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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Pre-migration"”.
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The Influence of Pre-Migration Factors and Post-Migration Climate of the Receiving Community on the Psychological Distress of Latino Immigrants
… population of immigrants living in the U.S. Previous research suggests that Latino immigrants often experience pre-migration stressors, such as traumatic experiences, political upheaval, and unplanned migration. These stressors may have a negative impact on immigrants’ post-migration mental …
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The Relationship Between Trauma, Acculturation, and Mental Health Symptoms in a Somali Refugee Community
… research about mental health needs and pre-migration experiences that led to resettlement. The purpose of this study was to learn more about traumatic experiences incurred pre-migration for Somali refugees, the impact on the process of acculturation following resettlement, and the …
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Land tenure and agriculture in Sayyoo-Afillo, Western Wallaga, Ethiopia, 1880-1974
… of the Oromo from their sixteenth century migration to the twentieth century. Using linguistic evidence the study argues that in the pre-sixteenth century period the pastoral and the agricultural Oromo had an interdependent economy and a unified culture. The linguistic evidence indicates …
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"Pot of gold at the end of the rainbow" : experiences of unaccompanied refugee girls in Cape Town
… mechanisms applied by the girls during pre-migration, trans-migration and post-migration phases. This study highlights significance of stability and safety for functional adolescent development and what happens when stability and safety are absent.
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Leaving Homeland Behind: Cultural Attachment, Transnationalism and Acculturation among Kabyle Diaspora of the United Kingdom
… objectives: (1) the motivation behind their migration, (2) their acculturation process and social integration, (3) the challenges impacting their psychological well-being and (4) cultural and in-group attachment and their attitudes towards returning to their …
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A Gendered Perspective On Migrant Women Farmers’ Lived Experiences In The Brong-Ahafo Region Of Ghana
… the depth of research on internal migrations in Ghana, little is known about women who have migrated from the Upper West Region to rural settlements in BAR to farm. Using 30 in-depth interviews, 5 focus group discussions and 10 key informant interviews, the study investigated …
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Religious Factors and Status Attainment among US Immigrants
… recent US immigrants. NIS is a nationally representative sample of recent US immigrants who receive permanent residency in year 2003. Results showed that immigrants' mobility patterns vary significantly by religious factors. Over all, findings of this dissertation supported hypotheses based …
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“We Are Not Asking for Handouts!” Amplifying the Voices of African Women Refugees and Moving Beyond Trauma Towards Economic Self-Sufficiency: A Qualitative Inquiry
… literature, the current study followed an interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) and examined the lived experiences and resiliencies of twenty African women refugees attempting to meet the demands of early economic self-sufficiency while integrating into life in the US. The sample (n = …
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When Wives Migrate and Leave Husbands Behind: A Jamaican Marriage Pattern
… immigrant women are documented in Caribbean migration studies, but the marriages of Jamaican legally-married immigrant wives and their husbands left behind in Jamaica are so far unstudied. The main research question of this study is what maintains these transnational marriages over time, …
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The Medieval English Longbow: Characteristics and Origin
… Scandinavian, not Welsh origin. It was known to Pre-migration Celts; made of yew wood, not oak, hickory, or ash; approximately 6 feet long, shot a 27 to 30 inch arrow, and had an effective range of cerca 240 yards. One of the fascinating mysteries of the longbow is why it was abandoned. The …
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Brazilian Return Migration: Debt, Freedom and Melancholia
Migration policy has been dominated by ideas of ‘rootedness’ which ascribe people to territorial borders, and renders migrants as ‘uprooted’. However, increasingly, migrants reject the world map of fixed borders and maintain lives here and there, without necessarily ‘rooting’ themselves anywhere. …
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The experienced complexity of 'home' in migration: A psychosocial empirical investigation
… people according to distinct categories of ‘migration’ -‘voluntary’ and ‘involuntary’/’forced’ -implicitly assuming that people’s experiences and meanings of ‘home’ are consequently different. Whilst not denying the potential differences of these types of ‘migration’, this study builds upon …
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Understandings of integration amongst highly educated Indian women migrants living in the UK
… voices is essential to obtain a balanced comprehension (Erdal 2013), especially as integration is frequently conceptualised as a ‘two-way process’ between migrants and host country / society. Numerous recent studies have explored understandings of integration of migrants as a wider group (cf. …
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Three Essays on Migration Economics
… economy. After an introductory first chapter, I present an analysis of Borjas model of selection extended to multiple locations. In this extension, selection is determined by earnings’ dispersion alone only for the most and least disperse locations. Therefore, it highlights that, what determines …
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Immigrant Perpetrators of Domestic Homicide: Unique Risks and Service Needs
… of domestic homicide through the context of immigration and other related factors. Results revealed different profiles for immigrant newcomers and immigrant perpetrators who have experienced pre-migration trauma. The third study examined the perspectives of service providers who work with …
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Essays on the economic and political effects of immigration
… on the economic and political effects of in-migration. In the first chapter, I show that political opposition to immigration can arise even when immigrants bring significant economic prosperity to receiving areas. I exploit exogenous variation in European immigration to US cities between 1910 …
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Ecuadorian Remittances, Gender, and Family Relations: A study of the transnational ties between Ecuadorian migrants in England and their families in Ecuador
… Methodologically, this study embraces an interpretivist epistemology, a qualitative approach, and thematic analysis centred around 35 semi-structured interviews with migrant men and women in London and Oxford, and their recipient families in 6 different Ecuadorian provinces. This study offers …
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Empirical Essays on Migration and Remittances in Pakistan
… four essays to analyse several aspects of migration for Pakistan on the basis of household level panel and cross-sectional data from 1986 to 2007. The aspects analysed are decision to migrate domestically and internationally, financing of migration, decision to send remittances and …
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A Qualitative Exploration Of Trauma, Familismo, And Resilience In Three Mexican Immigrant Families.
… and a source of internal conflict. Resilience, expressed in different forms across generational narratives, emphasized a collective capacity to adapt, reflect, and grow despite adversity. This study contributes to the understanding of Mexican immigrant family experiences and highlights the …
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