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The Meaning of Home in Male Migration: Listening to Men’s Experiences

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  • Paola Cardinali

    (University of Genoa)

  • Joseph R. Ferrari

    (DePaul University)

  • Vittoria Romoli

    (University of Genoa)

  • Andrew Camilleri

    (DePaul University)

  • Laura Migliorini

    (University of Genoa)

Abstract

We assessed the sense of psychological home among adult men (n = 17; M age = 29.7 years old) who had experienced migration to Italy, focusing on the relationship between psychological home and the process of integration into the new country. Psychological home is a dynamic process in which people sense a safe and secure environment that ranges beyond the confines of a structured dwelling, a process which is reflective and which communicates one’s self-identity. Participants engaged in a semistructured interview with the aim of establishing a generic concept of psychological home and identifying the issues that arise at the intersection of psychological home and migration. The results highlighted certain themes about the meaning that psychological home assumes in the lives of migrants and about the way in which the migration experience acts to support or hinder the process of building this sense of home. Of special interest is the idea that individuals might develop multiple psychological homes related to the different places and relationships that they experience. In this sense, establishment of a psychological home might be considered the ideal affective state for psychological adaptation to a new country.

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  • Paola Cardinali & Joseph R. Ferrari & Vittoria Romoli & Andrew Camilleri & Laura Migliorini, 2022. "The Meaning of Home in Male Migration: Listening to Men’s Experiences," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Springer, vol. 23(4), pages 2219-2233, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joimai:v:23:y:2022:i:4:d:10.1007_s12134-022-00934-5
    DOI: 10.1007/s12134-022-00934-5
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