Conspiracy beliefs are prevalent among members of disadvantaged groups. Adopting a
social identity perspective, we hypothesized that these beliefs would reduce the …

In 2006, Andrea O'Reilly coined the term motherhood studies to acknowledge and
demarcate this new scholarship on motherhood as a legitimate and autonomous discipline …

Migration scholars frequently view cities as innovative and efficient in responding to their
immigrant communities' needs. At the same time, the risks of the decentralisation of …

The shame of being poor and asking for charity has been a key theme in sociological
research on poverty. This article draws on ethnographic research across two charity centres …

Recent scholarship on families living in poverty has focused on immigrant and migrant
families, legal and illegal. The element of citizenship has received relatively broad attention …

Of the range of negative emotional states, shame is commonly found to characterize
experiences of people living in poverty. However, relatively little attention has been directed …

A lack or low level of social capital is associated with negative outcomes for communities
impacted by poverty. However, less is known about how different types of social capital …

The association between socio-economic status and health is well established. While
involvement in a micro-finance program has been shown to reduce poverty among women …

The role of counselling psychology in empowering individuals to overcome poverty is a
critical and multifaceted aspect of addressing socioeconomic challenges. This paper …

Food insecurity is often considered in isolation from other stressors, limiting our contextual
understanding of individual or familial experiences. Hence, this study examined families in …