TY - JOUR
T1 - Fifty Shades of Gray
T2 - Satisfaction with Life Among Jewish Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union to Israel
AU - Tartakovsky, Eugene
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - In the present study, we tested the morbidity and salutary hypotheses of immigration investigating satisfaction with life (SWL) among Jewish immigrants from the Former Soviet Union to Israel. The study wasconducted using a random representative sample of first-generation immigrants from the Former SovietUnion to Israel (N = 400) and a large geographically dispersed sample of Jews staying in Russia (N = 935).We applied three measures of SWL: general satisfaction with life (GSWL), multifaceted satisfaction withlife (MSWL), and relative satisfaction with life (RSWL). The results demonstrated that immigrants werehigher than stayers in GSWL. At the same time, the difference between the two populations was not significantin the average scores of MSWL. When comparing the two populations in ten domains of MSWL,immigrants reported higher satisfaction only in medical care. Stayers reported higher satisfaction in fourdomains: work, family relationships, relationships with friends, and entertainment and leisure. Immigrantsassessed their standard of life as higher compared to the premigration period and to that presently existingin their country of origin. However, they assessed their standard of life as lower compared to the nonimmigrantIsraelis.
AB - In the present study, we tested the morbidity and salutary hypotheses of immigration investigating satisfaction with life (SWL) among Jewish immigrants from the Former Soviet Union to Israel. The study wasconducted using a random representative sample of first-generation immigrants from the Former SovietUnion to Israel (N = 400) and a large geographically dispersed sample of Jews staying in Russia (N = 935).We applied three measures of SWL: general satisfaction with life (GSWL), multifaceted satisfaction withlife (MSWL), and relative satisfaction with life (RSWL). The results demonstrated that immigrants werehigher than stayers in GSWL. At the same time, the difference between the two populations was not significantin the average scores of MSWL. When comparing the two populations in ten domains of MSWL,immigrants reported higher satisfaction only in medical care. Stayers reported higher satisfaction in fourdomains: work, family relationships, relationships with friends, and entertainment and leisure. Immigrantsassessed their standard of life as higher compared to the premigration period and to that presently existingin their country of origin. However, they assessed their standard of life as lower compared to the nonimmigrantIsraelis.
KW - General satisfaction with life
KW - Jewish immigrants from the former soviet union in israel
KW - Jews staying in russia
KW - Multifaceted satisfaction with life
KW - Relative satisfaction with life
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U2 - 10.17759/CHP.2021170410
DO - 10.17759/CHP.2021170410
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AN - SCOPUS:85156130747
SN - 1816-5435
VL - 17
SP - 92
EP - 96
JO - Cultural-Historical Psychology
JF - Cultural-Historical Psychology
IS - 4
ER -