Adjustment after Migration A longitudinal study of the process of adjustment by refugees to a new environment

People are not so firmly rooted as they used to be. The greater frequency, at least in the Western world, with which people move house can be seen from the statistics. Many migrate voluntarily, or under compulsion, to build up new existences in other parts of the country or in other parts of the wor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ex, J.
Other Authors: Rutten, F.J.Th (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1966, 1966
Edition:1st ed. 1966
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Design of the Investigation
  • 1. Purpose of the investigation
  • 2. Methods of the investigation
  • 3. Composition of the investigated group of refugees and its former position within the Indonesian community
  • Results of the Investigation
  • 4. Subjects talked about, how often and in what way
  • 5. A framework for the description of the refugees’ way of life
  • 6. Specified description of the refugees’ evaluations of his new way of life as experienced throughout the successive phases of the investigation
  • Interpretation of the Results of the Investigation
  • 7. Indicators for the modality of the Course of adjustment
  • 8. Factors promoting or hindering adjustment
  • 9. General sketch of the course of adjustment
  • Conversation questions