Hanna J M, Fitzgerald M H, Pearson J D, Howard A, Hanna J M
Department of Physiology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu.
Soc Biol. 1990 Fall-Winter;37(3-4):204-14. doi: 10.1080/19485565.1990.9988760.
In 1981 extensive questionnaire and interview data were collected on some 100 young Samoan adults. Five years later in 1986 we determined their whereabouts and divided the data in accordance with migration status. The answers of the 35 who had migrated in the intervening period were contrasted to those 65 who remained in Samoa. The migrants differed in several distinct areas. Migrants reported a higher degree of peer-reliance as a personal adaptive strategy. Migrants also reported larger numbers of individuals in social support networks, a higher quality of support and more community involvement. They also report less expressive display of anger. Those who did not migrate reported a slightly better view of life in Samoa and abroad, as well as better relations with their friends and neighbors. These findings support a hypothesis that migrants are pre-selected to fit into migrant communities and do not appear to be misfits who are unhappy with life in Samoa.
1981年，我们收集了约100名年轻萨摩亚成年人的大量问卷调查和访谈数据。五年后的1986年，我们确定了他们的行踪，并根据移民状况对数据进行了分类。将在此期间移民的35人的答案与留在萨摩亚的65人的答案进行了对比。移民在几个不同方面存在差异。移民报告称，作为一种个人适应策略，他们对同龄人的依赖程度更高。移民还报告说，他们的社会支持网络中有更多的人，支持质量更高，社区参与度也更高。他们还报告说，愤怒的表达表现较少。未移民的人对萨摩亚国内外生活的看法略好一些，与朋友和邻居的关系也更好。这些发现支持了一个假设，即移民是经过预先筛选以适应移民社区的，似乎并不是对萨摩亚生活不满意的不合群者。
