Are the Consequences of Experiencing Discrimination the same for Immigrants of Differing Socio-Economic Status in Japan?
Are the Consequences of Experiencing Discrimination the same for Immigrants of Differing Socio-Economic Status in Japan?
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DOI：
10.1111/imig.12370
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发表时间：
2018-04-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Gong, Shun
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作者：
Gong, Shun
学者们通过关注歧视的本质，确定了歧视对移民福祉的负面影响。然而，移民的社会地位是否会影响歧视对福利的影响仍不清楚。为了回答这个问题，本研究通过关注移民的职业地位如何调节歧视对幸福感的影响来扩展当前的研究。基于两组调查数据，结果表明技术移民比非技术移民更容易受到歧视的负面影响。这种现象可以用移民在移民前对歧视经历的比较来解释。研究结果表明，要解释歧视对移民心理健康负面影响的机制，研究人员应该更多地关注移民的特征和移民前的经历。这项研究的结果对日本和其他种族同质国家（如韩国）的移民政策具有重要意义。
Scholars have identified the negative effects of discrimination on immigrants' well-being by focusing on the nature of discrimination. However, whether the social status of immigrants influences the effects of discrimination on well-being remains unclear. To answer this question, this study extends current research by focusing on how immigrants' occupational status moderates the effects of discrimination on well-being. Based on two sets of survey data, the results show that skilled immigrants are more likely to be negatively affected by discrimination than are unskilled immigrants. This phenomenon might be explained by the immigrants' comparisons of discrimination experiences prior to migration. The findings suggest that to explain the mechanism underlying discrimination's negative effect on immigrants' psychological well-being, researchers should pay more attention to immigrants' characteristics and their experiences before migration. The results of this study have important implications for immigration policy in Japan and other ethnically homogeneous countries, such as South Korea.