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A study of the relationship between job status in community action programs (CAP) & the soc background, att's, & job experiences of indigenous nonprofessionals. Such an analysis might make clear the degree to which the poor really benefit from CAP. Data was gathered in 1968 from 2 large New England CAP's, comparable in size, budget, method of inception & org. The sample (N=112) consisted of an equal number of randomly selected black nonprofessionals, both M & F, employed at least half time, over 21 yrs old & under 50 yrs old (to exclude those either too young or old to consider the career possibilities of their employment). Measures of CAP job status & income were standardized & summed, & this variable called CAP SES. Background variables used were age, sex, marital status, & whether or not R was employed prior to his present job. Att'al & perceptual variables such as anomie, conventionalization, work alienation, etc were also operationalized. Findings indicated that nonprofessionsls with the highest status & best paying CAP jobs tended to be M, married, to have had a high SES prior to their CAP employment & to have a relatively large number of dependants. Workers with poor work histories, low educ, & unstable fam lives are given Ls jobs. CAP SES r'ed negatively with worker's aspirations & optimistic feelings toward the good that the program is doing; Hs workers felt that their jobs were dead-end & that CAP was of little help to the poor. Ls workers felt the opposite. It is concluded that those who do well in CAP are those that have done well before; that the Ls worker, although indeed better off than on the welfare roles, is offered little chance for a new career or meaningful job training, & that the att's of workers vary with their status in CAP: the Hs worker showing little confidence in his chances for career improvement with CAP & the Ls worker believing in the promises made, but actually expecting little. The importance of providing meaningful jobs is emphasized. 3 Tables. H. Lachs.

In recent years, scholars in the fields of refugee studies and forced migration have extended their areas of interest and research into the phenomenon of displacement, human response to it, and ways to intervene to assist those affected, increasingly focusing on the emotional and social impact of displacement on refugees and their adjustment to the traumatic experiences. In the process, the positive concept of "psychosocial wellness" was developed as discussed in this volume. In it noted scholars address the strengths and limitations of their investigations, citing examples from their work with refugees from Afghanistan, Cambodia, Vietnam, Palestine, Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti, Eastern Europe, Bosnia, and Chile. The authors discuss how they define "psychosocial wellness," as well as the issues of sample selection, measurement, reliability and validity, refugee narratives and "voices," and the ability to generalize findings and apply these to other populations. The key question that has guided many of these investigations and underlies the premise of this book is "what happens to an ordinary person who has experienced an extraordinary event?" This volume also highlights the fact that those involved in such research must also deal with their own emotional responses as they hear victims tell of killing, torture, humiliation, and dispossesion. The volume will therefore appeal to practitioners of psychology, psychiatry, social work, nursing, and anthropology. However, its breadth and the evaluation of the strengths and disadvantages of both qualitative and quantitative methods also make it an excellent text for students