Fabricius, Laura (2022) The Effects of Self-Set Goal-Attainment and Self-Set Goal-Importance on Acculturation in First Generation Migrants. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Self-initiated migrants most commonly leave their home country to expand their goal possibilities and research has shown that the achievement of important goals facilitates stronger feelings of adjustment in migrants. Present research aims to generate different goal content categories from migrants’ responses to gain a more in-depth understanding of what type of goals facilitate acculturation. We study the interaction of goal attainment and goal importance on acculturation through different goal content categories. We hypothesized that goal attainment would predict acculturation and, further that the relationship between self-set goal attainment and acculturation is stronger when goals are perceived as highly important. We asked migrants (N=288) to state three life goals and to rate those according to their perceived level of importance and to rate the extent of goal attainment. In addition, migrants’ level of acculturation was assessed. With the use of grounded theory, we categorized a total of 864 goals and arrived at seven categories. Except for the category of relationship goals, goal attainment did positively predict acculturation throughout the categories (achievement, basic human striving, migration, personal development, professional, security). We found a moderation of goal importance and goal attainment on acculturation from professional goals. If the achieved professional goals were perceived high in importance, these facilitate acculturation even better. The benefits of goal pursuit on acculturation are helpful for many types of goals and professionals could keep in mind that goal pursuit can help migrants with challenges to adapt.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Toth-Bos, A. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Clinical Psychology (CP) [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Feb 2022 08:42 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Feb 2022 15:06 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/115 |
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