Identity--lost and found: patterns of migration and psychological and psychosocial adjustment of migrants
Hertz, D.G.
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. Supplementum 344: 159-165
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0065-1591 PMID: 3067526 Document Number: 325318
This paper focuses on patterns of integration in migrant individuals and families. The level of adjustment in traditional and Westernized families has been examined. Different factors affecting adjustment are pointed out. Migration process is interpreted as a transient and necessary crisis situation. Risk factors in the acculturation crisis are reported and predictive and preventive measures are suggested. Characteristics of migrant and remigrant groups are compared. The role of "homesickness" in clinical symptom formation is discussed.