TY - JOUR
T1 - The linkage between aging, migration, and resilience
T2 - Resilience in the life of older turkish and moroccan immigrants
AU - Klokgieters, Silvia S.
AU - Van Tilburg, Theo G.
AU - Deeg, Dorly J.H.
AU - Huisman, Martijn
PY - 2020/4/16
Y1 - 2020/4/16
N2 - Objectives: Older immigrants are affected by an accumulation of adversities related to migration and aging. This study investigates resilience in older immigrants by examining the resources they use to deal with these adversities in the course of their lives. Methods: Data from 23 life-story interviews with Turkish and Moroccan immigrants aged 60-69 years living in the Netherlands. Results: The circumstances under which individuals foster resilience coincide with four postmigration life stages: settling into the host society, maintaining settlement, restructuring life postretirement, and increasing dependency. Resources that promote resilience include education in the country of origin, dealing with language barriers, having two incomes, making life meaningful, strong social and community networks, and the ability to sustain a transnational lifestyle traveling back and forth to the country of origin. More resilient individuals invest in actively improving their life conditions and are good at accepting conditions that cannot be changed. Discussion: The study illustrates a link between conditions across life stages, migration, and resilience. Resilient immigrants are better able to accumulate financial and social and other resources across life stages, whereas less resilient immigrants lose access to resources in different life stages.
AB - Objectives: Older immigrants are affected by an accumulation of adversities related to migration and aging. This study investigates resilience in older immigrants by examining the resources they use to deal with these adversities in the course of their lives. Methods: Data from 23 life-story interviews with Turkish and Moroccan immigrants aged 60-69 years living in the Netherlands. Results: The circumstances under which individuals foster resilience coincide with four postmigration life stages: settling into the host society, maintaining settlement, restructuring life postretirement, and increasing dependency. Resources that promote resilience include education in the country of origin, dealing with language barriers, having two incomes, making life meaningful, strong social and community networks, and the ability to sustain a transnational lifestyle traveling back and forth to the country of origin. More resilient individuals invest in actively improving their life conditions and are good at accepting conditions that cannot be changed. Discussion: The study illustrates a link between conditions across life stages, migration, and resilience. Resilient immigrants are better able to accumulate financial and social and other resources across life stages, whereas less resilient immigrants lose access to resources in different life stages.
KW - Aging
KW - Life stages
KW - Migration
KW - Resilience
KW - Resources
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85069672356&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbz024
DO - https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbz024
M3 - Article
C2 - 30816945
SN - 1079-5014
VL - 75
SP - 1113
EP - 1123
JO - Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
JF - Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
IS - 5
ER -