigation of the prevalent factors that hinder and enhance the life career development process.
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520 $a The 20th century's technological revolution has dramatically reshaped the socio-economic system of America. A country once boasting the largest middle class is now described as an "hour glass" society, depicting the growing disparity between the "haves" and "have nots." Concurrent with this trend is the "feminization" of poverty, as the major poverty group is families headed by women. In 1993, nearly 30 million Americans were poor, with women and children comprising 77.4 percent. Race continues to be a confounding variable that predisposes women toward poverty.
520 $a Despite women's continuing vulnerability for sustaining economic stability, women in poverty is one of the most neglected groups in the career counseling and development literature. To address this gap, a qualitative phenomenological study was conducted with six women in poverty from diverse ethnic backgrounds who made significant strides toward economic self-sufficiency. The goal was to investigate salient factors that hindered and enhanced their "life career development" process, which was defined from a holistic, developmental, and dynamic systems perspective to provide a framework for examining multiple inner dimensions (intellectual, emotional, spiritual, and career development), and outer environments (school, family, community) over the lifespan. Depth interviewing and the use of "story" were the primary methods for gathering data.
520 $a The data analysis revealed the following inhibitors: broken relationships and trust with childhood primary caregivers; lack of effective role-models; oppressive conditions, attitudes, and practices relating to gender, race, and class statuses; a system of negative self-concepts; symptoms associated with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); a pattern of self-defeating behaviors; and low levels of career self-reliance and interdependence. Enhancers included: encouraging and sustaining relationships that served as a healing force; faith in a higher power; a developing system of positive self-concepts; organized structures of opportunities for new learning, and consistent work experience.
520 $a The study concluded: (1) the life career development process of women in poverty is negatively affected by the social constructions of gender, race, and class; (2) they are inherently relational beings, and when nurturing relationships are denied, they fail to develop the skills essential for career self-reliance and interdependence; and (3) they possess the capacity for self-transformation. The counseling profession is encouraged to learn more about the needs of this growing population in America.
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