Toward a Social Psychological Understanding of Migration and Assimilation

Cabaniss, Emily R.; Cameron, Abigail E.

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“…Especially, for many White Americans, the vast number of immigrants from Hispanic and Asian nations may soon change the racial makeup of the nation, as there will likely be less than half of Americans who identify as White in the next decade or so (Berg 2014;Ben-Nun Bloom, Arikan, and Lahav 2015). The "threat" of immigration is perceived differently across demographic groups in the United States (Cabaniss and Cameron 2018;Bohman and Hjerm 2014;Nagel and Ehrkamp 2017;Chandler and Tsai 2001). Moreover, there are approximately 50 million legal and unauthorized immigrants, which is around a sixth of the entire country's population (Hoefer, Rytina, and Baker 2012).…”

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An Examination of the Attitudes towards Immigration across U.S. Demographic Groups

Yu¹

2018

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What demographic backgrounds are associated with a person’s attitudes toward immigrants and immigration policies? Applying group threat theory and contact theory, I propose that race, age, education, political views, and religiosity all affect how people view immigration. To test the hypotheses, I analyze data from the 2014 General Social Survey, in which adults living in households in the United States are randomly selected and interviewed. A subset containing 1,022 respondents who answered every question relevant to this study is selected from the 2014 GSS. The univariate analysis shows that most Americans do not agree with the statement that immigrants undermine American culture, and that Americans are divided on whether the number of immigrants should be increased nowadays. The multivariate result indicates that education and political views are the most significant predictors of how one views immigrants and immigration policies, correspondingly, while race, age, and religiosity have no statistically significant relationships with either dependent variable. Statistical findings support the hypothesis that the more liberal a person is, the more likely the person is to agree that immigrants do not undermine American culture and to say that the number of immigrants nowadays should be increased. Contact theory is consistent with the result of this study. However, the findings also demonstrate that immigration is a complicated issue. This study is valuable in understanding the acceptance of immigrants across demographic groups. It also invites additional research on this important topic that will affect the future of the United States.

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An Examination of the Attitudes towards Immigration across U.S. Demographic Groups

Yu¹

2018

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“…The Special Issue closes with a contribution that addresses questions pertinent to the social-psychology of migration [35,36]. In their paper titled 'Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Social Isolation among North Korean Refugee Women in South Korea: The Moderating Role of Formal and Informal Support', Ryu and Park [37] explore post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in context of migration.…”

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Multiple Facets of Migration Research: Key Questions, Topics, and Avenues yet to Be Explored

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Migration and its diverse forms, including economic migration, irregular migration, forced migration, as well as the plethora of factors that drive people’s decisions to leave their habitat and seek fortune in new places, occupy a dominant position in contemporary research and political debate. Academic literature today brims with contributions elaborating on the complexities and implications of migration, thus not only opening several avenues of research, but also delivering in-depth insights into the phenomenon of migration. This notwithstanding, certain topics require greater attention of the research community if ways of navigating the complex challenges and opportunities specific to migration are to be identified. This overview offers some leads in this respect. Against this backdrop, this introduction also highlights that much more work needs to be done to trigger the momentum for the inclusion of information and communication technology (ICT) in migration research. A case is made that in times of the 4th industrial revolution the nexus between ICT and migration needs to be taken seriously.

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“…Studies even show that young migrants can enhance the educational outcomes like the natives and would help to compensate for the high retiring work force. (OECD (2016; Cabaniss and Cameron, 2017).…”

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“…Migrants from instable socio-economies entering developed hosting countries in search for a better life would have more possible alternatives of successes than those staying behind. (Cabaniss and Cameron, 2017).…”

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“…With the advances of social psychological today we are realising more today that interactional processes between push and pull factors can play even further role in the future migration and specially in instable countries as the Arab World. Cabaniss and Cameron (2017). Today, it is more possible to encounter people who are able to trace their roots back to Arab countries in almost every nation of the "New World."…”

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Exploring Migration Economy – Understanding the Loss of the Arab World

Buheji¹

2018

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Migration economy has been getting more attention in the last two decades and specially in the last few years due to the huge migration movements around the world, but specifically from South to North. Lots work have been written about the economics of migration and how they create positive and negative impacts on the hosting countries and societies, however few literatures focused on exploring the loss of the migrants’ countries of origin and quantifying the benefits for the hosting countries.The Arab world suffered lately more than any other region in the world lots of traumas that led to make its push factors much more than its pull factors for people with the ambition of change and creating a legacy. In this study, we shall explore the level of loss that Arab world have reached and what is the foresighted migration decisions for pulling successful people in the future, especially if the same conditions and practices exist in such countries. The data collected for seventy screened successful Arab Migrants helps to clarify what type of precious human capital the future carries towards the hosting countries. A tabulation of the level of the contribution of the successful Arab migrants is evaluated and lead for sharper conclusion about the value of these precious assets.

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Toward a Social Psychological Understanding of Migration and Assimilation

Cited by 9 publications

References 79 publications

An Examination of the Attitudes towards Immigration across U.S. Demographic Groups

An Examination of the Attitudes towards Immigration across U.S. Demographic Groups

Multiple Facets of Migration Research: Key Questions, Topics, and Avenues yet to Be Explored

Exploring Migration Economy – Understanding the Loss of the Arab World

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