Years since migration and wellbeing among Indian and Sri Lankan skilled migrants in Australia: Mediating effects of acculturation

Gunasekara, Asanka; Grant, Sharon; Rajendran, Diana

doi:10.1016/j.ijintrel.2019.02.006

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“…A supportive social environment, with opportunities for cultural activities and recreation, as well as a comfortable physical environment, would promote acculturation and health in migrants, so that they have greater control over their own health [39]. Participating in host country cultural activities, such as sporting or social events [40] is also a positive predictor of wellbeing, as migrants may feel a greater sense of assimilation within the host society.…”

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Health Engagement Living Lab Project: A Pilot Mixed-Methods Study To Advance Self-Care Agency Among Migrant Workers In South Korea

Kim

Lee

Kim

et al. 2021

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Background: Migrant workers struggle to access health services and adapt to a new culture. Self-care agency can be important for health self-management. It is necessary to investigate in detail how migrant workers engage in health promotion behaviors. This study examines the effects of a health engagement program to improve self-care agency using a living lab approach among migrant workers living in South Korea. Methods: Participants included 42 migrant workers from 9 countries, recruited via flyers, posters, and internet bulletins posted by a migrant community organization. This pilot study used a mixed-methods design including a nonequivalent pre-post-test control group and three focus group interviews. During the 12-week period, only the intervention group participants received four workshops addressing healthy physical activity, healthy dietary habits, effective cultural adaptation, stress management, and two outdoor cultural activities. They also participated in focus group interviews after the second, third, and fourth group activities and discussed the benefits of health behaviors and specific ways to implement them in real life. The control group received no intervention. Results: After the 12-week intervention period, participants in the intervention group showed an increase in the levels of self-care agency (U = 82.5, p < .001), health literacy (U = 91.5, p < .001), and acculturation (U = 119.0, p = .010) compared to the control group. As results of qualitative content analysis, various themes were derived for three areas: healthy diet, acculturation, and stress management based on lessons learned from living lab activities, barriers to health behavior practices and methods to overcome barriers.Conclusions: This study demonstrated that interventions using a living lab were effective in increasing migrants’ participation in health promotion activities by strengthening their self-care agency. The qualitative approach was useful in obtaining more comprehensive results on strategies aimed at enhancing health behavior engagement.

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Health Engagement Living Lab Project: A Pilot Mixed-Methods Study To Advance Self-Care Agency Among Migrant Workers In South Korea

Kim

Lee

Kim

et al. 2021

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“…Some of the previous studies suggest that those, who reside longer in the host society, are more acculturated to host culture (Grigoryev & Berry, 2017;Schwartz, Unger, Zamboanga, & Szapocznik, 2010). Some research found that longer residence in the host country is related with lower wellbeing of immigrants (Berry & Hou, 2016;Gunasekara, Grant, & Rajendran, 2019;Kwak, 2018) while others reported a positive relationship between the length of stay in the host society and wellbeing, especially for women (Balidemaj & Small, 2018).…”

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How is Acculturation Linked to Subjective Wellbeing: Evidence from Turkish Immigrants in the United States

Güler

Yıldırım

2021

Current Research in Social Sciences

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Today, international migration has caused many ethnic groups to live in culturally diverse societies. Turkish immigrants in the United States is one of those ethnic groups whose population is growing. Despite the growing Turkish population, there is currently little research on how acculturation can influence the subjective wellbeing of Turkish immigrants living in the United States. This study sought to examine to what extent heritage and host acculturations were associated with the subjective wellbeing of Turkish immigrants residing in the United States. The study included 306 foreign-born Turkish Americans who are between 19 to 69 years old (mean = 39.39). They completed the Vancouver Index of Acculturation, Satisfaction with Life Scale, and Short-Form of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule. The results showed that participants reported higher levels of heritage and host acculturation, satisfaction with life and positive affect, and lower levels of negative affect. No gender differences were reported across these variables. Acculturation was positively related to satisfaction with life and positive affect and negatively related with negative affect. Host acculturation uniquely predicted satisfaction with life, positive affect, and negative affect after controlling for demographic characteristics. These findings highlight the unique importance of host acculturation in enhancing subjective wellbeing for Turkish immigrants and advance future research in this area.

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“…Accordingly, in our cases, it is evident that NWSM who are comfortable in their bicultural identity enjoy clarity of values and can pursue value fulfilment purposes successfully to navigate their protean career in the host country. For instance in Bill's example, he had decided to remain in a job that allowed him to travel between India and USA to fulfil the subjective value of maintaining relationships with extended family in India, as opposed to a migrant who follows an assimilation strategy who may not place a high value on frequent contacts with the family and friends in the country of origin (Chen et al, 2008;Gunasekara et al, 2019;Tadmor et al, 2012).…”

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“…Decades of research findings suggest that if migrants aspire to fit into the host society, they must constantly negotiate between their ethnic and host country identity (Benet-Martínez et al, 2002;Berry, 2005;Schwartz, Montgomery, & Briones, 2006). As a result of this negotiation process, ethnic migrants can be positioned along a continuum of varying degrees of biculturalism (Benet-Martínez et al, 2002;Gunasekara et al, 2019).…”

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Dancing to two tunes: The role of bicultural identity and strong ties in skilled migrants’ value-driven protean careers

Gunasekara

Bertone

Almeida

et al. 2021

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

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Years since migration and wellbeing among Indian and Sri Lankan skilled migrants in Australia: Mediating effects of acculturation

Cited by 13 publications

References 53 publications

Health Engagement Living Lab Project: A Pilot Mixed-Methods Study To Advance Self-Care Agency Among Migrant Workers In South Korea

Health Engagement Living Lab Project: A Pilot Mixed-Methods Study To Advance Self-Care Agency Among Migrant Workers In South Korea

How is Acculturation Linked to Subjective Wellbeing: Evidence from Turkish Immigrants in the United States

Dancing to two tunes: The role of bicultural identity and strong ties in skilled migrants’ value-driven protean careers

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