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Country of asylum by choice or by chance: asylum seekers in Belgium, the Netherlands and the UK
- Authors:
- HAVINGA Tetty, BOCKER Anita
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 25(1), January 1999, pp.43-61.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Seeks to illuminate the reasons underlying an asylum seeker's choice of country of refuge. An examination of the statistics on asylum applications in the countries of the European Union reveals some specific patterns of origin and destination. The importance is analysed of three group factors in explaining the patterns of destination of asylum seekers: ties between the country of origin and country of asylum, the characteristics of the countries of destination and events during the actual flight and journey which might influence the destination of the asylum seeker.
Understanding everyday racism: an interdisciplinary theory
- Author:
- ESSED Philomena
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 332p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Newbury Park, CA
Compares contemporary racism in the United States and the Netherlands through in-depth interviews with 55 black women.
Video-feedback intervention increases sensitive parenting in ethnic minority mothers: a randomized control trial
- Authors:
- YAGMUR Sengul, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Attachment and Human Development, 16(4), 2014, pp.371-386.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Using a randomiSed control trial design the authors tested the effectiveness of a culturally sensitive adaptation of the Video-feedback Intervention to promote Positive Parenting and Sensitive Discipline (VIPP-SD) in a sample of 76 Turkish minority families in the Netherlands. The VIPP-SD was adapted based on a pilot with feedback of the target mothers, resulting in the VIPP-TM (VIPP-Turkish Minorities). The sample included families with 20–47-month-old children with high levels of externalising problems. Maternal sensitivity, nonintrusiveness, and discipline strategies were observed during pretest and posttest home visits. The VIPP-TM was effective in increasing maternal sensitivity and nonintrusiveness, but not in enhancing discipline strategies. Applying newly learned sensitivity skills in discipline situations may take more time, especially in a cultural context that favours more authoritarian strategies. The authors conclude that the VIPP-SD programme and its video-feedback approach can be successfully applied in immigrant families with a non-Western cultural background, with demonstrated effects on parenting sensitivity and nonintrusiveness. (Edited publisher abstract)
Negotiating safe sex among women of Afro-Surinamese and Dutch Antillean descent in the Netherlands
- Authors:
- BERTENS Madelief G.B.C., et al
- Journal article citation:
- AIDS Care, 20(10), November 2008, pp.1211-1216.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Safe sex negotiation and communication about sexual risks with partners is important for women to ensure sexual risk reduction. This paper describes the results of a survey on safer sex and negotiation behaviour, and the correlates of negotiation with partners among 128 women from Surinamese and Dutch Antillean descent in the Netherlands. The key findings are that 50% of the participants had negotiated sexual risk reduction with their partner, yet only 40% of the women who negotiated safer sex actually claimed practicing safe sex. Participants defined safe sex with steady partners primarily as negotiated safety and monogamy, and safe sex with casual partners primarily as condom use. Intentions to negotiate safer sex with steady partners were related to positive attitudes and perceived injunctive norms towards safe sex negotiation, and educational background. Intention to discuss safe sex with casual partners were primarily related to attitudes and perceived self-efficacy. STI/HIV prevention interventions targeting these women should incorporate awareness-raising of safety in different types of relationships, deciding on the appropriateness of relation-specific sexual risk reduction strategies, and building negotiation skills to accomplish the realization of these strategies.
Ethnic identity, externalizing problem behaviour and the mediating role of self-esteem among Dutch, Turkish-Dutch and Moroccan-Dutch adolescents
- Author:
- WISSINK Inge B.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adolescence, 31(2), April 2008, pp.223-240.
- Publisher:
- Academic Press
The present study examined whether self-esteem mediates the relationship between two aspects of ethnic identity (i.e. ethnic identity exploration and ethnic identity commitment–affirmation) and externalizing problem behaviour in Dutch, Turkish-Dutch and Moroccan-Dutch adolescents living in the Netherlands. A total number of 345 adolescents (115 Dutch, 115 Turkish-Dutch, 115 Moroccan-Dutch) with a mean age of 14.5 filled in questionnaires at school. Turkish-Dutch and Moroccan-Dutch adolescents reported higher levels of both aspects of ethnic identity than their native Dutch counterparts, but there were no ethnic differences in self-esteem and externalizing problem behaviour. Only in the Moroccan-Dutch group was support found for the mediational model: stronger ethnic identity commitment–affirmation was related to a higher level of self-esteem, which, in turn, was related to a lower level of externalizing problem behaviour.
Capturing the dynamics of identity formation in various ethnic groups: development and validation of a three-dimensional model
- Authors:
- CROCETTI Elisabetta, RUBINI Monica, MEEUS Wim
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adolescence, 31(2), April 2008, pp.207-222.
- Publisher:
- Academic Press
The aim of this study was to develop a model of identity formation comprising three structural dimensions: commitment, in-depth exploration and reconsideration of commitment. A new tool, the Utrecht-Management of Identity Commitments Scale, was designed to assess these processes. Early and middle adolescents (N=1952) attending 12 different Dutch high schools participated in this study. Confirmatory factor analyses revealed that the three-factor model provided a better fit than alternative one- and two-factor models. The model applied not only to the whole adolescent sample, but also to male and female subsamples and to early and middle adolescent age groups. Additionally, the authors established inter-ethnic equivalence of the model, in that it also fit well for ethnic minority adolescents. In accordance with hypotheses, regression analyses showed that commitment, in-depth exploration and reconsideration of commitment were significantly related to measures of self and personality, psychosocial problems and parent–adolescent relations. Implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.
Recreational participation among ethnic minorities and immigrants in Canada and the Netherlands
- Authors:
- BEVELANDER Pieter, PENDAKUR Ravi, AIZLEWOOD Amanda
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, 4(3), 2006, pp.1-32.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This paper compares the community engagement of minorities, as measured by group recreational activities, in two countries with high levels of immigration and ethno-cultural diversity. Logistic regression of data from large scale national surveys is used to explore the determinants of recreational participation, focusing on the degree to which differences are the product of minority status or more general socioeconomic status. Rates of participation in the two countries are also compared to see if there are underlying differences that can be explained by demographic and socioeconomic status. The findings show that sociodemographic characteristics are much stronger predictors of recreational participation than characteristics associated with minority status, regardless of country. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Anti-racist work with young people: European experiences and approaches
- Editors:
- ALUFFI-PENTINI Anna, LORENZ Walter
- Publisher:
- Russell House
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 217p.
- Place of publication:
- Lyme Regis
Offers a range of practice-based and theoretical perspectives on the development of effective anti-racist work with young people. Includes chapters on: racism and the nation state; the significance of language in socio-cultural marginalisation; anti-racism and black empowerment in Britain; anti-racist youth work approaches in Germany; 'Article One' - an inter-cultural youth project in the Netherlands; pedagogical principles for anti-racist strategies; and practical activities for anti-racist work.
Immigrant women and integration
- Author:
- COUNCIL OF EUROPE. Directorate of Social and Economic Affairs
- Publisher:
- Council of Europe
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 115p.
- Place of publication:
- Strasbourg
Papers from a meeting to pool experience with and ideas about projects to aid integration and equal opportunities for women immigrating to European Community countries.
Tackling racism and xenophobia: practical action at the local level
- Author:
- COUNCIL OF EUROPE
- Publisher:
- Council of Europe
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 154p.
- Place of publication:
- Strasbourg
Based on a conference organised by the Council of Europe on improving community relations between people from different backgrounds. Brings together information about a series of local projects which aim to tackle racism and xenophobia in a practical way. Includes a description of a project in Newham.