Assets, Future Orientation, and Well-Being: Exploring and Extending Sherraden's Framework

Authors

Marcia Shobe, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Deborah Page-Adams, University of Kansas

Abstract

Reducing the incidence and impact of poverty has been central to social work practice since the birth of the profession (Addams, 1910; Franklin, 1986). The prevailing anti-poverty paradigm holds that well-being is almost exclusively dependent upon income. Social work scholar and educator, Michael Sherraden (1988; 1991) suggests a new anti-poverty paradigm whereby combined income and asset building initiatives may improve the well-being of poor households. Sherraden (1991) suggests that assets have positive effects on well-being, including future orientation. The extended conceptual framework suggested here further specifies that future orientation has a direct role in its relationship with assets and well-being.

Recommended Citation

Shobe, Marcia and Page-Adams, Deborah (2001) "Assets, Future Orientation, and Well-Being: Exploring and Extending Sherraden's Framework," The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 28: Iss. 3, Article 7.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15453/0191-5096.2745
Available at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jssw/vol28/iss3/7