Format:
Online-Ressource (227 p)
ISBN:
9780080372655
Series Statement:
International Series in Experimental Social Psychology
Content:
This volume surveys studies conducted in the major immigrant receiving nations over the past several decades to ascertain the main established correlates of immigrant adjustment. It also reports findings from an original longitudinal study of immigrants to Australia from several European countries. Among the questions addressed are: What is the usual course of immigrants' reactions to their new country? How do these reactions differ depending on their focus of concern - self, family, friends, job, etc ? Are subjective reactions (satisfaction with various aspects of their lives) parallelled by
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Front Cover; Adaptation of Immigrants: Individual Differences and Determinants; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Summary; Preface; Chapter 1. Migration and Culture Contact; Varieties of Migration; Processes of Selection in Controlled Migration; Some Predictors of Emigration; Reactions to the Dominant Culture; Chapter 2. Outcomes and Predictors: An Overview; Some Assumptions About Adaptation; Sequential Diagram: Guide to Subsequent Chapters; Sequential Diagram: Guide to Subsequent Chapters; Outcomes of Migration; First Principal Component of Role Performances; Predictors
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Some Illustrative HypothesesSome Types of Effects; Sample Requirements; Chapter 3. Environmental Stressors and Facilitators; Stresses of Migration; Social Buffers Against Stress; Summary; Chapter 4. Demographic and Background Characteristics; Urban or Rural Background; Religious Commitment; Previous Experience With the Same or Similar Culture; Previous Experience With Diverse Cultures; Marital Status; Age; Sex; Socio-economic Status; Role Performance; Relative Effects of Status and Other Demographic Predictors; Summary; Chapter 5. Cultural Skills; Meanings and Measures of Cultural Skills
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COMPONENTS OF CULTURAL SKILLS INDEXRelevance of Cultural Skills for Subjective Adaptation; Relevance of Cultural Skills for Role Performance; Cultural Skills of Non-English-speaking Immigrants; Cultural Skills as Mediators of Demographic and Background Determinants; Cultural Skills or Ethnicity?; Summary and Caution; Chapter 6. Family Relations; Individual Appraisals of Family Relations; Consensually Judged Family Characteristics; Family Relations in Combination With Other Predictor Variables; Collective Effects of Families; Summary; Chapter 7. Personality Characteristics
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Personality and AdaptationMeasures of Personality; Predictors of Emotional Well-being; Consequences of Emotional Well-being; Correlates of Self-esteem; Correlates of Optimism; Correlates of Affiliative Dependence; Correlates of Professed Values; Contributions of Personality to Predicting Adaptation; Summary; Chapter 8. Summary: Predictors of Adaptive Outcomes; Hypothesised Outcomes and Predictors; Mean Favourability of Predictors for the Twenty-four Outcomes; Differences Among Outcomes; Summary; Implications; APPENDIX 1. Design of Studies; Longitudinal Sample
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Cross-sectional Study of Immigrant FamiliesNative-born Australians; APPENDIX 2. Scales From Questionnaires; Sources; Scales; References; Index
Additional Edition:
9781483287119
Additional Edition:
Print version Adaptation of Immigrants : Individual Differences and Determinants
Language:
English
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