Harper D, Babigian H M, Parris R, Mills B
Psychiatr Q. 1979 Spring;51(1):28-38. doi: 10.1007/BF01064717.
Two migrant farm labor camps were observed during two summer harvesting seasons. A part of the observations consisted of interviews with 104 farm laborers, with 16 of them being interviewed intensively. Migrant farm workers were exploited by the crew boss and the farm owner, and they in turn exploited each other. Consequently, many workers left farm work. Those who remained in the camps adapted their attitudes and their views to the conditions. Though they had a begrudging respect for the crew boss, they showed an overriding concern with exploitation. They conveyed a numbness about life, themselves, and their place in society; this numbness was combined with self criticism and an attempt to maintain some self-respect. They expressed distrust for and suspicion of others, and though they could not articulate it very well, they felt great fear and anxiety. In order to diagnose and treat disorder in migrant farm workers, psychiatrists must understand the exploitive social setting of migrant farm work and the adaptations of workers to that setting.
在两个夏季收获季节对两个流动农场劳工营地进行了观察。部分观察包括对104名农场劳工的访谈，其中16人接受了深入访谈。流动农场工人受到工头和农场主的剥削，反过来他们也相互剥削。结果，许多工人离开了农场工作。留在营地的人根据环境调整了自己的态度和观点。尽管他们勉强尊重工头，但他们表现出对剥削的极度关注。他们对生活、自己以及自己在社会中的地位表现出麻木；这种麻木与自我批评以及维持某种自尊的尝试交织在一起。他们表达了对他人的不信任和怀疑，尽管他们不太能清楚地表达出来，但他们感到极度恐惧和焦虑。为了诊断和治疗流动农场工人的精神障碍，精神科医生必须了解流动农场工作的剥削性社会环境以及工人对该环境的适应情况。
