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Detalhes da Produção
| Tipo | Artigo Publicado |
| Grupo | Produção Bibliográfica |
| Descrição | CARVALHO, A. ; MARTINS, Francisco. A psychological perspective on immigration: the reasons and hardships of migrating to Brazil?s capital, Brasília. International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, v. 12, p. 216-224, 2016. |
| Autor | Francisco Moacir de Melo Catunda Martins |
| Ano | 2016 |
Informações Complementares
| Ano do artigo | 2016 |
| Descricão e Informacões Adicionais | Abstract: Purpose To seek the inner motivations present in immigrants moving from different regions of Brazil to its capital, Brasília. Our goal is to find out the individuals? stories, not only the macro economic aspects usually studied in migration movements. Also, we intend to understand how impacting the process of leaving one?s homeland and loved ones behind can be. Design/methodology/approach In this study, ten recent immigrants were interviewed about their inner motivations to migrate to Brasília and the difficulties faced.Their answers were categorized and distributed into charts showing the most relevant parts for our study. Findings Two main topics stood out: work and love.The search for a meaningful and rewarding job is a strong enough reason to migrate. Love presents itself as a different reason to migrate, especially when economic and political reasons are the most common motivators. Love has to do with wanting to be with a partner or family. Migration is a time for crisis, mourning can be present, and the strangeness of the new place may affect some more than others. All interviewees mentioned the hardships of adapting, be it emotionally or psychologically. Originality/value It is a response to the lack of clinical psychology studies about migration in Brazil.The importance of having studies carried out with a more qualitative perspective in the field of migration, in which the focus are the inner motivations of the migrants and what their experiences are. |
| Descricão e Informacões Adicionais(en) | Abstract: Purpose To seek the inner motivations present in immigrants moving from different regions of Brazil to its capital, Brasília. Our goal is to find out the individuals? stories, not only the macro economic aspects usually studied in migration movements. Also, we intend to understand how impacting the process of leaving one?s homeland and loved ones behind can be. Design/methodology/approach In this study, ten recent immigrants were interviewed about their inner motivations to migrate to Brasília and the difficulties faced.Their answers were categorized and distributed into charts showing the most relevant parts for our study. Findings Two main topics stood out: work and love.The search for a meaningful and rewarding job is a strong enough reason to migrate. Love presents itself as a different reason to migrate, especially when economic and political reasons are the most common motivators. Love has to do with wanting to be with a partner or family. Migration is a time for crisis, mourning can be present, and the strangeness of the new place may affect some more than others. All interviewees mentioned the hardships of adapting, be it emotionally or psychologically. Originality/value It is a response to the lack of clinical psychology studies about migration in Brazil.The importance of having studies carried out with a more qualitative perspective in the field of migration, in which the focus are the inner motivations of the migrants and what their experiences are. |
| Divulgacão Científica | NAO |
| DOI | 10.1108/IJMHSC-06-2015-0021 |
| Idioma | Inglês |
| ISSN | 17479894 |
| Meio de Divulgação | MEIO_DIGITAL |
| Natureza | COMPLETO |
| Página Final | 224 |
| Página Inicial | 216 |
| Relevância | NAO |
| Série | 3 |
| Título do Artigo | A psychological perspective on immigration: the reasons and hardships of migrating to Brazil?s capital, Brasília |
| Título do Artigo(en) | A psychological perspective on immigration: the reasons and hardships of migrating to Brazil?s capital, Brasília |
| Título do Períodico ou Revista | International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care |
| Volume | 12 |