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Migrant children's well-being has emerged into the spotlight of academic literature and policy-makers in recent times. This systematic review is aimed at analysing the publication trends on the topic and at synthesising the available evidence on the antecedents of well-being of first-generation international migrant children. Systematic searches of primary studies were conducted in 18 databases using search terms related to migration, childhood and well-being. Three rounds of screening and data extraction, researchers' full agreement and the inclusion criteria produced 39 eligible studies. Critical appraisal of results revealed a fragmentation in the literature, the evidence available being mostly descriptive and focused on involuntary migrants settled in Western countries. A bias across publications overlooking younger migrant children was unveiled. The compartmentalisation of the evidence hindered an understanding of the magnitude of the different effects of migration on well-being. Antecedents of well-being have been documented as factors fostering and hindering well-being. Important gaps in literature and key antecedents of well-being have been uncovered for voluntary and involuntary migrant children. These findings show limitations in the available evidence pointing to specific suggestions for future research that should help improve interventions at the social and individual levels.
Eva Bajo Marcos; Inmaculada Serrano; Mª Mercedes Fernández García. The antecedents of well‐being in first‐generation migrant children: A systematic review. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being 2021, 13, 677 -692.
AMA StyleEva Bajo Marcos, Inmaculada Serrano, Mª Mercedes Fernández García. The antecedents of well‐being in first‐generation migrant children: A systematic review. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being. 2021; 13 (3):677-692.
Chicago/Turabian StyleEva Bajo Marcos; Inmaculada Serrano; Mª Mercedes Fernández García. 2021. "The antecedents of well‐being in first‐generation migrant children: A systematic review." Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being 13, no. 3: 677-692.
Introducción: España se convirtió en un país receptor de inmigrantes económicos en los años 90 del pasado siglo. Los trabajadores extranjeros atraídos por la bonanza económica del país, accedían como asalariados al mercado de trabajo, presentando una tasa de autoempleo inferior a la de los españoles. La crisis económica incrementó los negocios de immigrantes, motivando la adopción de nuevas estrategias y confirmando la resiliencia de estos empresarios.Método: Este trabajo ofrece una revisión sistemática de la literatura sobre economía étnica en España, mediante el análisis de treinta y nueve artículos.Resultados: Los resultados muestran que los empresarios étnicos: (1) responden a dos perfiles, necesidad y oportunidad; (2) regentan negocios más orientados al mercado abierto que al nicho étnico; (3) se apoyan grandemente en prácticas transnacionales.Discusión y/o Conclusión: Nuestro análisis muestra que el comportamiento de los empresarios immigrantes en España no se ajusta completamente a los marcos teóricos clásicos y que, en general, existe una cierta superposición o incluso podría estar surgiendo un nuevo modelo. De hecho, la crisis ha traído cambios a las empresas de los immigrantes, incrementando su vulnerabilidad y generando una mayor rotación. Pero también ha traído oportunidades, innovación, nuevos nichos, enfoque transnacional y ha aumentado la facilidad de acceso a la propiedad.
María Vitores; Mercedes Fernández; Raquel Caro. Migrant Entrepreneurship in Spain: a Systematic Review. RIEM. Revista internacional de estudios migratorios 2020, 10, 1 -39.
AMA StyleMaría Vitores, Mercedes Fernández, Raquel Caro. Migrant Entrepreneurship in Spain: a Systematic Review. RIEM. Revista internacional de estudios migratorios. 2020; 10 (1):1-39.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaría Vitores; Mercedes Fernández; Raquel Caro. 2020. "Migrant Entrepreneurship in Spain: a Systematic Review." RIEM. Revista internacional de estudios migratorios 10, no. 1: 1-39.
