Social Capital and Mental Health among Brazilian Immigrants in Japan
Social Capital and Mental Health among Brazilian Immigrants in Japan
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DOI：
10.1111/ijjs.12036
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发表时间：
2015-03-01
影响因子：
1.2
通讯作者：
Takenoshita, Hirohisa
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作者：
Takenoshita, Hirohisa
本研究旨在探讨社会资本对在日本的巴西移民心理健康的影响。移民中的社会资本受到了社会学家和其他社会科学家的广泛关注，因为许多发达国家都接受了大量的外国移民。以前在美国的移民研究强调了社会资本与家庭和同种族的朋友在帮助移民获得社会和情感支持的重要作用。相反，欧洲国家对移民的其他研究表明，将社会资本与同族裔成员联系在一起并不一定会带来更好的结果。这些对比的结果表明，社会资本在很大程度上是嵌入在移民使用它的制度环境中的。在本研究中，我们探讨了巴西移民在日本的心理幸福感如何取决于不同形式的社会资本。结果表明，尽管缺乏经济资源，在他们的民族社区，巴西移民受益显着的社会资本与他们的大家庭在改善心理健康方面的债券。这项研究表明，结合社会资本的有效性在移民的客观和主观现实方面有很大的不同。
This study investigates the effect of social capital on the psychological well-being of Brazilian immigrants in Japan. Social capital in immigrants has drawn considerable attention from sociologists and other social scientists because many advanced countries have accepted a large number of immigrants from other countries. Previous studies of immigration in the US have emphasized the important role of bonding social capital with family and co-ethnic friends in helping immigrants obtain social and emotional support from others. Conversely, other studies of immigration in European countries have suggested that bonding social capital with co-ethnic members does not necessarily lead to better outcomes. These contrasting findings demonstrate that social capital is largely embedded in the institutional settings within which immigrants deploy it. In this study, we explored how the psychological well-being of Brazilian immigrants in Japan depended on different forms of social capital. The results indicate that despite the lack of economic resources in their ethnic communities, Brazilian immigrants benefited significantly from bonding social capital with their extended families in terms of improved mental health. This study suggests that the effectiveness of bonding social capital substantially differs in terms of the objective and subjective realities of immigrants.