Migration, Culture Conflict and Psychological Well-being among TurkishBritish Married Couples
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This study assessed culture conflict within marriage and the psychological well-being of Turkish men and women and their British partners. The hypothesis was tested that among migrants who are well established economically and socially within a new country, the perception of cultural conflict within marriage might override acculturation as a determinant of psychological well-being. Interviews were carried out with 33 relatively affluent Turkish men (n = 23) and women (n = 10) who had been born in Turkey and had been resident in the UK for an average of 12.2 +/- 6.2 years, and with their British partners. A marital cultural difficulties index was constructed from ratings of problems stemming from cultural differences in 22 aspects of daily living. Depression, assessed with the Beck Depression Inventory, was correlated with marital cultural difficulties in both Turkish and British respondents, independently of sex, age and duration of marriage. Depression scores were higher among respondents who reported greater cultural conflict. No associations of psychological well-being with acculturation (indexed by maintenance of traditional Turkish activities), age, years of marriage, or level of contact with Turkey were observed. The results highlight the implications of residual cultural conflict within mixed marriages for psychological well-being.
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Cross-national couples, a subcategory of intercultural marriage, experience greater cultural variance regarding childrearing within the family unit.
“Cross-national couples, a subcategory of intercultural marriage, experience greater cultural variance regarding childrearing within the family unit (Baltas & Steptoe, 2000;Bustamante et al., 2011;Crippen & Brew, 2007).”
From Parenting Stress and Social Support among Cross-national and Traditional Families (2017) · cites this paper as Baltas & Steptoe, 2000
Cross-national couples' cultural differences are often viewed as exciting and interesting at the beginning of marriage but may lead to increased emotional difficulties and marital conflicts.
“Those differences are often viewed as exciting and interesting at the beginning of the marriage but may lead to increased emotional difficulties and marital conflicts (Baltas & Steptoe, 2000;Bystydzienski, 2011;Cohen, 1982;Cools, 2006).”
From Parenting Stress and Social Support among Cross-national and Traditional Families (2017) · cites this paper as Baltas & Steptoe, 2000
Cross-national couples experience unique stressors including gaining legal status for foreign-born spouses, linguistic acquisition, family ties, societal reactions, cultural complexity, seeking social support, adjusting to the new culture, and reframing cultural differences shared within couples.
“Data from such studies suggest that cross-national couples experience unique stressors.These include: gaining legal status for foreign-born spouses, linguistic acquisition, family ties, societal reactions and cultural complexity (Seto & Cavallaro, 2007), seeking social support, adjusting to the new culture, and reframing cultural differences shared within couples (Baltas & Steptoe, 2000;Bustamante”
From Parenting Stress and Social Support among Cross-national and Traditional Families (2017) · cites this paper as Baltas & Steptoe, 2000
Cultural differences complicate marital relationships, raise emotional distress, and might increase parental stress.
“This result echoes past research where cultural differences not only complicates marital relationships, but raises emotional distress, and eventually might increase parental stress (Baltas & Steptoe, 2000;Bustamante et al., 2011;Bystydzienski, 2011;Cohen, 1982;Seto & Cavallaro, 2007).”
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- Authors
- Baltas, Z., & Steptoe, A.
- Affiliations
- a Department of Public Health, Cerrahpas¸a Medical School , University of Istanbul , Turkey
- St George's Hospital (GB)
- ORCID
- Steptoe, Andrew
- Venue
- Ethnicity & Health
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2000-05
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 173-180
- ISSN
- 1355-7858 (ISSN-L)
- 1465-3419
- OpenAlex
- W1982573334
- Cited by
- 41
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 6 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Ethnicity and Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Migration, Health and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Keywords
- Turkish immigrants, acculturation, psychological well-being, depression, migrant couples, marital adjustment, ethnic minority mental health
- MeSH terms
- Acculturation, Adult, Culture, Depression, Emigration and Immigration, Female, United Kingdom, Humans, Male, Marriage, Mental Health, Middle Aged, Transients and Migrants, Turkey
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