Social participation and psychological distress among immigrants from the former Soviet Union

Abstract

English The adaptation of immigrants to Israel and to Germany is compared. While in Germany immigrants were oriented towards the general society, in Israel they tended towards less social participation. Adolescent immigrants in Israel reported more stress than did their German peers, but no differences in the psychological stress were found among their parents. French Cette é tude compare la façon dont des immigrants en Israë l et en Allemagne se sont adapté s. Il en ressort que les immigrants en Allemagne ont é té , de façon gé né rale, davantage inté gré s à la socié té comparativement aux immigrants en Israë l, qui tendent à être moins engagé s socialement. Les immigrants adolescents en Israë l font é tat d’un plus grand stress que leurs pairs en Allemagne, alors qu’on ne relè ve pas de diffé rences chez leurs parents respectifs. Spanish La adaptació n de los inmigrantes a Israel y Alemania es comparada. Mientras que en Alemania los inmigrantes se orientan hacia la sociedad en general, en Israel ellos tienden hacia una participació n social baja. Inmigrantes adolescentes en Israel reportaron má s estré s que sus contrapartes alemanes, pero no se encontraron diferencias en el estré s psicoló gico entre los parientes.

Inter‐group and intra‐group assertiveness: Adolescents' social skills following cultural transition

“…The majority immigrated after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Slonim-Nevo, Mirsky, Nauck, and Horowitz (2007) found that the immigrants feel relatively secure in Israel, but paradoxically are characterized by a low level of social participation (as compared to Russian immigrants to Germany).…”

Analysis and Mapping of Scientific Literature on Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Global Immigrants (1963–2022)

“…A considerable quantity of articles highly related to this cluster of keywords care about how immigrants throughout the world integrate into host countries and related issues in the midst of their integration (Bohning, 1991; Jones & Findlay, 1998; Pieterse, 2000). Furthermore, a number of articles conduct comparative studies on immigrants’ integration in different countries (Chen et al, 2013; Jöns et al, 2007; Slonim-Nevo et al, 2007). This may indicate that the comparison-based approach has been widely adopted in the field of ICCA research except for the frequently-used empirical approach.…”

Immigrant Families

“…For example, findings from a previous study showed that the percentage of Russian-speaking homes in Israel with access to Russian TV channels, Russian radio programs, and newspapers in Russian was higher than in Germany (Remennick, 2004; Titzmann, Silbereisen, Mesch, & Schmitt-Rodermund, 2011). In addition, FSU Jewish immigrants in Israel had a greater tendency than German FSU immigrants in Germany to participate in intra-ethnic social and political activities (Al Haj, 2004; Slonim-Nevo, Mirsky, Nauck, & Horowitz, 2007; Titzmann et al, 2011).…”