Migrant Family Adaptation and Quality of Life: A Qualitative Study in Brazil

摘要: Each year thousands of families migrate to escape political or religious persecution, natural disasters, improve their economic situation, provide for them selves a better life than was possible in former country (Baptiste, 1993). Whatever the motive migration, major changes involved can often cause physical emotional chaos lives family which lead diminished rather improved quality life. Countries such as Brazil and United States, although quite different economically, culturally, politically, are experiencing similar migration immigration challenges there is increased turbulence various areas world. One profound challenge facing these countries others on all continents successful integration migrating into society way that (QoL) both citizens migrants may be maintained. This qualitative study examined influence social support relationships migrant adaptation QoL Brazil. The varying meanings concepts applied have made it difficult define directly measure. Both congruity theory multiple discrepancy propose concept satisfaction determined by perceived gap between actual ideal circumstances (Hunt, 1997; Welham et al., 2001). World Health Organization Quality Life Assessment Group defines as: “an individual’s perceptions position life, context culture value systems they live relation goals, expectations, standards concerns” (Skevington, 2002, p. 136). Researchers examine objective and/or perceptual indicators individual Objective focus conditions environment, while subjective related experiences (Rettig Leichtentritt, 1998, pp. 307–341; Wrosch Scheier, 2003, 62–63). Perceptual participants primary this study. Migrant Family Adaptation Life: A Qualitative Study