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Who do you think I am? Immigrant’s first name and their perceived identity
The current study focuses on immigrants’ perceived identity—that is, the way immigrants think the locals perceive them—and examines the link between...
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The Relationship Between Loneliness and Migration Among Belgian Older Adults
Feelings of severe loneliness negatively affect the quality of life of older adults. Although research has repeatedly shown that immigrants are more...
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Diskriminierung aufgrund des Alters
Im vorliegenden Beitrag werden theoretische und konzeptuelle Perspektiven systematisiert, die sich mit Diskriminierungen über das Lebensalter,...
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Background
This chapter introduces the social and historical context for older South Asian migrant (SAm) women’s migration and arrival to the UK. It locates SAm...
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Families Are Changing: Life Course Trajectories of 1.5-Generation Polish Teenagers in Ireland
It is argued that transnational migration creates changes within the structure of the family impacting on family dynamics and family life course...
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Health Across Borders: A Crossnational Comparison of Immigrant Health in Europe
The immigrant population in Europe is aging. We examine whether immigrants aged 50 and older in Europe are disadvantaged in terms of multiple health...
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Diskriminierung von Alter
Im vorliegenden Beitrag werden theoretische und konzeptuelle Perspektiven systematisiert, die sich mit Diskriminierungen über das Lebensalter,...
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Fighting to belong: drivers for transnational diaspora military service in Israel and beyond
Previous studies have explored two scenarios wherein diaspora members fight for their ancestral homeland: (1) in response to immediate threats, and...
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Revisiting Loneliness: Individual and Country-Level Changes
The links between loneliness and overall morbidity and mortality are well known, and this has profound implications for quality of life and health...
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Ageism and Older Immigrants
The population of older immigrants in Europe has grown in recent decades. This population consists of two main groups: individuals who migrated as...
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Introduction to the Section: On the Manifestations and Consequences of Ageism
This introductory section outlines the various ways in which ageism is manifested. Specifically, we discuss ageism as an individual occurrence that...
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Ageism in Mental Health Assessment and Treatment of Older Adults
Though it is generally acknowledged that older adults are underserved in the area of mental health services, the impact of ageist stereotypes on...
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Migration and changes in loneliness over a 4-year period: the case of older former Soviet Union immigrants in Israel
Both older adult and immigrant populations are at a high risk of loneliness. The current research compares older veteran Israelis to older immigrants...
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Potenziale des vorgelegten Werbebegriffs
Dieses Kapitel hat zum Ziel, anhand einiger exemplarisch ausgewählter Aspekte vorzuführen, was zu gewinnen ist, wenn man sich auf den hier...
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Livestock Agrodiversity of Mazahua Smallholder CampesinoSystems in the Highlands of Central Mexico
Livestock agrodiversity of Mazahua smallholder ‘campesino’ systems in the highlands of Central Mexico was investigated in the villages of San...
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Olfactory sexual inhibition and the westermarck effect
The Westermarck effect (sexual inhibition among individuals raised together) is argued to be mediated olfactorily. Various animals, including humans,...
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What is an Ethnic Group? A Biological Perspective
The first point to highlight is the risk that the words ‘ethnic group’ may have been used too simply to replace the word ‘race’, when concepts of...
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Macht
Soziale Macht wird oft mit normativen und moralischen Kategorien betrachtet. So erscheint Macht als etwas ’Verwerfliches’. Diese Haltung gründet auf...