“De känner både skam, utanförskap och stigma” Socialsekreterarnas beskrivningar om hur den psykiska hälsan påverkas av att leva med ekonomiskt bistånd
(2023) SOPB63 20231School of Social Work
- Abstract
- The aim of this study was to understand social workers' descriptions concerning how people with financial aid are affected mentally by being provided with financial aid. The study was based on semi-structured interviews with six professional social workers from various municipalities in the south of Skåne, who work within the social service department for financial aid. The theoretical methods used for analyzing our material were Erving Goffman's theory of Stigma and Donald Nathanson's theory of Shame and Pride. This study found through social workers' descriptions that several factors affect people's mental health, due to living off financial aid. The results of our study showed that social workers experience people who receive... (More)
- The aim of this study was to understand social workers' descriptions concerning how people with financial aid are affected mentally by being provided with financial aid. The study was based on semi-structured interviews with six professional social workers from various municipalities in the south of Skåne, who work within the social service department for financial aid. The theoretical methods used for analyzing our material were Erving Goffman's theory of Stigma and Donald Nathanson's theory of Shame and Pride. This study found through social workers' descriptions that several factors affect people's mental health, due to living off financial aid. The results of our study showed that social workers experience people who receive financial aid as having a higher risk of developing mental health problems, because of their financial vulnerability. The study also found according to the social workers that people who are dependent on financial aid for a longer period of time experience a high difficulty to get economically independent in the future. Social workers also describe people who are dependent on financial aid for a long period of time as being at a higher risk of developing mental health problems in the future. Reasons for developing mental health problems due to being provided by financial aid were explained by the social workers being due to their clients experiencing shame, stigmatization, and exclusion. The result of our study also shows through social workers' descriptions that economic vulnerability contributes to isolation because people who experience it tend to feel stigmatized, left out, and filled with feelings of shame. According to the responding social workers, people who receive financial aid tend to feel ashamed because they do not have the capacity to provide for themselves. This leads them to feel left out and stigmatized since they are not living by society's norms, such as for example having a job and being able to provide for themselves. (Less)
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- author
- Karlsson Röstén, Michaela LU and Caliskan, Gizem
- supervisor
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- Carina Gallo LU
- organization
- course
- SOPB63 20231
- year
- 2023
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Psykisk ohälsa, ekonomisk utsatthet, ekonomiskt bistånd, socialsekreterare, konsekvenser, upplevelser och välfärd. Mental health, mental health problems, financial issues, financial aid, social service worker, consequences, experiences and welfare
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9121669
- date added to LUP
- 2023-06-08 15:21:54
- date last changed
- 2023-06-08 15:21:54
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abstract = {{The aim of this study was to understand social workers' descriptions concerning how people with financial aid are affected mentally by being provided with financial aid. The study was based on semi-structured interviews with six professional social workers from various municipalities in the south of Skåne, who work within the social service department for financial aid. The theoretical methods used for analyzing our material were Erving Goffman's theory of Stigma and Donald Nathanson's theory of Shame and Pride. This study found through social workers' descriptions that several factors affect people's mental health, due to living off financial aid. The results of our study showed that social workers experience people who receive financial aid as having a higher risk of developing mental health problems, because of their financial vulnerability. The study also found according to the social workers that people who are dependent on financial aid for a longer period of time experience a high difficulty to get economically independent in the future. Social workers also describe people who are dependent on financial aid for a long period of time as being at a higher risk of developing mental health problems in the future. Reasons for developing mental health problems due to being provided by financial aid were explained by the social workers being due to their clients experiencing shame, stigmatization, and exclusion. The result of our study also shows through social workers' descriptions that economic vulnerability contributes to isolation because people who experience it tend to feel stigmatized, left out, and filled with feelings of shame. According to the responding social workers, people who receive financial aid tend to feel ashamed because they do not have the capacity to provide for themselves. This leads them to feel left out and stigmatized since they are not living by society's norms, such as for example having a job and being able to provide for themselves.}},
author = {{Karlsson Röstén, Michaela and Caliskan, Gizem}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{“De känner både skam, utanförskap och stigma” Socialsekreterarnas beskrivningar om hur den psykiska hälsan påverkas av att leva med ekonomiskt bistånd}},
year = {{2023}},
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