The interplay between self-construal, social support, and psychological adaptation of Indian immigrants’ in Greece
Author(s) / Creator(s)
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 counselingPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2018-10-31
Journal title
The European Journal of Counselling Psychology
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7
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1
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148–164
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PsychOpen GOLD
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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
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Kateri, Evangelia
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Karademas, Evangelos
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Date of first publication2018-10-31
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Abstract / DescriptionIn 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.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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CitationKateri, 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.v7i1.148en_US
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ISSN2195-7614
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1686
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2052
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Keyword(s)self-construalen_US
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Keyword(s)social supporten_US
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Keyword(s)Indian immigrantsen_US
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Keyword(s)psychological adaptationen_US
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Keyword(s)counselingen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleThe interplay between self-construal, social support, and psychological adaptation of Indian immigrants’ in Greeceen_US
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Issue1
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Journal titleThe European Journal of Counselling Psychology
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Page numbers148–164
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Volume7
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