The aim of this study is to investigate the vulnerability stress model in prediction of the
psychological problems and life satisfaction of newcomer Turkish immigrants in the
Netherlands. Vulnerability factors were considered to be personal characteristics of
immigrants which they had both prior and after to their arrival. Stress factors, on the
other hand, were selected based on the immigrants&rsquo / experiences after their arrival.
Depending upon this distinction, attachment, independent and interdependent self
construals, ethnic identity and ethnic self-esteem, religiousness, religious support, and
social support were all organised as vulnerability factors. Migration related factors,
namely time spent in the Netherlands, level of spoken Dutch, level of socialisation with
Dutch natives, level of media use, satisfaction with life in the Netherlands, perceived
discrimination, and acculturation orientations were organised as stress factors.
Psychological problems of the immigrants were measured by their scores of depression,
anxiety, and psychosomatic complaints. The participants of the study were 109
newcomer Turkish immigrants who arrived in the Netherlands after 1998. In the
regression analysis that attempted to predict the psychological problems of immigrants,
the results revealed several significant effects including gender, host culture acculturation
orientation, perceived discrimination, and independent self construals. Furthermore, the
interaction of independent self construal and host culture acculturation orientation as well
as the interaction of religion and host culture orientation showed significant effects on
psychological problems. In the regression analysis to predict life satisfaction, only
independent self construal revealed a significant relationship with life satisfaction.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12609198/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 December 2007 |
| Creators | Hunler, Olga Selin |
| Contributors | Gencoz, Tulin |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Ph.D. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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