The psychological well-being of migrants is one of the neglected domains of clinical psychology and health psychology. This study attempts to specify the psychological burdens of Turkish migrants exemplified at feelings of homesickness and depressivity. In the present study, 357 Turkish people at the age of 13 to 66 were administered. The results show high psychological strain both by the migrants of the first generation with a long stay in Germany as well as by turkish women with a short stay, who come to Germany by the way of transnational marriages. Personal resources like high self-esteem and social supporting networks could buffer the pains of homesickness and depressivity. The results have implications both to clinical-psychological practice as well as to social policy of immigration.

Migrants in Germany Homesickness Well-being

Turkey (republic) major clinical study depression Germany immigrant nostalgia Loneliness social support adult policy Aged self esteem psychological aspect Article marriage human wellbeing Adolescent