Summary Anger, hostility and mistrust towards refugees, asylum-seekers and immigrants (hereafter migrants) are increasing across most Western societies. Media discourse, tough migration laws, and the escalation of right-wing views across Europe, all manifest a desire to exclude those who are seen as a threat to national interests and identities. The literature repeatedly confirms that discrimination has a harmful impact on the general well-being of migrants, while often weakening their trust on helping professionals. Social workers are among the professionals most often in contact with migrants, making them important actors in the field of migration. Findings This qualitative study was conducted in Madrid (Spain) and follows the interpretative phenomenological analysis approach. Findings revealed that Muslims and Blacks are the groups facing the most intense racial hostility. Emotions like fear, sadness, learned helplessness, frustration, rejection, anger, and general mistrust were underlined by participants. Some migrants highlighted negative coping mechanisms like isolation, aggressive impulses, approaching mafias, and risk behaviours, leading to further rejection from host societies, and thus initiating a vicious circle of hostility. Application These findings constitute a modest contribution to the literature, as they result from an integration of migrants’ and helping professionals’ perspectives. Several suggestions are put forward for social workers and other professionals. The two most significant suggestions are that professionals (a) use their field experience to raise awareness about racial hostility towards this population, and (b) help identify migrants who may rely on negative coping strategies and so prevent adverse consequences for both migrants and host societies.
Maria José Rebelo; Mercedes Fernández; Carmen Meneses. Societies’ hostility, anger and mistrust towards Migrants: A vicious circle. Journal of Social Work 2020, 1 .
AMA StyleMaria José Rebelo, Mercedes Fernández, Carmen Meneses. Societies’ hostility, anger and mistrust towards Migrants: A vicious circle. Journal of Social Work. 2020; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaria José Rebelo; Mercedes Fernández; Carmen Meneses. 2020. "Societies’ hostility, anger and mistrust towards Migrants: A vicious circle." Journal of Social Work , no. : 1.
Galicia, con un 5,8 % de la superficie de España, concentró el 50% de los incendios forestales del país en el siglo XXI. Las investigaciones han analizado principalmente las características físicas y meteorológicas, las situaciones post- incendio y sus capacidades destructivas. Los factores socioeconómicos existentes antes del incendio en los territorios afectados han sido menos estudiados. Este artículo analiza la dinámica de los incendios forestales en Galicia entre 2001 y 2015. Concretamente, examina las tendencias espaciotemporales de su ocurrencia, la superficie afectada y la relación entre los incendios forestales y las características socioeconómicas de los distintos municipios gallegos. Para ello se realizó un análisis descriptivo exploratorio y un modelo de regresión lineal múltiple con dos variables dependientes diferentes, las Hectáreas quemadas y la Intensidad de los incendios; las variables independientes incluyeron tanto factores ambientales como aquellos aspectos socioeconómicos más relevantes. Los resultados muestran que existe una relación entre determinadas variables socioeconómicas indicativas de vulnerabilidad social (envejecimiento, tasa de masculinidad, baja densidad poblacional o pérdida de valor catastral) y los incendios forestales. Estos resultados pueden resultar de utilidad para la mejora en el diseño de acciones de prevención de incendios por parte de las autoridades responsables.
Jaime De Diego Abad; Mercedes Fernández García; Antonio Rúa Vieites. Influencia de la realidad socioeconómica de Galicia en la dinámica de producción de incendios forestales. Boletín de la Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles 2020, 1 .
AMA StyleJaime De Diego Abad, Mercedes Fernández García, Antonio Rúa Vieites. Influencia de la realidad socioeconómica de Galicia en la dinámica de producción de incendios forestales. Boletín de la Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles. 2020; (84):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJaime De Diego Abad; Mercedes Fernández García; Antonio Rúa Vieites. 2020. "Influencia de la realidad socioeconómica de Galicia en la dinámica de producción de incendios forestales." Boletín de la Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles , no. 84: 1.
Since the beginning of the 21st century, most of the forest fires that have occured in Spain have taken place in the northern region of Galicia. This area represents 5.8% of the Spanish territory, but compromises, in certain years, up to 50% of the total number of wildfires. Current research on forest fires is focused mostly on physical or meteorological characteristics, post-fire situations, and their potential destructive capacities (main areas burnt, type of vegetation, economic loses, etc.). However, the academic research to date has not delved into other socioeconomic factors (population structure, density, livestock farms, education, among others), which compromise the existing pre-fire situation in the affected territories, and subsequently reflect the prevailing vulnerability of the population. Indeed, these socioeconomic variables can influence fire occurrence, whether positively or negatively. To fill in this knowledge gap, this article analyzes the relationship between wildfire events and the socioeconomic variables that characterize the Galician municipalities affected. To that effect, first, a thorough examination and selection of the most relevant socioeconomic variables, and their subsequent justification will be carried out. Then, using IBM SPSS statistics 24, a linear regression is executed using the data of wildfires that occurred in Galicia between 2001–2015. The resulting model allows a better knowledge of the importance of the socioeconomic situation in Galician municipalities when wildfires occur. Therefore, this result identifies the existing relationship between the socioeconomic variables and wildfire events, and consequently will help to optimize the interventions that must be done. This may be the best way to carry out prevention actions in order to reduce vulnerability to forest fires.
