Migrants and Life Satisfaction: The Role of the Country of Origin and the Country of Residence

Berggren, Niclas; Bergh, Andreas; Bjørnskov, Christian; Tanaka, Shiori

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“…We did not find any significant differences between the groups regarding subjective wellbeing. This finding is aligned with the results of a recent large-scale survey about the effects of country of origin and country of residence on life satisfaction in first-and second-generation immigrants living in European countries, including Denmark (Berggren, Bergh, Bjørnskov, & Tanaka, 2020). The results of the survey indicated that in second-generation immigrants, the influence of parents' country of origin on life satisfaction is close to zero, which means that this group is attuned to life satisfaction levels of their country of birth/residence.…”

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A tale of two cultural life scripts: do young second-generation Turkish immigrants versus young Danes in Denmark perceive life through different cultural lenses?

Özbek

Bohn

Berntsen

2021

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Cultural life scripts refer to the shared expectations as to the order and timing of life events in a prototypical life course within a given culture or subculture. Immigration is a significant transition that often implies a change in cultural context, which may change people's views about a normative life. However, research on cultural life scripts in the context of immigration has been limited. We addressed this gap by examining the cultural life scripts of 33 young second-generation Turkish immigrants and 33 young Danes in Denmark, pairwise-matched on age, gender, and education, along with their subjective well-being and acculturation level. Both groups reported mostly positive life script events expected to occur in early adulthood and their individual life scripts generally had a positive outlook. In contrast to earlier studies, we found no evidence of lower subjective well-being or greater normativity of the cultural life script in the immigrant group.Moreover, the acculturation level of the Turkish group correlated positively with their subjective well-being, suggesting that adapting at least to some degree to the daily life of the host country is associated with well-being of second-generation immigrants.

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A tale of two cultural life scripts: do young second-generation Turkish immigrants versus young Danes in Denmark perceive life through different cultural lenses?

Özbek

Bohn

Berntsen

2021

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“…Another recent study implies that immigrants form important ties after migration, which is reflected in the observation that the LS of first-generation immigrants is associated with both the average LS in their country of origin and the host country. However, average levels of LS in the origin country appear to be of less importance for firstgeneration immigrants and of no importance for second-generation immigrants compared with average LS in the country of residence (Berggren et al 2020).…”

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Why do immigrants become less happy? Explanations for the decrease in life satisfaction of immigrants in Germany over time

2022

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We investigate the life satisfaction (LS) trajectories of immigrants in Germany. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel from 1984 to 2015, we find that recently arrived immigrants are more satisfied with their lives than comparable German natives. However, their LS decreases more over time than that of their German counterparts; that is, we observe a negative years-since-migration (YSM)–LS association. We propose and test five possible explanations for this observation: (1) differential effects of declining health between natives and immigrants, (2) the stability of the YSM–LS association over time and across samples, (3) the effects of non-random sample attrition, (4) immigrants’ integration in German society, and (5) differences in the YSM effect across ethnic backgrounds. We find that the decrease in LS among immigrants over time is mostly explained by a combination of deteriorating health and an increase in the importance of health for LS. The extent to which immigrants’ LS changes over time in the host country partly depends on their country of origin. The results suggest that there is scope for policies targeted towards immigrants’ better utilisation of the healthcare system and their integration in host societies to improve immigrants’ LS.

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“…С выраженными эмиграционными намерениями, как правило, связано негативное отношение к стране проживания и позитивное отношение к стране предполагаемого переезда (Tartakovsky et al, 2017). Особую роль при формировании отношения к стране исхода и стране назначения играют социально-политические установки и ценности субъектов и оценка окружающей социальной среды, исходя из них (Berggren et al, 2020;Crisan et al, 2019;Plopeanu et al, 2018). Важнейшим выталкивающим фактором из страны, стимулирующим возникновение эмиграционных намерений, является неудовлетворенность качеством государственных услуг и высокий уровень коррупции (Begović et al, 2020), а также неудовлетворенность демократическими институтами (Berlinschi, Harutyunyan, 2019).…”

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Psychological Factors of Youth Emigration Intentions: A Review of International Studies

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2021

Vestn. Ross. univ. družby nar., Ser. Psihol. pedagog.

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The psychological factors of the emigration intentions of young people, the growth of which is observed today in various countries of the world, are analysed based on the data of numerous international studies. The scientific significance of this analysis, on the one hand, is due to the lack of Russian psychological works that systematize and popularize the relevant information, on the other hand, it is associated with the need to subsequently correlate the results of international and Russian studies in order to identify common supra-cultural and specific psychological factors that affect the emigration intentions of young people. The psychological driving forces of the emigration intentions of young people considered in international studies are diverse and correspond to different levels of personality activity (individual, interpersonal and macrosocial). They correlate with general groups of factors contributing to emigration. The factors reflecting the emerging opportunities for emigration are related to positive attitudes towards emigration in general, the consideration of emigration as a way to achieve significant goals, a low degree of attachment to the country of origin, dissatisfaction with the existing living conditions, and positive attitudes towards the country where young people intend to move to. The psychological factors associated with the availability of social support include the support they receive from their families as well as relevant interpersonal contacts they have abroad. The group of factors related to personal resources for overcoming emerging obstacles correlates with expressed career aspirations, high motivation for power and achievements, insignificant motivation for affiliation, extraversion, openness to new experience, desire for risk, change and new impressions, openness to the world and cultural differences, readiness to interaction with others, faith in other religions and nationalities, self-efficacy, ability to cope with the ambivalence of emerging emotions and feelings, a high level of education, proficiency in foreign languages, and experience of international mobility. The obtained data can be used to conduct empirical psychological studies on the driving forces of the emigration activity of young people in Russia and other countries.

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Migrants and Life Satisfaction: The Role of the Country of Origin and the Country of Residence

Cited by 15 publications

References 66 publications

A tale of two cultural life scripts: do young second-generation Turkish immigrants versus young Danes in Denmark perceive life through different cultural lenses?

A tale of two cultural life scripts: do young second-generation Turkish immigrants versus young Danes in Denmark perceive life through different cultural lenses?

Why do immigrants become less happy? Explanations for the decrease in life satisfaction of immigrants in Germany over time

Psychological Factors of Youth Emigration Intentions: A Review of International Studies

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