The Experienced Influence of Money in Social Work Related Psychology
Author
Pedersen, Michael Bøgh
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2019
Submitted on
2019-08-30
Pages
56
Abstract
This study explores the extent to which money influences psychologists’ experiences and interactions with clients in jobcenter settings. It addresses three sub-questions: how psychologists perceive clients’ relationships with money, how money is experienced to affect clinical work, and what attitudes and beliefs the psychologists themselves hold about money. Positioned against a backdrop of psychology’s tendency to overlook money, the study draws on Financial Therapy and humanistic psychology (including Maslow and Rogers). Methodologically, it uses an exploratory embedded mixed-methods design with qualitative phenomenological interviews analyzed via Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), supplemented by the Klontz Money Script Inventory-Revised (KMSI-R) as a reflective exercise in which three jobcenter psychologists discussed their own scores. The analysis identifies four overarching themes: (1) money’s impact on clients’ lives, including financial insecurity, worry, and stress, as well as the use of money as motivation; (2) psychologists’ professional autonomy from economic sanctions and decisions within the jobcenter, which appears to support empathy and unconditional positive regard; (3) differences in how money matters in public versus private practice; and (4) psychologists’ personal relationships to money, described as generally relaxed yet cautious in financial management. The analysis also includes KMSI-R results and participants’ reflections on money scripts. Overall, the study illuminates multiple ways in which money can shape relationships and practice in social work-related psychology.
Dette studie undersøger, i hvilket omfang penge påvirker psykologers oplevelser og samspil med borgere i jobcentersammenhænge. Det adresserer tre delspørgsmål: hvordan psykologer opfatter borgeres forhold til penge, hvordan penge opleves at påvirke arbejdet med borgerne, og hvilke egne holdninger og antagelser psykologerne har om penge. Studien placerer sig i en kritik af, at penge ofte overses i psykologi, og bygger teoretisk på Financial Therapy og humanistisk psykologi (bl.a. Maslow og Rogers). Metodisk anvendes et eksplorativt embedded mixed-methods design med kvalitative fænomenologiske interviews analyseret via Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), suppleret af Klontz Money Script Inventory-Revised (KMSI-R) som refleksionsøvelse, hvor tre jobcenterpsykologer drøftede deres egne scores. Analysen peger på fire overordnede temaer: (1) penges påvirkning af borgernes liv, herunder økonomisk usikkerhed, bekymring og stress samt brugen af penge som motivation; (2) psykologers professionelle autonomi fra økonomiske sanktioner og beslutninger i jobcentret, som synes at understøtte empati og ubetinget positiv agtelse; (3) forskelle i, hvordan penge spiller ind i offentlig kontra privat praksis; samt (4) psykologernes personlige forhold til penge, der beskrives som relativt afslappet, men præget af forsigtighed i økonomistyring. Analysen omfatter desuden KMSI-R-resultater og deltagernes refleksioner over money scripts. Samlet belyser studiet flere måder, hvorpå penge kan forme relationer og praksis i socialfagligt relevant psykologi.
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