Jaime De Diego; Antonio Rúa; Mercedes Fernández. Designing a Model to Display the Relation between Social Vulnerability and Anthropogenic Risk of Wildfires in Galicia, Spain. Urban Science 2019, 3, 32 .
AMA StyleJaime De Diego, Antonio Rúa, Mercedes Fernández. Designing a Model to Display the Relation between Social Vulnerability and Anthropogenic Risk of Wildfires in Galicia, Spain. Urban Science. 2019; 3 (1):32.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJaime De Diego; Antonio Rúa; Mercedes Fernández. 2019. "Designing a Model to Display the Relation between Social Vulnerability and Anthropogenic Risk of Wildfires in Galicia, Spain." Urban Science 3, no. 1: 32.
Maria José Rebelo; Mercedes Fernández; Joseba Achotegui. Mistrust, anger, and hostility in refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants: A systematic review. Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne 2018, 59, 239 -251.
AMA StyleMaria José Rebelo, Mercedes Fernández, Joseba Achotegui. Mistrust, anger, and hostility in refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants: A systematic review. Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne. 2018; 59 (3):239-251.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaria José Rebelo; Mercedes Fernández; Joseba Achotegui. 2018. "Mistrust, anger, and hostility in refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants: A systematic review." Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne 59, no. 3: 239-251.
El objetivo del artículo es medir el impacto de la crisis económica sobre el colectivo de origen ecuatoriano residente en España; el estudio se basa en una encuesta realizada a dicha población, utilizando técnicas estadísticas de análisis multivariable, se elabora un índice sintético, que segmenta a la población ecuatoriana en función de cómo ha sido afectada por la recesión. El grupo más perjudicado se caracteriza por un empeoramiento en los indicadores asociados a la vivienda y a la situación económica. En el lado opuesto ¾menor impacto de la crisis¾, se sitúan aquellas personas que han llegado más recientemente, son más jóvenes y con un mayor nivel de estudios.
Mercedes Fernández-García; Gorka Moreno-Márquez; Juan Iglesias; José Antonio Oleaga-Páramo. El impacto de la crisis sobre la inmigración ecuatoriana en España. Convergencia Revista de Ciencias Sociales 2017, 169 -190.
AMA StyleMercedes Fernández-García, Gorka Moreno-Márquez, Juan Iglesias, José Antonio Oleaga-Páramo. El impacto de la crisis sobre la inmigración ecuatoriana en España. Convergencia Revista de Ciencias Sociales. 2017; (76):169-190.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMercedes Fernández-García; Gorka Moreno-Márquez; Juan Iglesias; José Antonio Oleaga-Páramo. 2017. "El impacto de la crisis sobre la inmigración ecuatoriana en España." Convergencia Revista de Ciencias Sociales , no. 76: 169-190.
Although Spain has only recently turned out to be an immigrant-receiving country, because of the economic downturn, Spanish authorities are becoming increasingly concerned about return migration. The main aim of this paper is to analyse the underlying variables of return intention of migrants in the Autonomous Community of Madrid in order to extract policy implications in the return arena. The microdata source is the Regional Immigration Survey 2011–2012. Our main finding is that having a job in Spain is the most important constraint to returning. In any case, return intentions vary with age groups, so policy design should be different according to this variable.
Raquel Caro; Mercedes Fernández; Consuelo Valbuena. Predicting return intentions in Madrid. Migration Letters 2016, 13, 116 -130.
AMA StyleRaquel Caro, Mercedes Fernández, Consuelo Valbuena. Predicting return intentions in Madrid. Migration Letters. 2016; 13 (1):116-130.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRaquel Caro; Mercedes Fernández; Consuelo Valbuena. 2016. "Predicting return intentions in Madrid." Migration Letters 13, no. 1: 116-130.