Having, making and feeling home as a European immigrant in the United Kingdom post-Brexit referendum: An interpretative phenomenological study.

IF 3.2 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

British Journal of Social Psychology Pub Date : 2024-09-06 DOI:10.1111/bjso.12798

Kate Foxwell, Sarah Strohmaier, Fergal Jones, Dennis Nigbur

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Abstract

Migrants' subjective sense of home deserves further research attention. In the particular context of the United Kingdom's (UK's) decision to leave the European Union ('Brexit'), we interviewed 10 European citizens living in the UK about their sense of home, using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). In our analysis, we identified themes of (1) having more than one home, (2) making and finding a new home, (3) being permanently different from the non-migrant population and (4) a concern about feeling safe and welcome. Migration and sense of home involved building and rebuilding personal and social identity. Making a new home was effortful, and neither the old home nor the difference from the native population ever disappeared psychologically. This adds an experiential aspect to the idea of 'integration' in acculturation. Different notions of home were linked to different experiences of the impact of the Brexit referendum. We discuss the connections between acculturation, sense of home and lived experience and propose lived identity as a fruitful subject matter for social psychology.

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英国脱欧公投后，作为欧洲移民在英国拥有、创造和感受家园：一项解释性现象学研究。

移民的主观家园意识值得进一步研究关注。在英国决定脱离欧盟（"脱欧"）的特殊背景下，我们采用解释现象学分析法（IPA）采访了 10 位居住在英国的欧洲公民，了解他们对家的感受。在分析中，我们确定了以下主题：（1）拥有不止一个家；（2）建立和寻找新家；（3）与非移民人口永久不同；（4）对安全感和受欢迎程度的担忧。移民和家的感觉涉及个人和社会身份的建立和重建。建立新家需要付出努力，而旧家和与本地人的差异都不会在心理上消失。这就为文化适应中的 "融入 "概念增添了一个经验方面。不同的 "家 "的概念与英国脱欧公投影响的不同经历有关。我们讨论了文化适应、家园感和生活体验之间的联系，并提出生活认同是社会心理学的一个富有成效的主题。

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British Journal of Social Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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