The Relationship between Tenure, Stress and Coping Strategies of South African Immigrants to New Zealand

Bibliographic Data

ID11012148
AuthorsHillary Bennett (Massey University), Adré B Boshoff (University of Pretoria), Adre Boshoff (University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa), Colleen Rigby (Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand)
Year1997
Volume27
Issue3
Pages160-165
Publication date1997-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSouth African Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0081-2463 • E-ISSN: 2078-208X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/008124639702700305
OpenAlexW2314061002
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited22

Immigration has significant psychological and social consequences for a migrant family. This study explores the adaptation of two groups of South African immigrants to life in New Zealand. Sixty-three per cent of the 72 ex-South Africans contacted, using convenience sampling, had lived in New Zealand for less than five years. The perceived difficulties related to relocating as well as the coping strategies associated with self-identified problems related to the relocation and the length of tenure in New Zealand were both qualitatively and quantitatively assessed. A problem-oriented semi-structured questionnaire and the Dimensions of Stress and Cybernetic Coping scales were used to collect the data. It appears that the longer the immigrants have been in New Zealand the less control they perceive themselves to have over the problems associated with relocation and the more likely they are to use the coping strategy of avoidance rather than actively trying to change their situation

Coping (psychology) · Geography · Immigration · Relocation · Clinical Psychology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Psychology · Research in Social Sciences · Social Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics

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