Life satisfaction among ethnic minorities: The role of discrimination and group identification

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 391-404

  Verkuyten, Maykel ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Ethnic minorities; Life satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNIC MINORITY; IMMIGRANT;

EID: 55249091136     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-008-9239-2     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Andrews, F. M., & Withey, S. B. (1976). Social indicators of well-being: America's perception of life quality. New York: Plenum Press.
2. Argyle, M. (1987). The psychology of happiness. London: Methuen.
3. Berry, J. W. (2001). A psychology of immigration. Journal of Social Issues, 57, 611-627.
4. Branscombe, N. R., Schmitt, M. T., & Harvey, R. D. (1999). Perceiving pervasive discrimination among African Americans: Implication for group identification and well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77, 135-149.
5. Campbell, A., Converse, P. E., & Rodgers, W. L. (1976). The quality of American life. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
6. Central Bureau of Statistics. (2005). Webmagazine, October 10th, 2005.
7. Cohen, G. L., & Steele, C. M. (2002). A barrier of mistrust: How negative stereotypes affect cross-race monitoring. In: J. Aronson (Ed.), Improving academic achievement: Impact of psychological factors on education (pp. 303-327). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
8. Cummins, R. A. (1996). The domains of life satisfaction: An attempt to order chaos. Social Indicators Research, 38, 303-328.
9. Diener, E. (1984). Subjective well-being. Psychological Bulletin, 45, 542-575.
10. Diener, E., Emmons, R. A., Larsen, R. J., & Griffin, S. (1985). The satisfaction with life scale. Journal of Personality Assessment, 49, 71-75.
11. Eccleston, C. P., & Major, B. N. (2006). Attributions to discrimination and self-esteem: The role of group identification and appraisals. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 9, 147-162.
12. Hagendoorn, L. (1995). Intergroup biases in multiple group systems: The perception of ethnic hierarchies. In: W. Stroebe & M. Hewstone (Eds.), European review of social psychology (pp. 199-228). Chichester, UK: Wiley.
13. Headley, B., & Veenhoven, R. (1989). Does happiness induce a rosy outlook? In: R. Veenhoven (Ed.), How harmful is happiness? (pp. 106-127). Rotterdam: Universitaire Pers Rotterdam.
14. Headley, B., Veenhoven, R., & Wearing, A. (1991). Top-down versus bottom-up theories of subjective well-being. Social Indicators, 24, 81-100.
15. Lance, C. E., Mallard, A. G., & Michalos, A. C. (1995). Tests of the causal directions global-life facet satisfaction relationships. Social Indicators Research, 34, 69-92.
16. Luhtanen, R., & Crocker, J. (1992). A collective self-esteem scale: Self-evaluation of one's social identity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 18, 302-318.
17. Major, B., Quinton, W. J., & McCoy, S. K. (2002). Antecedents and consequences of attributions to discrimination: Theoretical and empirical advances. In: M. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in experimental social psychology (Vol. 34, pp. 251-330). New York: Academic Press.
18. Michalos, A. C., & Zumbo, B. D. (2001). Ethnicity, modern prejudice and the quality of life. Social Indicators Research, 53, 189-222.
19. Owen, C., Eisner, H., & McFaul, T. (1981). A half-century of social distance research: National replication of the Bogardus studies. Sociology and Social Research, 66, 80-98.
20. Phalet, K., Van Lotringen, C. & Entzinger, H. (2000). Islam in de multiculturele samenleving: Opvattingen van jongeren in Rotterdam (Islam in the multicultural society: Attitudes of youth in Rotterdam). Utrecht, The Netherlands: Ercomer.
21. Phinney, J. S., Berry, J. W., Vedder, P., & Liebkind, K. (2006). The acculturation experience: Attitudes, identities and behaviors of immigrant youth. In J. W. Berry, J. S. Phinney, D. L. Sam, & P. Vedder (Eds.), Migrant youth in cultural transition: Acculturation, identity, and adaptation across national contexts (pp. 71-116). Hamwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
22. Rojas, M. (2006). Life satisfaction and satisfaction in domains of life: Is it a simple relationship? Journal of Happiness Studies, 7, 467-497.
23. Sam, D. L., Vedder, P., Ward, C., & Horenczyk, G. (2006). Psychological and sociocultural adaptation of immigrant youth. In: J. W. Berry, J. S. Phinney, D. L. Sam, & P. Vedder (Eds.), Migrant youth in cultural transition: Acculturation, identity, and adaptation across national contexts (pp. 117-142). Hamwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
24. Scherpenzeel, A., & Saris, W. (1996). Causal direction in a model of life satisfaction: The top-down/bottom-up controversy. Social Indicators Research, 38, 161-180.
25. Schmitt, M. T., & Branscombe, N. R. (2002). The meaning and consequences of perceived discrimination in disadvantaged and privileged social groups. In: W. Stroebe, & M. Hewstone (Eds.), European review of social psychology (Vol. 12, pp. 167-199). Chichester, UK: Wiley.
26. Ullman, C., & Tatar, M. (2001). Psychological adjustment among Israeli adolescent immigrants: A report on life satisfaction, self-concept and self-esteem. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 30, 449-464.
27. Van de Vijver, F., & Leung, K. (1997). Methods and data analysis for cross-cultural research. London: Sage.
28. Vedder, P., Van de Vijver, F., & Liebkind, K. (2006). Predicting immigrant youths' adaptation across countries and ethnocultural groups. In J. W. Berry, J. S. Phinney, D. L. Sam, & P. Vedder (Eds.), Migrant youth in cultural transition: Acculturation, identity, and adaptation across national contexts (pp. 143-166). Hamwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
29. Verkuyten, M. (1986). The impact of ethnic and sex differences on happiness among adolescents in the Netherlands. Journal of Social Psychology, 126, 259-260.
30. Verkuyten, M. (2005). The social psychology of ethnic identity. Hove, UK: Psychology Press.
31. Verkuyten, M., & Nekuee, S. (1999). Subjective well-being, discrimination and cultural conflict: Iranians living in the Netherlands. Social Indicators Research, 47, 281-306.
32. Verkuyten, M., & Zaremba, K. (2005). Interethnic relations in a changing political context. Social Psychology Quarterly, 68, 375-386.
33. Ward, C. (1996). Acculturation. In D. Landis, & R Bhagat (Eds.), Handbook of intercultural training (2nd ed., pp. 124-147). Thousand Oakes: Sage.
34. Wu, C.-H., & Yao, G. (2006). Do we need to weight satisfaction scores with importance ratings? Social Indicators Research, 78, 305-326.
35. Wu, C.-H., & Yao, G. (2007). Examining the relationship between global and domain measures of quality of life by three factor structure models. Social Indicators Research, 84, 189-202.
36. Zheng, X., Sang, D., & Wang, L. (2004). Acculturation and subjective well-being of Chinese students in Australia. Journal of Happiness Studies, 5, 57-72.