Breaking the Poverty Trap: A Psychological Framework for Facilitating Autonomous Motivation and Sustainable Behavioral Change in Development Aid Beneficiaries

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  • 「貧困の罠」を打ち破る：援助プログラム裨益者の自律的動機づけと持続可能な行動変容の促進に関する心理学的理論仮説
  • 「 ヒンコン ノ ワナ 」 オ ウチヤブル : エンジョ プログラムヒエキシャ ノ ジリツテキドウキズケ ト ジゾク カノウ ナ コウドウ ヘンヨウ ノ ソクシン ニ カンスル シンリガクテキ リロン カセツ

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<p>Workers in the field of development aid, particularly those involved in capacity development projects, have for some time recognized the importance of understanding the psychology of aid beneficiaries. However, there have been very few psychological studies on development aid, possibly because there are yet few tested theoretical frameworks that allow empirical research. The aim of this paper is to present a theoretical framework that would be applicable to aiding, assessing, and researching the psychology of people facing difficulties such as extreme poverty. The framework is based on Self-Determination Theory (SDT) and also draws from behavior modification approaches. It is argued that for such people, as a prerequisite for supporting the need for autonomy, it is necessary to support the needs for competence and relatedness. Based on the modified SDT framework, aid paradigms such as conditional cash transfers (CCTs), the life improvement approach (LIA), the smallholder horticultural empowerment project (SHEP), and the freedom for enhancing empowerment (FrEE) approaches are examined, and future research directions are discussed.</p>

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