Migrant perceptions of psychological home: A scoping review

Home Away from Home: Comparing Factors Impacting Migrants’ and Italians Sense of Psychological Home

“…Romoli and colleagues [ 15 ] identify three aspects emerging from the literature relating to psychological home, much in line with Sigmon and colleagues [ 7 ] conceptualizations. The first is the cognitive component wherein conceptualizations about the home and domestic duties were seen to be heavily influenced by issues of competing and a multiplicity of identities [ 15 ]. These included factors such as gender [ 17 , 18 ] and sharing spaces with same language speakers [ 19 ].…”

“…Three studies predominantly look at psychological home in migrants. The first is a scoping review looking at what the literature in a variety of fields has said on migrants and home [ 15 ], the second is a qualitative study looking at conceptions of psychological home in male migrants [ 16 ] and the third is a study looking at the relationship between psychological home, sense of community and neighborhood attachment, and resilience in migrants [ 6 ].…”

“…These included factors such as gender [ 17 , 18 ] and sharing spaces with same language speakers [ 19 ]. The second component, the affective, relates to the emotional connection migrants feel to their new living spaces [ 15 ]. Here, Boccagni [ 20 ] specifies that inadequate housing conditions might lead to a lesser attachment to the home spaces, while Cain and colleagues [ 21 ] indicate that home ownership also affects psychological home as it adds a sense of permanence to the migration experience (see also [ 22 ]).…”

“…Eskela [ 23 ] however finds that homeownership might be a mere economic choice and not necessarily representative of an emotional attachment. The third component which affects migrants’ psychological home is the environment, with stark differences in domestic environment between the home of origin and the new country possibly detracting from sense of psychological home, while investment in relics, symbols and other objects of the country of origin being conducive to greater psychological home [ 15 ].…”

Ecological migrants’ socio-spatial integration in Yinchuan City, China

“…As Romoli et al [ 29 ] illustrated, ecological migration involves the optimal allocation of population and resources and reflects the conflict and integration of social and cultural spaces. This is evidenced by the fact that residents who have relocated face problems such as weakened spatial adaptability [ 17 ], lack of spatial identity and sense of belonging [ 30 ], imbalance of space production relations, and spatial perception shock (e.g., social exclusion) [ 31 – 33 ].…”