Family Interactions and Psychosocial Changes in the Migration Process

Osman Sezer ERİMa , Tuğba TÜRK KURTÇAb

aİstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Institute of Forensic Sciences and Legal Medicine, Department of Social Sciences, İstanbul, Türkiye
bTrakya University Faculty of Education, Department of Guidance and Counseling, School of Educational Sciences, Edirne, Türkiye

Erim OS, Türk Kurtça T. Family interactions and psychosocial changes in the migration process. In: Öztürk E, ed. Migration Psychology. 1st ed. Ankara: Türkiye Klinikleri; 2024. p.129-34.

ABSTRACT

Migration is a psychosocial phenomenon encountered in all periods of human history. It continues to exist as a current situation globally in recent years. With the increasing number of migrants and refugees over the past decade, migration continues to be the subject of clinical and theoretical research in the field of psychotraumatology. This study examines migration and the potential psychosocial problems that may arise with migration. It focuses on the analysis of the phenomenon of migration, especially on family relations and psychosocial dimensions of the migration process. The main purpose of this study is to shed light on the psychosocial changes that individuals experience in the process of adapting to the cultural differences they encounter in the post-migration period and to understand the role of family interactions in this process. Since migration is a multi-layered and complex process, it creates various psychosocial consequences at both individual and societal levels. This study makes an important contribution to understanding the psychosocial difficulties experienced by migrants and emphasizing the importance of family relationships in the adaptation process.

