Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 29, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 588-597

Demoralization in Soviet-Jewish immigrants to the United States and Israel (Article)

Flaherty J.A.* , Kohn R. , Levav I. , Birz S.
  • a Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, United States, the Department of Psychiatry, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States, the Department of Psychiatry, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, the Department of Psychiatry, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, United States
  • b Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, United States, the Department of Psychiatry, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States, the Department of Psychiatry, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, the Department of Psychiatry, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, United States
  • c Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, United States, the Department of Psychiatry, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States, the Department of Psychiatry, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, the Department of Psychiatry, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, United States
  • d Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, United States, the Department of Psychiatry, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States, the Department of Psychiatry, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, the Department of Psychiatry, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, United States

Abstract

Two hundred seventy-two recent Soviet-Jewish immigrants to the United States were compared with 412 Soviet-Jewish immigrants to Israel for the purpose of determining which country was more likely to lead to the development of demoralization. Even when differences in age and marital state were accounted for, the immigrants to the United States were significantly more demoralized. Individuals with low social support, older immigrants, women, and divorced or widowed individuals were more likely to be demoralized in both countries. Self-selection and host reception factors are explored to explain the differences between the two groups of immigrants. © 1988.

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Israel human sex difference middle aged USSR Adaptation, Psychological social support Psychological Tests United States Humans male Acculturation female Jews major clinical study adult migration demoralization normal human Emigration and Immigration Morale widow divorce
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DOI: 10.1016/0010-440X(88)90079-X
ISSN: 0010440X
Cited by: 52
Original Language: English