Nowhere Better Than Here?&lt;br&gt;The Subjective Well-Being of German Emigrants and Remigrants&lt;br&gt;

Erlinghagen, Marcel

doi:10.12765/cpos-2011-15

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“…However, empirical tests to link the life satisfaction of immigrants to that which is typical in their country of origin are rarely provided in the literature; this article fills this gap. It adds to the findings of Erlinghagen (2011), who showed that, after controlling for basic predictors, there is little or no difference in the life satisfaction levels displayed by stayers in Germany and German migrants to selected European countries. Bartram (2013b) reported similar results for Romanians.…”

Section: Cultures Of Life Satisfaction and Their Consequencesmentioning

confidence: 64%

Do ‘cultures of life satisfaction’ travel?

Voicu

Matei

2013

Current Sociology

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This article explains the variation in the life satisfaction of international migrants across Europe using the idea of the cultural embeddedness of subjective well-being, expressed in various approaches such as social comparison theory, the Easterlin paradox and Cummins' (2003) assumption of normativeness. The authors claim that immigrants' levels of life satisfaction will be the subject of a dual contextuality. First, the cultural heritage of the country of origin has a pervasive influence long after migration. Second, a permanent upward adjustment is likely to occur toward the average level of life satisfaction in the country of current residence. Additional interaction effects, namely the impact of cultural distance and exposure to the two relevant cultures, are also considered. For testing, the authors employ multilevel cross-classified models on data from the 2008 wave of the European Values Study. The findings indicate that both origin and host societies provide relevant contextual frameworks and mould immigrants' life satisfaction.Life satisfaction is usually explained through personal characteristics, through wealth and access to resources, through relative standards and reference frameworks, and

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Section: Cultures Of Life Satisfaction and Their Consequencesmentioning

confidence: 64%

Do ‘cultures of life satisfaction’ travel?

Voicu

Matei

2013

Current Sociology

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“…A previous report performed in Spain concluded that immigrants who resided in Spain for less than 10 years showed a better state of mental health than the Spanish population [54]. Other works outside Spain have also reported that the mental health of immigrants was found to be similar or better than that of the native population of the destination country [55][56][57]. However, it is important to point out that data obtained about a good mental health state among immigrants may be biased, since people with poorer mental health would have lower possibilities to migrate.…”

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Gender Differences in the Prevalence of Mental Health, Psychological Distress and Psychotropic Medication Consumption in Spain: A Nationwide Population-Based Study

Maestre-Miquel

López‐de‐Andrés

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Background: To assess gender differences in the prevalence of self-reported mental disorders, psychological distress and psychotropic drug consumption, and to identify sociodemographic and health-related variables associated with these conditions in the male and female population (aged ≥ 18 years). Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried on 22,141 subjects aged 18 and over, using data from the Spanish National Health Interview Survey 2017. Results: We found an overall prevalence of mental disorders, psychological distress and psychotropic drug consumption of 13.8%, 18.3% and 13.9%, respectively. After multivariable adjustment, women showed significantly increased probabilities of 1.74-fold for mental disorders, 1.26-fold for psychological distress and 1.26-fold for psychotropic drug consumption compared to men. Variables such as gender, age, nationality, marital status, educational level, self-rated health, the presence of different chronic disorders, alcohol consumption and smoking habit were independently associated with mental disorders, psychological distress and psychotropic drug consumption. Several variables showed a differential effect on mental health status and psychotropic drug consumption according to gender. Conclusions: Women suffer from mental disorders, experience psychological distress and consume psychotropic drugs significantly more than men in Spain. Possible explanations for these results may be related to differences in emotional processing, willingness to report diseases and even intrinsic biological traits. Screening for mental health status and psychotropic drug consumption should be considered, particularly in Spanish women, younger adults and individuals who are not married, are obese, have poor self-rated health, suffer from chronic diseases or have a smoking habit.

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“…Perhaps immigrants in our sample compared their achievements later in life with those of friends and relatives from their home country, and this strategy contributed to increase their levels of satisfaction. There is evidence that immigrants tend to have higher levels of life satisfaction than stayers from their home countries (Erlinghagen, 2011). Alternatively, the high levels of life satisfaction of older Hispanics might stem from comparisons with themselves at the beginning of their migratory careers.…”

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confidence: 99%