Abstract.Background: Young migrants face particular risks to develop mental health problems. Discrimination and social support impact mental health, yet little is known about the differential impact thereof on mental health in newcomers, ...
Abstract. Being perceived as a foreigner regardless of one’s generational status, citizenship, or self-identification is called foreigner objectification. This is a form of identity denial and is linked to psychological distress. To ...
Abstract. Individuals differ in the extent to which they perceive threat imposed by out-groups like migrants. An established distinction in intergroup threat research is between symbolic and realistic threat. While symbolic threats concern ...
Abstract. One of the central debates in Ontological Security Studies (OSS) has been about the level-of-analysis. While some authors focus on individuals, others have scaled up the concept and applied it to collectives such as states as the ...
The role of academic motivation and personality traits in determining academic performance: Are there any differences when considering the migration background?Abstract. Based on the controversial debate regarding the ...
Migrants’ social remittances—ideas, ways of thinking, and social practices—may change families and communities of origin and drive sociopolitical development. From a small town in the northern highlands of ...
After relocation, refugees may experience significant difficulty adjusting to a host culture, and this difficulty may persist even after many years following resettlement. However, the influence of time on postmigration living difficulties (PMLD) and ...
Does Psychological Research Address Current Social Issues? A Scientometric Analysis of the Example of Refugees and Migration Using Topic ModelingAbstract. In the context of the scientific investigation of social challenges, and drawing on the example of ...
Reserved Northerners, Jovial Southerners, and Open Urbanites: Regional Personality Differences in GermanyAbstract. The study and explanation of regional personality differences is a central research topic in geographical psychology. ...
Challenges in the Flight Process of Unaccompanied Youths: A Developmental PerspectiveAbstract. Since late 2015, there has been an increase in publications on the psychological burden of refugees. Unaccompanied young refugees are ...
Why Don’t We Ask Directly? An Analysis of the Subjective Perspective on Migration BackgroundAbstract. In Germany, the term ”person with a migration background” has been established in the field of research and federal statistics to assess the potential ...
Educational Disparities Right From the Start? Relevance of Structural and Procedural Variables for the Scientific Literacy of Preschool Children With and Without a Migration BackgroundAbstract. This study addressed ...
Refugee Children in Different Preschool settings: Organizational Logic Meets Everyday PracticesAbstract. Due to global refugee and migratory movements, providers of preschool settings in Germany face the challenge of ...
Experiences With a Migration-Adapted Service in Case Management for Children and Adolescents in Need of Treatment After Child Abuse and NeglectAbstract. Children and adolescents who have suffered child abuse or ...
Measuring Attitudes About Multilinguism in German Preschools: Dimensioning a Multidimensional ConstructAbstract. This article is concerned with measuring the attitudes of preschool teachers in Germany about multilinguism. A four-dimensional instrument ...
Psychotherapy and Migration – new challengesAbstract. Seven years after the first appearance of a special issue on psychotherapy and migration, the present issue focuses on new challenges concerning the refugee situation in Germany. Following the ...
Local Language or Mother Tongue? The Effect of Parental Language Usage on Their Children's Second Language AcquisitionAbstract. An increasing proportion of children grow up multilingually. However, the monolingual school ...
Migration-Specific Issues of Patients of a University Emergency DepartmentAbstract. An increase in the utilization of Emergency Departments (ED) of hospitals can be observed. Due to the current wave of refugees, this topic is becoming more important. A ...
Recognition of foreign nurses degree in Germany – procedure, quantity, distribution and decision of applicationsAbstract. Background: Qualified foreign nurses are entering the German nursing-care system. Aim: How has the migration of nurses been ...
Migrant nurses from Vietnam – First experiences in the German long-term care sectorAbstract. Background: In 2012 a pilot project «recruiting qualified employees for the elderly care sector» commissioned by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and ...