Loneliness and adaptation among second-generation Portuguese migrants to France: roles of perceived responsibility and control

Percept Mot Skills. 2000 Aug;91(1):115-9. doi: 10.2466/pms.2000.91.1.115.

Abstract

This study explores the association of perceived responsibility for loneliness and perceived control over loneliness on social adaptation and psychological adaptation among 109 second-generation Portuguese migrants to France. Analysis showed that rated perceived control was more highly associated with scores on social adaptation and psychological adaptation than perceived responsibility.

MeSH terms

  • Acculturation
  • Adaptation, Psychological*
  • Adolescent
  • Ethnicity / psychology*
  • Female
  • France
  • Humans
  • Internal-External Control*
  • Loneliness / psychology*
  • Male
  • Portugal / ethnology
  • Psychological Tests / statistics & numerical data
  • Social Adjustment*
  • Transients and Migrants / psychology*