Bringing Happiness Into the Study of Migration and Its Consequences: What, Why, and How?

Hendriks, Martijn; Bartram, David

doi:10.1080/15562948.2018.1458169

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“…To assess subjective well-being, previous research has focused mainly on affective experiences (e.g., joy, vitality, sadness) and cognitive evaluations (life satisfaction). This dual focus on affective experiences and cognitive evaluations makes sense, because they are separate factors and thus separate indicators of well-being (see Lucas et al, 1996;Hendriks and Bartram, 2019). In our studies, we included measures of both anxiety (and in one study a measure of depression) and satisfaction with life in order to offer a comprehensive perspective on migrant well-being.…”

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The Interactive Effect of Goal Attainment and Goal Importance on Acculturation and Well-Being

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The purpose of the present research is to shed light on whether and when migrants' goal pursuit relates to their acculturation and well-being. Previous research has demonstrated the beneficial role of striving for and attaining intrinsic goals on well-being. Yet, the relationship between the pursuit of intrinsic goals and acculturation has hardly been addressed. To fill this void, we investigated whether migrants' acculturation and wellbeing can be seen as a function of their pursuit of intrinsic goals. We posited that the attainment of intrinsic goals would positively predict migrants' level of acculturation and subsequent well-being, particularly when migrants deemed these goals to be important. We tested our hypotheses in two scenario studies and two surveys. In all four studies we confirmed our hypothesis that migrants' intrinsic goal attainment and well-being is mediated by their acculturation level. However, in only two of the four studies did we find support for our hypothesis that the relationship between intrinsic goal attainment and acculturation is moderated by intrinsic goal importance. We discuss the theoretical implications and the practical consequences of our findings. Furthermore, we outline future research directions that could deepen our understanding of the relationship between migrants' goal pursuit and their acculturation.

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“…Los hallazgos de la literatura general sobre la felicidad y el bienestar subjetivo dan pistas muy útiles para estudiar el bienestar de los migrantes, pero a la vez tienen importantes limitaciones, ya que las funciones de felicidad de este colectivo pueden diferir de las de la población en general por varias razones (Hendriks y Bartram, 2018 Berry (1997), que se basa en los trabajos sobre el estrés y el afrontamiento (Lazarus y Folkman, 1984), estipula que la calidad de la aculturación de un migrante en el entorno cultural de acogida depende de su capacidad para hacer frente de manera adecuada y eficaz a las tensiones asociadas con la adaptación cultural. En esta misma línea se plantea el paradigma de la asimilación en "línea recta", que afirma que la felicidad de los migrantes mejora al aumentar la duración de su estancia, ya que asume que los migrantes se vuelven cada vez más parecidos a los nativos a medida que pasan los años (Richardson, 1974).…”

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“…Sin embargo, otros estudios sobre la felicidad y el bienestar subjetivo sugieren que los migrantes pueden ser infelices y estar insatisfechos (Bartram, 2011) o menos felices en comparación con los nativos en el país de destino (Bălţătescu, 2007;Bartram, 2011;Graham y Markowitz, 2011;Safi, 2010) o en comparación con los que se quedaron, a pesar de haber logrado importantes avances en su bienestar objetivo (Stillman et al, 2015). Por lo tanto, no se puede suponer que los migrantes, aunque mejoren sus condiciones materiales de vida, experimenten un mayor bienestar subjetivo después de la migración (Hendriks y Bartram, 2018).…”

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“…Las preguntas abiertas sobre la felicidad o la satisfacción con la vida permiten a los participantes considerar, de manera integrada, todos los aspectos subjetivos y objetivos relevantes para su propia noción de una buena vida (Hendriks y Bartram, 2018). Las narrativas constituyen las realidades humanas y nuestro modo de ser.…”

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“…Sin embargo, siguen siendo limitados los estudios que dan relevancia de forma abierta a la opinión de los propios migrantes y que indagan a fondo su calidad de vida percibida. La mayoría de las investigaciones se centran en una sola dimensión del bienestar, frecuentemente el aspecto cognitivo (satisfacción con la vida) (Bak-Klimek et al, 2015) y, aun más importante, no han sido diseñados propiamente para explorar el bienestar de la población migrante y pueden no incluir importantes variables específicas de este colectivo (Hendriks y Bartram, 2018;OECD, 2017…”

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Aspirations, agency and well‐being of Romanian migrants in Greece

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Migration is considered a meaningful strategy whereby both migrants and nonmigrants can improve their well-being and their livelihoods. The paper emphasizes the migrants' own perspective and sheds light on movers' noneconomic drivers. The concept of aspirations is treated as a 'missing link' that allows research into migration at its intersection with social inequalities, hierarchies and diversity. The paper's main aim is therefore to elucidate Romanian migrants' aspirations and to illustrate how these aspirations are informed by their agency and reflect their well-being both during and after the economic recession in Greece. Romanian migration provides sufficient grounds to invoke a more nuanced approach to migrants' well-being, which takes their 'dreams of fantasy' into account, along with their subjective experiences of inequalities and multiple belonging. This paper frames migrants' well-being theoretically as a relational process, but also in terms of the socio-spatial arrangements of migrant mobility/immobility acts. Romanians' narratives are analysed in relation to their social trajectories, spatial movement(s) and settlement patterns during their international and internal journey(s).

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Bringing Happiness Into the Study of Migration and Its Consequences: What, Why, and How?

Cited by 57 publications

References 33 publications

The Interactive Effect of Goal Attainment and Goal Importance on Acculturation and Well-Being

The Interactive Effect of Goal Attainment and Goal Importance on Acculturation and Well-Being

Migración y bienestar: la importancia de una perspectiva narrativa

Aspirations, agency and well‐being of Romanian migrants in Greece

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