貧困心理學,是在心理學視角下研究貧困問題的一種新研究取向,是心理學在貧困領域的最新運用。現階段貧困心理學研究主要集中在主觀幸福感、心理健康、行為決策等三個方面。貧困文化理論、稀缺理論、自我損耗論分別從貧困文化、稀缺心態以及意志力資源視角解釋了貧困產生的心理機制。在擺脫貧困過程中需要打破貧困循環,未來貧困心理學研究需要進一步探討貧困的產生機制、神經生理機制,貧困心理學的本土化研究以及心理學在扶貧工作中的應用等。

As the latest psychological application in the field of poverty, psychology poverty is a new research approach to poverty through the lenses of psychology. The extant research on the psychology poverty is mainly focused on three areas, which are subjective well-being, mental health, and decision-making. And the poverty culture theory, scarcity theory, and ego depletion theory emphasize explanations on the mental mechanism of poverty by respectively viewing from the perspectives of poverty culture, scarcity mindset, as well as the resources of willpower. In order to break the vicious cycle of poverty and consequently escape poverty, in-depth investigations of the psychology of poverty should be conducted to further explore its mental and neurophysiological mechanisms, its localization, and its application of psychology in term of poverty relief.