Hwang Sean-Shong, Xi Juan, Cao Yue, Feng Xiaotian, Qiao Xiaofei
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Soc Sci Med. 2007 Sep;65(5):1012-24. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.05.003. Epub 2007 Jun 4.
Findings from a prospective study of project-induced migration in China's Three Gorges Dam project are reported. The study tests the hypotheses that anticipation of involuntary migration is stressful and that the harmful effects are partially mediated and moderated by the resources migrants possess. Using data collected from a sample of designated migrants (n=975) who will be forced to relocate because they live in an area, which will be flooded once the Three Gorges project is completed, and non-migrants (n=555) in the same region, our analysis indicates that anticipation of involuntary migration is a robust predictor of mental distress. Anticipation of forced migration elevates depression (CES-D) not only directly, but also indirectly by weakening the social and the psychological resources (i.e., social support and mastery), which safeguard the mental well-being of migrants. However, our results show much less support for the hypothesis that resources moderate harmful effects of forced migration.
本文报告了一项关于中国三峡大坝工程引发的移民的前瞻性研究结果。该研究检验了以下假设：预期非自愿移民会带来压力，且这种有害影响会部分地由移民所拥有的资源进行调节和缓和。我们从一个指定移民样本（n = 975）和同一地区的非移民样本（n = 555）收集数据，这些指定移民因居住在三峡工程完工后将被淹没的地区而被迫搬迁。我们的分析表明，预期非自愿移民是心理困扰的一个有力预测指标。预期被迫移民不仅直接加剧抑郁（CES - D），还通过削弱保障移民心理健康的社会和心理资源（即社会支持和掌控感）间接加剧抑郁。然而，我们的结果对资源会缓和被迫移民有害影响这一假设的支持力度要小得多。
