2019
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2592
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Psychological individual differences as predictors of refugees’ local language proficiency

Abstract: Learning the local language is important for the successful integration of immigrants. Previous research has identified a number of sociodemographic factors that are associated with the effectiveness of local language acquisition among immigrants, but little is known about the influence of psychological differences on immigrants’ local language acquisition. In the present research, individual differences in general mental ability (GMA), work search intention, and personality traits Conscientiousness and Openne… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
3
1
1

Citation Types

0
15
0
3

Year Published

2019
2019
2024
2024

Publication Types

Select...
6

Relationship

0
6

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 9 publications
(18 citation statements)
references
References 120 publications
(210 reference statements)
0
15
0
3
Order By: Relevance
“…From the refugee perspective, resilience is considered in analyzing effects of nostalgia (Wildschut, Sedikides, & Alowidy, ). Furthermore, local language proficiency has been shown to play an important role in refugee integration (Asfar, Born, Oostrom, & van Vugt, in press). Additionally, the extent to which post‐migration stressors affect general health was studied (James, Iyer, & Webb, ).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…From the refugee perspective, resilience is considered in analyzing effects of nostalgia (Wildschut, Sedikides, & Alowidy, ). Furthermore, local language proficiency has been shown to play an important role in refugee integration (Asfar, Born, Oostrom, & van Vugt, in press). Additionally, the extent to which post‐migration stressors affect general health was studied (James, Iyer, & Webb, ).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…de Graaff et al, 2020 ). The instrument is available in Arabic (Sulaiman-Hill & Thompson, 2010 ), Tigrinya (Asfar, Born, Oostrom, & van Vugt, 2019 ) and Dutch (Fassaert et al, 2009 ).…”
Section: Method/designmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Di samping itu, terdapat beberapa faktor lain yang turut mempengaruhi penguasaan bahasa tuan rumah, seperti usia, latar belakang pendidikan, dan tempoh masa di negara tuan rumah. Pertama, keupayaan untuk menguasai bahasa baharu berkurang atas faktor usia (Asfar et al, 2019;Flug & Hussein, 2019;Nashwan, Cummings & Gagnon, 2019;Pezerović, Babić & Porobić, 2019). Sebagai contoh, Gürsoy dan Ertaşoğlu (2019) dalam kajian mereka mendapati bahawa golongan muda orang pelarian Syria di Turki lebih menunjukkan minat untuk mempelajari bahasa tuan rumah berbanding golongan yang lebih berusia.…”
Section: Halangan Bahasaunclassified
“…Sebagai contoh, Gürsoy dan Ertaşoğlu (2019) dalam kajian mereka mendapati bahawa golongan muda orang pelarian Syria di Turki lebih menunjukkan minat untuk mempelajari bahasa tuan rumah berbanding golongan yang lebih berusia. Kedua, bagi orang pelarian dan pencari suaka yang mempunyai tahap pendidikan yang tinggi, mereka merasakan lebih mudah untuk mempelajari bahasa tuan rumah, seperti yang ditemukan dalam kajian oleh Asfar et al (2019) dan Kristjánsdóttir dan Skaptadóttir (2019). Akhir sekali, semakin lama tempoh masa menetap di negara tuan rumah, semakin mudah bagi orang pelarian dan pencari suaka menguasai bahasa tuan rumah (Asfar et al, 2019;Gürsoy & Ertaşoğlu, 2019).…”
Section: Halangan Bahasaunclassified
See 1 more Smart Citation