Trouble in paradise? Emotional and social loneliness among international retirement migrants.

IF 3.7 1区 心理学 Q1 GERONTOLOGY
Esma Betül Savaş, Kène Henkens, Matthijs Kalmijn
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Abstract

People who migrate at a later age are vulnerable to loneliness: They are challenged to maintain social ties in the origin country while establishing new ties in the destination. In the present study, we investigate (a) the differences in loneliness levels between retirement migrants and older adults who reside in their country of origin (nonmigrants) and (b) the determinants of emotional and social loneliness among retirement migrants. We employ the survey of Dutch retirement migrants abroad (DRM, 2021: Henkens et al., 2022), including 4,995 Dutch retirement migrants residing in 40 destination countries and 1,338 nonmigrants residing in the Netherlands (aged 66-90). Our results showed that retirement migrants were socially lonelier than nonmigrants; however, they were not emotionally lonelier. Among retirement migrants, those who had lost contact with good friends in the country of origin were both emotionally and socially lonelier. Retirement migrants who had more neighbor contact and a higher sense of belonging to the destination were emotionally and socially less lonely. Furthermore, those who had lost contact with their children and had a higher sense of belonging to the Netherlands were emotionally lonelier. The present study presents new insights into the interplay between aging and migration by using a unique representative survey of individuals who migrated at a later age to a new country and points to the risks of the increasingly popular phenomenon of international retirement migration. Differences in levels and predictors of emotional and social loneliness highlight the importance of studying these dimensions separately. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

天堂里有麻烦吗?国际退休移民的情感和社会孤独。
年龄较晚的移民容易感到孤独:他们面临着在原籍国维持社会关系的同时在目的地建立新关系的挑战。在本研究中,我们调查了(a)退休移民和居住在原籍国(非移民)的老年人之间的孤独水平差异,以及(b)退休移民情感和社会孤独的决定因素。我们采用了对荷兰海外退休移民的调查(DRM, 2021年;Henkens et al., 2022年),包括居住在40个目的地国家的4,995名荷兰退休移民和居住在荷兰的1,338名非移民(年龄在66-90岁之间)。我们的研究结果表明,退休移民比非移民在社会上更孤独;然而,他们在情感上并不孤独。在退休移民中,那些与原籍国的好朋友失去联系的人在情感上和社交上都更孤独。与邻居接触更多、对目的地归属感更高的退休移民在情感和社交上都不那么孤独。此外,那些与孩子失去联系、对荷兰有更高归属感的人在情感上更孤独。本研究通过对年龄较晚移民到新国家的个人进行独特的代表性调查,对老龄化与移民之间的相互作用提出了新的见解,并指出了日益流行的国际退休移民现象的风险。情感和社会孤独的水平和预测因素的差异突出了分别研究这些维度的重要性。(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA,版权所有)。
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CiteScore
6.40
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10.80%
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97
期刊介绍: Psychology and Aging publishes original articles on adult development and aging. Such original articles include reports of research that may be applied, biobehavioral, clinical, educational, experimental (laboratory, field, or naturalistic studies), methodological, or psychosocial. Although the emphasis is on original research investigations, occasional theoretical analyses of research issues, practical clinical problems, or policy may appear, as well as critical reviews of a content area in adult development and aging. Clinical case studies that have theoretical significance are also appropriate. Brief reports are acceptable with the author"s agreement not to submit a full report to another journal.
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