The Impact of Familial and Environmental Factors on the Adjustment of Immigrants: A Longitudinal Study

Autor/inn/en	Slonim-Nevo, Vered; Mirsky, Julia; Rubinstein, Ludmila; Nauck, Bernhard
Titel	The Impact of Familial and Environmental Factors on the Adjustment of Immigrants: A Longitudinal Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Issues, 30 (2009) 1, S.92-123 (32 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-513X
DOI	10.1177/0192513X08324575
Schlagwörter	Immigrants; Adjustment (to Environment); Family Influence; Longitudinal Studies; Self Esteem; Family Relationship; Language Proficiency; Social Discrimination; Fathers; Adults; Adolescents; Mothers; Psychological Patterns; Stress Variables; Comparative Analysis; Marital Satisfaction; Foreign Countries; Germany; Israel; USSR; Brief Symptom Inventory; Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Soziale Benachteiligung; Soziale Schließung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Mother; Mutter; Ausland; Deutschland
Abstract	This study examined the impact of family interaction, perceived discrimination, stressful life events, and the hosting country on the adjustment of Israeli and German immigrants. Results show that changes in self-esteem between the 1st year of immigration and 2 and 4 years later were significantly related to family relations: the better the functioning, the greater the improvement. The patterns of relationships in the family, however, only partially explained changes in psychological well-being and language proficiency. Perceived discrimination explained discrepancies over time in psychological well-being among fathers and adolescents and the discrepancies in language proficiency among mothers: the lower the discrimination, the greater the improvement. Adult immigrants who experienced more stressful life events presented deterioration in their psychological well-being over time. Finally, adults who immigrated to Germany were more likely to acquire the new language than their counterparts who immigrated to Israel. (Contains 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10