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The interplay between self-construal, social support, and psychological adaptation of Indian immigrants’ in Greece

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Kateri, Evangelia
Karademas, Evangelos

Abstract / Description

In the present study, the interplay between self-construal, social support and psychological adaptation of first generation Indian immigrants residing in Crete (N = 114) was examined. The first aim of the study was to analyze the association of self-construal with anxiety, depression, and self-esteem as indicators of psychological adaptation. It was hypothesized that Indian immigrants would maintain a more interdependent than independent self-construal and that Indians with high interdependent self-construal would receive more social support and have less adaptation problems compared to immigrants’ with a more independent self-construal. Furthermore, the second aim was to examine the relation of social support to self-construal, and psychological adaptation. It was hypothesized that interdependent self-construal would have positive effects on psychological adaptation through social support (mediation). A moderation effect was also hypothesized, in that social support was expected to act protectively for Indians with high interdependence, regarding psychological adaptation. The results verified some of the hypotheses but there were unexpected findings as well. Interdependence was not related to any indices of psychological adaptation, while a negative relationship was found between independent self-construal and self-esteem. Although, social support was not related either to self-construal or to adaptation, it acted as mediator in the relationship between interdependent self-construal and depression. Furthermore, a moderation effect was found on the relationship between independent self-construal and self-esteem. There are certain implications of these findings, regarding the impact of cultural values in counseling and the role of social support in immigrants’ psychological adaptation.

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self-construal social support Indian immigrants psychological adaptation counseling

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2018-10-31

Journal title

The European Journal of Counselling Psychology

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7

Issue

1

Page numbers

148–164

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PsychOpen GOLD

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publishedVersion

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peerReviewed

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Kateri, E., & Karademas, E. (2018). The interplay between self-construal, social support, and psychological adaptation of Indian immigrants’ in Greece. The European Journal of Counselling Psychology, 7(1), 148–164. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejcop.v7i1.148
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Kateri, Evangelia
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Karademas, Evangelos
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2018-11-29T07:49:11Z
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    2018-11-29T07:49:11Z
  • Date of first publication
    2018-10-31
  • Abstract / Description
    In the present study, the interplay between self-construal, social support and psychological adaptation of first generation Indian immigrants residing in Crete (N = 114) was examined. The first aim of the study was to analyze the association of self-construal with anxiety, depression, and self-esteem as indicators of psychological adaptation. It was hypothesized that Indian immigrants would maintain a more interdependent than independent self-construal and that Indians with high interdependent self-construal would receive more social support and have less adaptation problems compared to immigrants’ with a more independent self-construal. Furthermore, the second aim was to examine the relation of social support to self-construal, and psychological adaptation. It was hypothesized that interdependent self-construal would have positive effects on psychological adaptation through social support (mediation). A moderation effect was also hypothesized, in that social support was expected to act protectively for Indians with high interdependence, regarding psychological adaptation. The results verified some of the hypotheses but there were unexpected findings as well. Interdependence was not related to any indices of psychological adaptation, while a negative relationship was found between independent self-construal and self-esteem. Although, social support was not related either to self-construal or to adaptation, it acted as mediator in the relationship between interdependent self-construal and depression. Furthermore, a moderation effect was found on the relationship between independent self-construal and self-esteem. There are certain implications of these findings, regarding the impact of cultural values in counseling and the role of social support in immigrants’ psychological adaptation.
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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    Kateri, E., & Karademas, E. (2018). The interplay between self-construal, social support, and psychological adaptation of Indian immigrants’ in Greece. The European Journal of Counselling Psychology, 7(1), 148–164. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejcop.v7i1.148
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  • ISSN
    2195-7614
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1686
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2052
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.5964/ejcop.v7i1.148
  • Keyword(s)
    self-construal
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  • Keyword(s)
    social support
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  • Keyword(s)
    Indian immigrants
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    psychological adaptation
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  • Keyword(s)
    counseling
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    The interplay between self-construal, social support, and psychological adaptation of Indian immigrants’ in Greece
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  • DRO type
    article
  • Issue
    1
  • Journal title
    The European Journal of Counselling Psychology
  • Page numbers
    148–164
  • Volume
    7
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