Marie Jahoda
Marie Jahoda · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Social psychologist; co-author of the landmark Marienthal study of unemployment
1907, Vienna, Austria-Hungary — 2001, Keymer, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Austria · United Kingdom · United States
Marie Jahoda is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Social psychologist; co-author of the landmark Marienthal study of unemployment
Marie Jahoda was a social psychologist best known as co-author of the landmark 1933 study 'Marienthal', which documented the psychological effects of long-term unemployment on an Austrian community. She later worked on mental health and prejudice in Britain and the United States. She came from a Viennese Jewish family and was imprisoned for her socialist activism before fleeing Austria.
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Social psychologist; co-author of the landmark Marienthal study of unemployment
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Sociology
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