Identity Threats and Individual, Relational, and Social Resources among Refugees in Italy

Eleonora Crapolicchio (), Marta Matuella, Giulia Carones, Daniela Marzana and Camillo Regalia
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Eleonora Crapolicchio: Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 20123 Milan, Italy
Marta Matuella: Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 20123 Milan, Italy
Giulia Carones: Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 20123 Milan, Italy
Daniela Marzana: Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 20123 Milan, Italy
Camillo Regalia: Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 20123 Milan, Italy

Social Sciences, 2023, vol. 12, issue 3, 1-24

Abstract: Young people who migrate to another country, especially in the context of forced migration, must face complex and lengthy challenges. From a psychological point of view, the main challenges of migration are the re-signification of one’s identity, the re-establishment of one’s own life in the new country, and facing different social and institutional challenges as well as individual difficulties. All these challenges may constitute a threat to young migrants’ identity. Based on the Motivated Identity Construction Theory, this study aimed to explore—in a sample of refugees—the identity threats faced by forced migrants in the settlement phase and the resources most frequently activated in dealing with this sensitive phase.

Keywords: identity needs; migration; identity threat; refugees; resources (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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