Title The welfare trait : how state benefits affect personality / Adam Perkins.

Publication Info.	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
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Description	1 online resource (x, 201 pages)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note	Print version record.
Contents	Preface -- What is personality and why does the welfare state matter? -- The employment-resistant personality profile -- The lifelong impact of personality -- The influence of benefits on claimant reproduction -- Childhood disadvantage and employment-resistance -- Genetic influences on personality -- Personality as a product of nature and nurture -- A model of how the welfare state leads to personality mis-development -- Further evidence for welfare-induced personality mis-development -- What next?
Summary	Childhood disadvantage encourages the development of antisocial, 'employment-resistant' personality characteristics which harm life outcomes in adulthood. A welfare state therefore risks harming society by increasing the number of citizens who develop employment-resistant personality characteristics due to disadvantage during childhood.
Subject	Personality and occupation.
	Public welfare -- Psychological aspects.
	Welfare recipients -- Psychology.
	Welfare recipients -- Attitudes.
	Personality change.
	FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / General
	PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / General
	PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Lifespan Development
	PSYCHOLOGY / General
	Personality and occupation. (OCoLC)fst01058714
	Personality change. (OCoLC)fst01058735
	Public welfare -- Psychological aspects. (OCoLC)fst01083313
	Welfare recipients -- Attitudes. (OCoLC)fst01173636
	Welfare recipients -- Psychology. (OCoLC)fst01173672
	Socialtjänst -- psykologiska aspekter.
	Socialbidragstagare -- psykologiska aspekter.
	Socialbidragstagare -- attityder till.
	Personlighetsförändring.
	Anställbarhet -- psykologiska aspekter.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Perkins, Adam, 1972- author. Welfare trait 9781137555274 (DLC) 2015020341 (OCoLC)917131501
ISBN	9781137555298 electronic bk.
	9781137555281 print
	9781137555274
	1137555270
	1137555289
	1137555297 electronic bk.
Standard No.	10.1057/9781137555298 doi

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