The purpose of this study was to examine psychological and socio-cultural adaptation of Turkish individuals living in the U.S. In the first part of the study, Searle and Ward's (1994) psychological and socio-cultural adaptation model and Berry's (1997) acculturation model were t…
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This thesis explores Iranian entrepreneurship in the Toronto CMA by comparing the characteristics of Iranian business owners, their entrepreneurial experiences, and the attributes of Iranian businesses inside and outside the Iranian residential concentration and by business type…
This study argues that surveillance over migrant workers and immigrants from Turkey in Germany is a means of inclusion and exclusion in order to portray them as "(un)suitable" foreign subjects. However, this surveillance is slowly but surely changing its character. The changing …
Nationalism and nationhood are not authentic outcomes of a static ethnicity but are a contingent product of the nation-state era. Nations, nationality, and nationhood are socially-produced concepts, constantly contested, negotiated, reinforced, or rejected, by contending actors.…
The purpose of this study is to understand how the Turkish immigrant community in Paterson, New Jersey, obtains and retains jobs in wage employment and enters into and survives in small business; in the process using its own resources to negotiate the formal and informal opportu…
There is a paucity of research literature on the relationship between acculturation and positive indices of mental health for migrant populations. The objective of this study is to investigate the nature of this relationship for the Iranian migrant community of Canada. Eighty-si…
In recent years, the attention is being increasingly drawn to the role of the European Union on the development of minority rights in the candidate countries. The adoption of the Copenhagen political criteria, which also require "respect for and protection of minorities," as pre…
This qualitative study aimed to discover the mental health needs of working-class Turkish immigrants in the United States and to determine current sources of support as well as factors that restrict their access to currently available services. Thirteen Turkish immigrants and 3 …
The purpose of this study was to examine issues related to post-divorce conditions (such as financial and emotional conditions, child custody, and child support payments) among Iranian immigrant women in the United States. The result of the research indicated that most of these …
Following the Iranian Revolution of 1979, the United States experienced a dramatic increase in the number of Iranians immigrating to its shores. The focus of this study is on the self-image of Iranian-American adolescents and the influence of acculturation on self-image. The mai…
This research project provided an opportunity for reflection among selected Iranian professionals who came to the United States after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Specifically, it studied how, through mediation of past history and current cultural and professional experience, th…
The primary purpose of the present study is aimed at investigating intergenerational conflict in American and Iranian-American families. It has been assumed that immigrant Iranian parents have more frequent arguments with their American-born adolescents than American parents. Th…
The number of international migrants has reached an incredible level, and international migration has become more complex in composition and motivation since World War II. Consequently, migrant rights, and problems arising during the process of assimilation have become worldwide…
This study explored how Turkish transnational families maintain intergenerational relationships. A grounded-theory approach was used to conduct and analyze in-depth qualitative interviews with 30 Turkish immigrants in the United States (U.S.). In an effort to contextualize the e…
The present research investigated various factors associated with the psychological adjustment of Iranian immigrants and refugees in an urban North American setting, Toronto. The sample consisted of 103 Iranian men and 102 Iranian women recruited from various ESL classes, Irania…
The present study examined the interrelation of acculturation, gender role perceptions, assertiveness, and psychological symptoms among a group of Iranian Jewish immigrant women who live in the United States. The participants were 95 females over the age of 18 who had immigrated…
This dissertation is a study of the decoration of homes in Ketendere, a village north of the town of Milas in Turkey's southwestern province of Mugla. I write about how people in Ketendere organize their interiors in accordance with their ethnic, aesthetic and religious values. …
The study examined the role of cultural orientation and coping style as predictors of psychological symptomatology among Iranian female immigrants. The sample included 133 Iranian women ranging in age from 17 to 69, residing in the greater Los Angeles area. Subjects completed qu…
In the present study, a theory-driven model concerning acculturation processes was proposed and tested. The main predictor variables in the model were hassles, psychological adjustment, and connectedness to family/culture. The effects of two modes of acculturation, separation an…