Neighbourhood Sociocultural Context and Acculturation Across the Life Course: Consequences for Physiological Dysregulation and Psychological Health

对于我的研究，我将专注于邻里和人际社会环境如何影响移民的生理失调和心理健康全世界，大约有2.5亿人生活在出生国以外（康纳，2016年），所以重要的是要了解移民和文化适应如何有助于影响整个生命过程中健康的社会条件。跨文化心理学家已经考虑了有多少层社会背景影响移民的适应，但这些影响仍然需要考虑到整个生命过程中的生物功能（Ward & Geeraert，2016）。文化适应是与多个文化群体接触并适应他们的行为，态度和身份的过程（Geeraert & Demoulin，2013）。第一代移民往往适应他们所定居国家的主流文化，即他们的定居文化。然而，对他们来说，保持和发展他们或他们的祖先成长的国家的文化特征也很重要，这是他们的遗产文化（Sun等人，2020; Ward & Geeraert，2016）。第一代移民是移居到另一个国家的个人，第二代移民是他们的子女。在本提案中，“移民”应指第一代和第二代移民，“移民”应指出于正式寻求庇护以外的原因而居住在其定居国的第一代移民。一些文化适应压力源更频繁地发生在文化适应度低的个体身上，当他们没有为特定的社会情境发展出文化上合适的自动反应时。然而，其他的文化适应压力源，如家庭压力源，是由一个人的社会群体中的文化适应差异造成的（Sun等人，2020年）。适应性压力源也可能涉及歧视的经历，并可能导致心理困扰（Sirin等人，2013年）。

For my research I will focus on how neighbourhood and interpersonal social contexts influence physiological dysregulation and psychological health in migrants Worldwide, approximately 250,000,000 people live outside their country of birth (Connor, 2016) so it is important to understand how migration and cultural adaptation contribute to the social conditions that influence health throughout the life course. Cross-cultural psychologists have considered how many layers of social context influence migrants' adaptation, but these effects still need to be considered in relation to biological functioning across the life course (Ward & Geeraert, 2016).Acculturation is the process of engaging with multiple cultural groups and adapting to their behaviours, attitudes, and identities (Geeraert & Demoulin, 2013). First-generation migrants often acculturate to the mainstream culture of the country they settle in, which is their settlement culture. However, it can also be important for them to maintain and develop the cultural characteristics of the country they or their ancestors grew up in, which is their heritage culture (Sun et al., 2020; Ward & Geeraert, 2016). First-generation migrants are individuals who have moved to another country and second-generation migrants are their children. In this proposal, 'migrants' shall refer to first- and second-generation migrants, and 'immigrants' shall refer to first-generation migrants who live in their settlement country for a reason other than formally seeking asylum.Acculturative stressors are stressors that migrants and minority groups experience as a result of being at the intersection between two cultural groups. Some acculturative stressors occur more frequently for individuals with low acculturation when they have not developed culturally appropriate automatic responses for particular social situations. However, other acculturative stressors, such as family stressors, result from differences in the acculturation amongst one's social group (Sun et al., 2020). Acculturative stressors can also involve experiences of discrimination and can lead to psychological distress (Sirin et al., 2013).