Perceived discrimination and impaired mental health in Turkish immigrants and their descendents in Germany

Mewes, Ricarda; Asbrock, Frank; Laskawi, Johanna

doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2015.06.009

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“…It is conceivable that Turkish immigrants experience chronic stress due to acculturation and ethnic discrimination. 34 While many asylum seekers experienced chronic stress in their country of origin for many years as well, all asylum seekers experienced at least one traumatic event prior to or during their flight, irrespective of whether they fulfilled the other diagnostic criteria of PTSD or not. Therefore, the differences between asylum seekers and Turkish immigrants can be explained by traumatic experiences/traumatic stress that can alter cortisol expression in the long term together with the extremely stressful insecure living conditions discussed above.…”

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Elevated hair cortisol concentrations in recently fled asylum seekers in comparison to permanently settled immigrants and non-immigrants

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Recently fled asylum seekers generally live in stressful conditions. Their residency status is mostly insecure and, similar to other immigrants, they experience stress due to acculturation. Moreover, they often suffer from traumatization and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). All of these factors can result in chronic maladaptive biological stress responses in terms of hyper- or hypocortisolism and, ultimately, illness. We believe the current study is the first to compare hair cortisol concentration (HCC) of recently fled asylum seekers with PTSD to those without PTSD, and to compare HCC of asylum seekers to HCC of permanently settled immigrants and non-immigrant individuals. HCC of the previous 2 months was compared between 24 asylum seekers without PTSD, 32 asylum seekers with PTSD, 24 permanently settled healthy Turkish immigrants and 28 non-immigrant healthy Germans as the reference group. Statistical comparisons were controlled for age, sex and body mass index. No significant difference in HCC was found between asylum seekers with and without PTSD. However, the asylum seekers showed a 42% higher HCC than the reference group. In contrast, the permanently settled immigrants exhibited a 23% lower HCC than the reference group. We found relative hypercortisolism in recently fled asylum seekers, but no difference between persons with and without PTSD. These findings add to the very few studies investigating HCC in groups with recent traumatization and unsafe living conditions. Contrary to the findings in asylum seekers, permanently settled immigrants showed relative hypocortisolism. Both hyper- and hypocortisolism may set the stage for the development of stress-related illnesses.

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Elevated hair cortisol concentrations in recently fled asylum seekers in comparison to permanently settled immigrants and non-immigrants

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“…This may not only influence well-being (Schmitt, Branscombe, Postmes, & Garcia, 2014) and health (e.g. Harris et al, 2006;Mewes, Asbrock, & Laskawi, 2015;Pascoe & Smart Richman, 2009;Stevens, Vollebergh, Pels, & Crijnen, 2005), but it can also increase the propensity of antisocial behaviour. Empirical evidence from North America supports a discrimination-delinquency relationship (Burt, Simons, & Gibbons, 2012;Le & Stockdale, 2011;Martin et al, 2011;Prelow, Danoff-Burg, Swenson, & Pulgiano, 2004;Sittner Hartshorn, Whitbeck, & Hoyt, 2012).…”

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Risk and protective factors of delinquency that are sensitive to migration and culture

Schmidt

Bliesener

Meer

2019

Psychology, Crime & Law

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Present evidence regarding widely used risk assessment tools suggests that such tools may have inferior predictive validity for offenders with a migration background (MB), especially from Turkey and Arab countries. Based on a thorough literature review, we investigated additional risk and protective factors via a postdictive correlational study design. We assumed that delinquency is induced by discrimination, a conflict of values, norms of honour, a disapproval of sexual self-determination, and antisemitism. In contrast, we expected social support to diminish the risk of criminal behaviour. The sampling took place inside and outside prison, where adult men with an Arab or Turkish MB (n = 140) filled out a questionnaire. Individual norms of honour (r = .27 −.41), antisemitism (r = .31−.37), and a disapproval of sexual selfdetermination (r = .23−.26) were positively correlated with delinquency. The best predictor was the individual's perception of friends' norms of honour (r = .34−.56). However, only a few significant correlations were found for a perception of individual discrimination (r = .08−.14) and an internal conflict of values (r = .11−.15), whereas global discrimination (r = .20−.29) clearly emerged as a risk factor for delinquency. Social support by nondelinquent peers could be confirmed as having a protective influence against delinquency (r=−.25−.27). Theoretical and practical implications for risk assessment are discussed.

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“…(Skrobanek, 2009;Hartmann, 2011), dini kimlik (Fleischmann, Phalet & Klein, 2011;Verkuyten ve Martinovic, 2012), entegrasyon (Vancluysen ve Van Craen, 2010), ve ayaklanmalar (Vandezande ve Phalet, 2011) üzerindeki etkisine dair çeşitli çalışmalar yapılmıştır. Ayrıca Türkiye kökenli göçmenler tarafından algılanan ayrımcılığın depresyon ve diğer psikolojik sorunlarla bağlantısına odaklanan çok sayıda çalışma da bulunmaktadır (Mewes, Asbrock & Laskawi, 2015;Morawa ve Erim, 2014;Müller ve Koch, 2016). Bu çalışma ise Almanya'da yaşayan Türkiye kökenli göçmenler için algılanan ayrımcılıkla geriye göç arasında bir bağlantı olduğunu göstermektedir.…”

Section: Amerika Birleşik Devletleriunclassified

Kesi̇n Dönüş Mü, Yoksa Tekrar Göç Etme Hazirliği Mi? Ni̇teli̇kli̇ Türk Göçmenleri̇n Almanya Ve Ameri̇ka’dan Geri̇ye Göçü

Yilmaz-Şener¹,

Türgen²

2018

Sosyoloji Araştırmaları Dergisi

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Turkish migration to Germany has mostly been debated with a focus on the experiences of guest workers. On the other side, within the limited literature on Turkish migration, qualified migrants and brain drain have been the major titles of discussion. Moreover, on Turkish return migration from both countries, there are very few studies. This article depends on an analysis of 80 semi-structured interviews with Turkish qualified migrants who returned from Germany and the US. The main research questions of the study are: their reasons for return, to what extent and in what ways they have become re-adapted to the Turkish context, to what extent and what types of connections they still maintain with Germany/the US, whether they consider their stay in Turkey as permanent, and whether they have intentions to re-migrate. Considering these four main dimensions (reasons for return, re-adaptation, connections with Germany/the US, intention to remigrate), we will also make a comparison of the returnees from these two countries. We will discuss what the contexts of Germany and the US provide to these qualified migrants, and what the context of Turkey offered to them after their return.

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Perceived discrimination and impaired mental health in Turkish immigrants and their descendents in Germany

Cited by 46 publications

References 48 publications

Elevated hair cortisol concentrations in recently fled asylum seekers in comparison to permanently settled immigrants and non-immigrants

Elevated hair cortisol concentrations in recently fled asylum seekers in comparison to permanently settled immigrants and non-immigrants

Risk and protective factors of delinquency that are sensitive to migration and culture

Kesi̇n Dönüş Mü, Yoksa Tekrar Göç Etme Hazirliği Mi? Ni̇teli̇kli̇ Türk Göçmenleri̇n Almanya Ve Ameri̇ka’dan Geri̇ye Göçü

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