A world figure in medical sociology studies both immigrants and their new environment to understand the process of successful assimilation.
Introduction--Immigration: A Stress-Precipitating Change Immigration: A Paradox of a Simultaneously Desirable and Disillusioning Life Change Immigration and Stress: A General Overview Immigration and Readjustment Integration Demands, Stressors and Catalysts Coping and Resources An Empirical Model of Adjustment Conclusion Appendix A: Study Design Appendix B: Composite Variables Appendix C: The Concept of Stress Appendix D: Methodology Appendix E: Intercorrelations Among Components of the Readjustment Process: Veterans Appendix F: Intercorrelations Among Components of the Readjustment Process: Immigrants Bibliography
ZEEV BEN-SIRA (1925-1996) was Chair of the Department of Behavioral Sciences at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Director of the School of Social Work at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and for many years a Senior Research Associate at the Louis Gutman Israel Institute of Applied Social Research. He also served as a central committee member of the Israeli Sociological Association. In addition, he was Visiting Professor at Rutgers University, at Washington University in Seattle, and at UCLA's School of Public Health. He was the author of many papers and books, including Regression Stress and Readjustment in Aging (Praeger, 1991).
"Immigration, Stress, and Readjustment, published posthumously,
serves as a testament to why Zeev Ben-Sira was considered by
colleagues to be a leading scholar in medical sociology....[G]eared
to researchers interested in immigration, stress and
readjustment....Immigration, Stress, and Readjustment provides a
theoretical framework and research tools to examine issues related
to the mental health of immigrants."-Transcultural Psychiatry
?[S]hould be reviewed as vital for students of immigration in
Israel and equally important for readers interested in this subject
worldwide.?-International Migration Review
?Immigration, Stress, and Readjustment, published posthumously,
serves as a testament to why Zeev Ben-Sira was considered by
colleagues to be a leading scholar in medical sociology....[G]eared
to researchers interested in immigration, stress and
readjustment....Immigration, Stress, and Readjustment provides a
theoretical framework and research tools to examine issues related
to the mental health of immigrants.?-Transcultural Psychiatry
"�S�hould be reviewed as vital for students of immigration in
Israel and equally important for readers interested in this subject
worldwide."-International Migration Review
"[S]hould be reviewed as vital for students of immigration in
Israel and equally important for readers interested in this subject
worldwide."-International Migration Review
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