Crandall University, Moncton, Canada.
University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK.
BMC Psychol. 2021 Aug 25;9(1):125. doi: 10.1186/s40359-021-00630-6.
The article examines how and why multiple identities are altered, used and discarded by forced migrants.
The research is located in the constructivist paradigm. We used thematic analysis to analyse data gathered through interviews with nineteen forced migrants.
We found that, though individual migrants can make deliberate choices about which identities to be associated with, they are constrained in the process by external socio-economic factors that lead them to adopt identities that are perceived to be advantageous to navigate the new social system. Moreover, the construction of forced migrants' identity includes significant contextuality, transactionality and situatedness.
Our research contributes to the literature on migrant identity practice concerning the stigma associated with forced migrant status and the extent to which migrants appraise their reception in exile as undignified. Additionally, examining migrant identities allows the researchers to apprehend the diverse facets of identity as far as migrants are concerned. Future research may draw a larger sample to examine other impactful dimensions of identity fluctuation, e.g. gender, education, social media, the extent of prior trauma, etc.
本文探讨了被迫移民者是如何以及为何改变、使用和放弃多重身份的。
本研究位于建构主义范式下。我们使用主题分析的方法，对通过访谈 19 名被迫移民者收集的数据进行了分析。
我们发现，尽管个体移民者可以对与哪些身份相关联做出刻意的选择，但他们在这个过程中受到外部社会经济因素的限制，这些因素促使他们采用被认为有利于在新的社会系统中进行导航的身份。此外，被迫移民者身份的构建包括显著的情境性、交涉性和情境性。
我们的研究有助于关于移民身份实践的文献，涉及与被迫移民身份相关的污名以及移民者对流亡中不体面的待遇的评价程度。此外，研究移民身份使研究人员能够理解移民者身份的多样化方面。未来的研究可能会抽取更大的样本，以研究身份波动的其他有影响力的维度，例如性别、教育、社交媒体、先前创伤的程度等。
