Feeling Blue by Extension: Intrafamily Transmission and Economic Pressures Explain the Native-Immigrant Gap in Well-Being among Youth in Switzerland
Several factors explain the native-immigrant gap in well-being frequently found among adolescents and young adults. First, discrimination and integration challenges impact the psychological health of immigrants of all ages. Though rarely studied, low parental well-being is transmitted thereby also d...
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| author | Oriane Sarrasin Eva G. T. Green Gina Potarca Claudio Bolzman Ursina Kuhn |
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| description | Several factors explain the native-immigrant gap in well-being frequently found among adolescents and young adults. First, discrimination and integration challenges impact the psychological health of immigrants of all ages. Though rarely studied, low parental well-being is transmitted thereby also deteriorating youth well-being. Second, individuals with an immigrant background generally endure economic pressures to a greater extent than natives, which impact children through a lower parental well-being independently of origins. These factors—intrafamily transmission of negative affect and economic pressures—have been mostly studied separately (and only rarely for the former). Combining the two, the present study uses Swiss Household Panel data to examine the extent to which immigrant background and economic pressures relate to well-being of adolescents and young adults through the negative affect experienced by their mothers and fathers. In Switzerland, young people with an immigrant background—both immigrants and dual citizens—reported being more anxious, sad and depressed than natives. Path models showed that young people with foreign roots were more likely to live in a household that experienced economic pressures, which, in turn, related to impaired parental (mothers and fathers alike) well-being and finally their own. An immigrant background, economic pressures and parental well-being were also independently related to young people’s negative affect, highlighting the complexity of the factors underlying the well-known immigrant–native gap in well-being. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eada55a07c86432ca90706589223c3ab2022-12-22T02:33:22ZengCogitatioSocial Inclusion2183-28032019-12-017429330310.17645/si.v7i4.23441285Feeling Blue by Extension: Intrafamily Transmission and Economic Pressures Explain the Native-Immigrant Gap in Well-Being among Youth in SwitzerlandOriane Sarrasin0Eva G. T. Green1Gina Potarca2Claudio Bolzman3Ursina Kuhn4Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, SwitzerlandInstitute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, SwitzerlandInstitute of Demography and Socioeconomics, University of Geneva, SwitzerlandDepartment of Social Work, HES-SO—University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, SwitzerlandFORS—Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences, SwitzerlandSeveral factors explain the native-immigrant gap in well-being frequently found among adolescents and young adults. First, discrimination and integration challenges impact the psychological health of immigrants of all ages. Though rarely studied, low parental well-being is transmitted thereby also deteriorating youth well-being. Second, individuals with an immigrant background generally endure economic pressures to a greater extent than natives, which impact children through a lower parental well-being independently of origins. These factors—intrafamily transmission of negative affect and economic pressures—have been mostly studied separately (and only rarely for the former). Combining the two, the present study uses Swiss Household Panel data to examine the extent to which immigrant background and economic pressures relate to well-being of adolescents and young adults through the negative affect experienced by their mothers and fathers. In Switzerland, young people with an immigrant background—both immigrants and dual citizens—reported being more anxious, sad and depressed than natives. Path models showed that young people with foreign roots were more likely to live in a household that experienced economic pressures, which, in turn, related to impaired parental (mothers and fathers alike) well-being and finally their own. An immigrant background, economic pressures and parental well-being were also independently related to young people’s negative affect, highlighting the complexity of the factors underlying the well-known immigrant–native gap in well-being.https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/2344economic pressurehealthimmigrationparental transmissionswiss household panelwell-being |
| spellingShingle | Oriane Sarrasin Eva G. T. Green Gina Potarca Claudio Bolzman Ursina Kuhn Feeling Blue by Extension: Intrafamily Transmission and Economic Pressures Explain the Native-Immigrant Gap in Well-Being among Youth in Switzerland Social Inclusion economic pressure health immigration parental transmission swiss household panel well-being |
| title | Feeling Blue by Extension: Intrafamily Transmission and Economic Pressures Explain the Native-Immigrant Gap in Well-Being among Youth in Switzerland |
| title_full | Feeling Blue by Extension: Intrafamily Transmission and Economic Pressures Explain the Native-Immigrant Gap in Well-Being among Youth in Switzerland |
| title_fullStr | Feeling Blue by Extension: Intrafamily Transmission and Economic Pressures Explain the Native-Immigrant Gap in Well-Being among Youth in Switzerland |
| title_full_unstemmed | Feeling Blue by Extension: Intrafamily Transmission and Economic Pressures Explain the Native-Immigrant Gap in Well-Being among Youth in Switzerland |
| title_short | Feeling Blue by Extension: Intrafamily Transmission and Economic Pressures Explain the Native-Immigrant Gap in Well-Being among Youth in Switzerland |
| title_sort | feeling blue by extension intrafamily transmission and economic pressures explain the native immigrant gap in well being among youth in switzerland |
| topic | economic pressure health immigration parental transmission swiss household panel well-being |
| url | https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/2344 |
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