This article analyzes whether migrants' distress factors are reduced, and life satisfaction
increased by the sense of community and support from friendship or family networks, with …

International literature has shown that demographic characteristics, socioeconomic status,
social ties and supports in the host country play an important role on migrants' subjective …

The aim of this study was to examine the multi-dimensional structure of well-being in
immigrant population, as well as to explore the complexity of well-being disparities between …

Moving from one country to another involves not only separation from the country of origin,
but also the tiring process of integration into a new physical, institutional, and sociocultural …

On arrival in a new country, migrants usually face language and cultural barriers,
discrimination, and other sources of unjust contextual conditions, which limit their …

The discrimination migrants perceive during their adaptation process is one of the main
sources of stress and it affects their well-being, health and integration severely. The present …

Background Migration is a potentially stressful process due to the sociocultural changes and
the adaptation processes that go along with it. However, social support can mitigate the …

The aim of this study is to test the influence that social integration in the community might
have on subjective well‐being (SWB) beyond the influence of sociodemographic …

Abstract Using the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada, a nationally representative
survey of recent immigrants, this paper explores the influence of coresidents on satisfaction …

The decision to migrate is normally based on expectations of improving one's actual living
conditions and therefore, one's well-being. However, these expectations are not usually met …