ABSTRACT

There are approximately 244 million migrants worldwide and 40 million migrants living in the US. These migrants face a myriad of stressors that they need to overcome. Framed by the communication theory of resilience, this study explores the resilience triggers and processes migrants discuss during their migration experience. Findings from 43 narrative interviews reveal three resilience triggers, four resilience processes, and two relationships between resilience triggers and processes. Similar to the ways that migrants experienced resilience triggers less, more, or ambivalently, the resilience processes were tensional and complex. Practical applications for organizations, migrants, teachers, and researchers are described. Theoretical implications related to migrants’ existing privilege and triggers, resilience processes as tensional, and co-occurrences between triggers and processes are discussed.

摘要

全世界大约有 2.44 亿移民，4000 万移民居住在美国。这些移民面临着无数需要克服的压力。本研究以复原力的传播理论为框架，探讨了移民在迁移过程中讨论的复原力触发因素和过程。来自 43 次叙事访谈的结果揭示了三个弹性触发器、四个弹性过程以及弹性触发器和过程之间的两种关系。与移民经历韧性触发的方式类似，韧性触发更少、更多或矛盾，韧性过程是紧张和复杂的。描述了组织、移民、教师和研究人员的实际应用。与移民现有特权和触发因素相关的理论意义，弹性过程是紧张的，