Department of Criminology, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.
Stress Health. 2022 Apr;38(2):330-339. doi: 10.1002/smi.3094. Epub 2021 Aug 31.
The aim of the study was to examine psychological adaptation levels (distress and wellbeing) and their association to acculturation strategies among 1.5 generation immigrants from Ethiopia and the former Soviet Union (FSU), 3 decades after large waves of immigrants from these countries came to Israel. Three-hundred and forty-one participants, 176 from Ethiopia and 165 from FSU, completed survey questionnaires assessing their acculturation attitudes and the levels of their wellbeing and stress. Personal wellbeing and distress were found to be moderate among all participants. In addition, while no ethnic group differences were found for integration, separation and marginalization, FSU immigrants reported higher levels of using assimilation strategies than those who came from Ethiopia. Regression findings show that personal wellbeing was significantly explained by the acculturation strategies of integration and marginalization, such that a greater use of integration and a lower use of marginalization were associated with higher personal wellbeing. The adaptation process in which immigrant groups adapt to a host society is dynamic, takes many years and the acculturation strategies change over time. The change is related to attitudes toward the destination culture and to the culture of origin, both among the immigrants and the host society.
这项研究的目的是调查 30 年前大批来自埃塞俄比亚和前苏联（FSU）的移民来到以色列后，第一代和第二代移民的心理适应水平（苦恼和幸福感）及其与文化适应策略的关系。341 名参与者，其中 176 名来自埃塞俄比亚，165 名来自 FSU，完成了评估他们的文化适应态度以及幸福感和压力水平的问卷调查。所有参与者的个人幸福感和苦恼程度都处于中等水平。此外，尽管在融合、分离和边缘化方面没有发现任何族群差异，但与来自埃塞俄比亚的移民相比，来自 FSU 的移民报告说使用同化策略的程度更高。回归分析结果表明，个人幸福感显著受到融合和边缘化的文化适应策略的解释，即更多地采用融合策略和较少地采用边缘化策略与更高的个人幸福感相关。移民群体适应宿主社会的适应过程是动态的，需要多年时间，而且文化适应策略会随着时间的推移而变化。这种变化与移民和宿主社会对目的地文化和原籍文化的态度有关。
