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| Coping with the stress of immigration among new immigrants to Israel from Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) who were exposed to Chernobyl: the effect of age | | Author(s) | J Cwikel, U Rozovski |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 46, no 4, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 305-318 |
| Keywords | Immigrants ; Adjustment ; Depression ; Health [elderly] ; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ; Israel. |
| Annotation | Immigrants arriving in a new country are exposed to many types of stressors related to adjustment and assimilation. This study investigated the differential effect of age in coping and psychological measures among immigrants from Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the former Soviet Union, to Israel. Some of these immigrants originated from the republics adjacent to the Chernobyl power plant, site of the 1986 nuclear accident. The sample consisted of 708 immigrants who were interviewed between the years 1993-1995 with an average age of 47.5. The sample was re-interviewed approximately one year and three months later. The sample included two exposure groups - high exposed and low exposed to contamination, and a comparison group matched by age, gender and year of immigration. Those over the age of 65 were disadvantaged, compared to those aged 50 to 64, and younger, when it came to the tasks of immigrant absorption; learning the language, working and acquiring an income, and establishing alternative social networks. The psychological variables showed that over time, somatisation, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related to Chernobyl improved, but at a slower pace for older immigrants. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980701403 A |
| Classmark | TJ: DR: ENR: CC: 7AA: 7H6 |
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