Narratives of meaningful endurance – how migrant women escape the vicious cycle between health problems and unemployment
Abstract Migrant women in Europe have a higher incidence of health problems and have disproportionately high unemployment rates. We examine how Dutch and Turkish, Moroccan and Surinamese first and second generation migrant women escape the vicious cycle between health problems and unemployment by us...
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| description | Abstract Migrant women in Europe have a higher incidence of health problems and have disproportionately high unemployment rates. We examine how Dutch and Turkish, Moroccan and Surinamese first and second generation migrant women escape the vicious cycle between health problems and unemployment by using the theory of the Sense of Coherence (SOC). We study how SOC works and whether SOC is also applicable outside the domain of health. Our findings from life story interviews (N = 54) show that women can escape this vicious cycle through the meaningful reconstruction of adversity. Women can put a halt on the on-going negative chain reaction through focusing on the meaning and purpose of adversity. We name such life stories narratives of meaningful endurance, which are characterized by structure, authorship and meaningful reconstruction, in opposition to its counterpart, narratives of non-directional distress. The three respective components of SOC - comprehensibility, manageability and meaningfulness - enable the attainment of a narrative of meaningful endurance and individuals with a stronger SOC are more likely to tell narratives of meaningful endurance. Theoretical and policy implications of our findings are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fca76c982ad94f928215cfdf25868daf2022-12-22T03:48:09ZengSpringerOpenComparative Migration Studies2214-594X2018-07-016111610.1186/s40878-018-0088-0Narratives of meaningful endurance – how migrant women escape the vicious cycle between health problems and unemploymentJasmijn Slootjes0Saskia Keuzenkamp1Sawitri Saharso2Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative/D-Lab, UC BerkeleyMovisie - Netherlands Centre for Social DevelopmentDepartment of Sociology, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamAbstract Migrant women in Europe have a higher incidence of health problems and have disproportionately high unemployment rates. We examine how Dutch and Turkish, Moroccan and Surinamese first and second generation migrant women escape the vicious cycle between health problems and unemployment by using the theory of the Sense of Coherence (SOC). We study how SOC works and whether SOC is also applicable outside the domain of health. Our findings from life story interviews (N = 54) show that women can escape this vicious cycle through the meaningful reconstruction of adversity. Women can put a halt on the on-going negative chain reaction through focusing on the meaning and purpose of adversity. We name such life stories narratives of meaningful endurance, which are characterized by structure, authorship and meaningful reconstruction, in opposition to its counterpart, narratives of non-directional distress. The three respective components of SOC - comprehensibility, manageability and meaningfulness - enable the attainment of a narrative of meaningful endurance and individuals with a stronger SOC are more likely to tell narratives of meaningful endurance. Theoretical and policy implications of our findings are discussed.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40878-018-0088-0Sense of coherenceNarrativeUnemploymentHealthMigrationCoping |
| spellingShingle | Jasmijn Slootjes Saskia Keuzenkamp Sawitri Saharso Narratives of meaningful endurance – how migrant women escape the vicious cycle between health problems and unemployment Comparative Migration Studies Sense of coherence Narrative Unemployment Health Migration Coping |
| title | Narratives of meaningful endurance – how migrant women escape the vicious cycle between health problems and unemployment |
| title_full | Narratives of meaningful endurance – how migrant women escape the vicious cycle between health problems and unemployment |
| title_fullStr | Narratives of meaningful endurance – how migrant women escape the vicious cycle between health problems and unemployment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Narratives of meaningful endurance – how migrant women escape the vicious cycle between health problems and unemployment |
| title_short | Narratives of meaningful endurance – how migrant women escape the vicious cycle between health problems and unemployment |
| title_sort | narratives of meaningful endurance how migrant women escape the vicious cycle between health problems and unemployment |
| topic | Sense of coherence Narrative Unemployment Health Migration Coping |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40878-018-0088-0 |
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