International Social Work
Volume 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 473-488

Social participation and psychological distress among immigrants from the former Soviet Union: A comparative study in Israel and Germany (Article)

Slonim-Nevo V.* , Mirsky J. , Nauck B. , Horowitz T.
  • a Spitzer Department of Social Work, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 84105 Beer Sheva, Israel
  • b Spitzer Department of Social Work, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
  • c School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Chemnitz University of Technology, Wilhelm-Raabe-Str. 43, D-09107 Chemnitz, Germany
  • d Department of Education, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Abstract

The adaptation of immigrants to Israel and to Germany is compared. While in Germany immigrants were oriented towards the general society, in Israel they tended towards less social participation. Adolescent immigrants in Israel reported more stress than did their German peers, but no differences in the psychological stress were found among their parents.

Author Keywords

Psychological well-being Adult adaptation Adolescent stress Social participation Immigration

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-34250163242&doi=10.1177%2f0020872807077908&partnerID=40&md5=7bd1190c477dac3f150b30e5fedd4011
DOI: 10.1177/0020872807077908
ISSN: 00208728
Cited by: 9
Original Language: English