The Social Representation of Poverty: a Naples Pilot Study

Résumé

In our opinion the study of poverty has to be considered essential for social psychologists today; their efforts should be devoted to obtain fast and direct social benefits. We think that the main theoretical problem is represented by the "re-definition" of the object "poverty". The pilot phase of this research is based on three separate studies carried out with different samples. The aim of the research is to get acquainted with attitudes, perceptions and the social representation of poverty. In order to get data as "pure" as possible, only children entered the study. So the obtained results will set up the basis for a wider research project.