Psychological individual differences as predictors of refugees’ local language proficiency

Autor:	Mark van Vugt, Janneke K. Oostrom, Marise Ph. Born, Dan Asfar
Přispěvatelé:	Work and Organizational Psychology, Department of Psychology, Education and Child Studies, Organizational Psychology, IBBA, Management and Organisation, Amsterdam Business Research Institute
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	openness SDG 16 - Peace Social Psychology Mental ability media_common.quotation_subject Refugee Immigration 050109 social psychology 050105 experimental psychology local language proficiency Openness to experience 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Local language Big Five personality traits conscientiousness media_common 05 social sciences SDG 16 - Peace Justice and Strong Institutions Conscientiousness SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities refugees Educational attainment Justice and Strong Institutions Psychology Social psychology work search intention general mental ability
Zdroj:	Asfar, D, Born, M P, Oostrom, J K & van Vugt, M 2019, ' Psychological individual differences as predictors of refugees’ local language proficiency ', European Journal of Social Psychology, vol. 49, no. 7, pp. 1385-1400 . https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2592 European Journal of Social Psychology, 49, 1385-1400. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. European Journal of Social Psychology, 49(7), 1385-1400. John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISSN:	0046-2772
DOI:	10.1002/ejsp.2592
Popis:	Learning the local language is important for the successful integration of immigrants. Previous research has identified a number of sociodemographic factors that are associated with the effectiveness of local language acquisition among immigrants, but little is known about the influence of psychological differences on immigrants’ local language acquisition. In the present research, individual differences in general mental ability (GMA), work search intention, and personality traits Conscientiousness and Openness were studied among recently arrived Syrian (n = 1054) and Eritrean (n = 500) refugees in the Netherlands. The results revealed that in addition to the effects of age of arrival, local length of stay, premigration educational attainment, and psychological distress, GMA and work search intention were positively associated with refugees’ local language proficiency. Additionally, work search intention was found to strengthen the effect of GMA on local language proficiency. No positive linear effects were observed for Conscientiousness and Openness. Some evidence was found for curvilinear relationships between psychological predictors and local language proficiency. Implications are discussed.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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