Is emigration worth the trouble? Satisfaction with life,group identifications,perceived discrimination,and socio-economic status of immigrants and stayers |
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| Institution: | 1. The Bob Shapell School of Social Work, Tel-Aviv University, P.O.B. 39040, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel;2. Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation;3. The All-Russian State University of Justice (RLA of the Ministry of Justice of Russia) of Rostov Law Institute (Branch), Rostov, Russian Federation;1. University of Helsinki, Faculty of Social Sciences, P.O. Box 54 (Unioninkatu 37), 00014, Finland;2. University of Helsinki, Faculty of Theology, P.O. Box 4 (Vuorikatu 3), 00014, Finland;3. University of Oslo, Department of Psychology, P. O. Box 1094 Blindern, N-0317 Oslo, Norway;1. Department of Management, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates;2. School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, China;3. School of Arts and Social Sciences, Lebanese American University, Lebanon;1. University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States;2. Clark University, United States;3. Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey;1. Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, 5290002, Israel;2. Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel, Kaplan St. 14, Petach Tikva, Israel;3. School of Behavioral Sciences, Academic College of Tel-Aviv Yaffo (MTA), Khever ha-Le’umim St 2, Tel Aviv- Yaffo, Israel |
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| Abstract: | In the present study, we examined satisfaction with life (SWL), group identifications, perceived discrimination, and socio-economic status among immigrants and stayers. The study had two main objectives: 1) to test the morbidity and salutary hypotheses of immigration by comparing the psycho-social characteristics of immigrants and stayers; 2) to test a resource model of well-being among immigrants and stayers by investigating the effect of different resources and stressors on SWL. The study was conducted using a random representative sample of first-generation immigrants from the Former Soviet Union to Israel (n = 400) and a not-random large and geographically dispersed sample of Jews staying in Russia (n = 935). The comparison of immigrants and stayers revealed that immigration is a mixed blessing, salutary in some aspects and onerous in others. In general, immigrants were more satisfied with their life than stayers. In addition, identification with the country of residence was stronger among immigrants than stayers. However, immigrants reported a higher level of perceived discrimination, and their socio-economic status was lower than that of stayers. Socio-economic status, identification with the country of residence, and perceived discrimination were directly connected to SWL among immigrants and stayers. In addition, among stayers, identification with the ethnic minority group was connected to SWL, while among immigrants, identification with the country of origin was not connected to SWL. Socio-economic status and perceived discrimination also affected SWL indirectly, through their connections to identification with the country of residence among immigrants and stayers and through their connection to ethnic identification among stayers. |
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| Keywords: | Immigrants and stayers Satisfaction with life Morbidity and salutary immigration hypotheses Group identifications Perceived discrimination The rejection-disidentification and rejection-identification models |
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