Happy to belong: Exploring the embeddedness of well-being in the integration of migrant and refugee minors

This paper aims to explore the role of Child Well-Being (CWB) in the integration processes of migrant and refugee minors. Through the co-creative development of a new child-centered system of indicators about the integration of migrant and refugee children in Europe the authors discuss a) the promin...

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Published inCurrent psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) Vol. 42; no. 26; pp. 22576 - 22588
Main Authors Bajo Marcos, Eva, Fernández, Mercedes, Serrano, Inmaculada
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.09.2023
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Children & youth
Psychological aspects
Psychological research
Psychology
Quality of life
Refugees
Social aspects
Social Sciences
United States
Refugee
Integration
Migrant
Indicators
Child Well-Being
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Summary:This paper aims to explore the role of Child Well-Being (CWB) in the integration processes of migrant and refugee minors. Through the co-creative development of a new child-centered system of indicators about the integration of migrant and refugee children in Europe the authors discuss a) the prominent role of well-being in this set of indicators, and b) how reappraising these indicators from a well-being approach can contribute to delving into which aspects of CWB are connected to the integration of migrant children. The contributions of this paper open new research paths: on the one hand, the methodology presented provides a reference for future research that can replicate the procedure to build child-centered indicators in disciplines different than migration studies; on the other hand, the results presented suggest not only that well-being has a prominent role in migrant children integration experiences, but also, that reappraising dimensions of migrant children’s integration from a well-being approach hints at blurry borders between both concepts. This suggests promising research opportunities to underpin the relationship between integration and well-being.
ISSN:1046-1310
1936-4733
DOI:10.1007/s12144-022-03341-2