Migration and Well-being: Beyond the Macrosystem

Birman, Dina

doi:10.5093/in2011v20n3a11

Vol. 20. Num. 3. - 2011. Pages 339-342

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Migration and Well-being: Beyond the Macrosystem

[Migración y Bienestar: Más allá del Microsistema]

Birman, Dina

https://doi.org/10.5093/in2011v20n3a11

Abstract

This commentary reviews the contributions of the 6 papers to the emerging focus on migration within community psychology. This collection of articles on migration and community represents a growing interest in the field in immigration issues in general, and a community psychology focus on these issues in particular. The papers span a range of issues raised by migration in a variety of different contexts. The papers reflect principles of community psychology by articulating a perspective on migration and its outcomes within national and global contexts. Taken together, these articles demonstrate the increasing mutual enrichment of immigration and community research. The articles suggest the need to continue to articulate psychological constructs as transactional and contextual across multiple levels of analysis.

Resumen

Este comentario revisa los seis artículos de este monográfico sobre el emergente enfoque de la psicología comunitaria de las migraciones y en su conjunto, constituyen un ejemplo representativo del interés creciente de esta disciplina. Los artículos abarcan un amplio rango de los tópicos en una importante diversidad de contextos, y muestran cómo los principios de la psicología comunitaria permiten articular una visión de las migraciones y sus resultados, tanto en el ámbito nacional como global. Tomados en su conjunto, muestran el enriquecimiento que las migraciones suponen para la investigación comunitaria y sugieren la necesidad de continuar articulando los constructos psicológicos como transaccionales y contextuales a través de múltiples niveles de análisis.

Keywords

acculturation

contextual perspective

ecological approach

macrosystem and possitive adjustment

migration

psychological wellbeing

Palabras clave

aculturación

aproximación ecológica

bienestar psicológico

macrosistema y ajuste positivo

migraciones

perspectiva contextual

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