Keywords: Migration; psychotraumatology; family interaction; psychosocial change

Referanslar

  1. Ozturk E. Göç Psikolojisi ve Göç Travması: Sınırlaraşırı Bir Yaşam Deneyimi Olarak Gelişimsel Göçün Dissoanalizi. Artuklu İnsan ve Toplum Bilim Dergisi. 2023;8(2):233-53. [Crossref]
  2. Tuzcu A; Bademli K. Göçün psikososyal boyutu. Psikiyatride güncel yaklaşımlar. 2014;6(1):56-66. [Crossref]
  3. Aker T, Ayata B, Özeren M, Buran B, Bay A. Zorunlu iç göç: Ruhsal ve toplumsal sonuçları. Anadolu Psikiyatri Dergisi. 2002;3(2):97-103.
  4. International Organization for Migration (IOM). Facts and Figures. 2012.
  5. Aksoy Z. Uluslararası göç ve kültürlerarası iletişim. Uluslararası Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi. 2012;5(20):292-303.
  6. Hovey JD, Magana CG. Migrant farmworker stress: mental health implications. J Psychol. 2002;136:493-513. [Crossref]  [PubMed]
  7. Bhugra D. Migration and mental health. Acta psychiatrica scandinavica. 2004;109(4):243-58. [Crossref]  [PubMed]
  8. Odegaard O. Emigration and insanity. Acta Psychiatrica et Neurologica Supplementum. 1932;4:1-206.
  9. Bhugra D, Leff J, Mallett R, Corridan B, Rudge S. Incidence and outcome of schizophrenia in Whites, African Caribbeans and Asians in London. Psychol Med. 1997;27:791-8. [Crossref]  [PubMed]
  10. Murphy HBM. Socio-cultural factors in schizophrenia. In: Zubin A, Freyhan V, eds. Social Psychiatry. NY, USA: Grune and Stralton; 1968. p. 74-92.
  11. Akiyama T. Onset study of English-speaking temporary residents in Japan. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology. 1996;31:194-8. [Crossref]  [PubMed]
  12. Husain N, Creed F, Tamenson B. Adverse social circumstances and depression in people of Pakistani origin in the U.K. Br J Psych. 1977;171:434-8. [Crossref]  [PubMed]
  13. Tseng WT. Handbook of cultural psychiatry. San Diego: Academic Press; 2001. [Crossref]
  14. Zilber N, Lerner Y. Psychological distress among recent migrants from the former Soviet Union to Israel. I Correlate levels of distress. Psychol Med. 1996;26:493-501. [Crossref]  [PubMed]
  15. Knafo D, Yaari A. "Leaving the Promised Land: Israeli Immigrants in the United States." In: Elovitz PH, Kahn C, eds. Immigrant Experiences: Personal Narrative and Psychological Analysis. New Jersey: Associated University Presses; 1997. p.221-41.
  16. Akhtar S. Göç ve kimlik: Kargaşa, sağaltım ve dönüşüm."İstanbul: Sfenks Kitap; 2018.
  17. Ozturk E. Dissoanalitik psikotarih: Soykırımların, baskıların, çocuk istismarlarının ve savaş travmalarının dissoanalizi. Turkiye Klinikleri Psychology-Special Topics. 2023;8(1):1-35.
  18. Ozturk E, Erdoğan B, Çalıcı C. "Göçmenler ve ruh sağlığı göçmenler ve göç süreci: Psikotravmatolojik bir değerlendirme. In: Sakız H, Apak H, editörler. Türkiye'de Göçmen Kapsayıcılığı: Sorundan Fırsata Dönüşüm Önerileri. Ankara: Pegem Akademi; 2019. p. 213-26. [Crossref]
  19. Lin KM, Tazuma L, Masuda M. Adaptational problems of Vietnamese refugees I. Health and mental health issues. Arch. Gen Psych. 1979;36:955-61. [Crossref]  [PubMed]
  20. Volkan VD. Göçmenler ve Mülteciler: Travma, Sürekli Yas, Önyargı ve Sınır Psikolojisi. Ankara: Pusula Yayınevi; 2017.
  21. Grinberg L, Grinberg R. A psychoanalytic study of migration: its normal and pathological aspects. J Am Psychoanal Assoc. 1984;32(1):13-38. [Crossref]  [PubMed]
  22. Falk A. Border symbolism. Psychoanal Q. 1974;43(4):650-60. [Crossref]  [PubMed]
  23. Ozturk E. Dysfunctional generations versus natural and guiding parenting style: Intergenerational transmission of trauma and intergenerational transfer of psychopathology as dissociogenic agents. Med Sci. 2022;11(2):886-904. [Crossref]
  24. Ozturk E, Derin G. Dissoanaliz kuramı açısından savaş psikolojisi ve göç travması: Savaş kökenli kuşaklararası travma geçişi ve kuşaklararası psikopatoloji aktarımı. Turkiye Klinikleri Psychology-Special Topics. 2023;8(1):36-51.
  25. Ozturk E. Dissoanalytic psychohistory: Dissoanalysis of thetraumatic history of humanity and the construction of a newsocietal reality. Med Science. 2023;12(1):303-18. [Crossref]
  26. YI K. From no name woman to birth of integrated identity: Trauma-based cultural dissociation in immigrant women and creative integration. Psychoanalytic Dialogues. 2014;24(1):37-45. [Crossref]
  27. Ozturk E. Dissoanalysis as a modern psychotraumatology theory: denial trauma and mass dissociation versus dissociative revolution and psychocommunal therapy. Med Sci. 2022;11(3):1359-85. [Crossref]
  28. Ozturk E. Modern psikotravmatoloji ve dissosiyasyon teorileri. Ozturk E, editör. Psikotravmatoloji. 1. Baskı. Ankara: Türkiye Klinikleri; 2022. p.41-69.
  29. Ozturk E. Dissoanaliz ve Psikotoplumsal Bilinç Alyansı Kuramı: İnkar Travması ve Dissosiyatif Yansıtımlı Kimlik Geçişi. Turkiye Klinikleri Psychology-Special Topics. 2022;7(1):1-40.
  30. Ozturk E. Dissoanalytic theory of migration as a transboundary escape experience from transgenerational traumatic experiences: Regenerative dissociation and developmental migration in the face of a global monolithic cultural hegemony. Med Sci. 2024;13(2):356-82. [Crossref]