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Intergenerational Relations in the Light of Migration and Ageing

Luxembourg society will be confronted in the next years with new questions regarding the needs of older migrants and their families, as an unprecedented number of first generation immigrants will approach retirement age.

An ageing population and migration constitute two key issues in Europe today. Although policy makers and practitioners are conscious of the increasing importance of these issues, research evidence regarding older migrants and their families is still very scant.
The study focuses on ageing migrants in the context of their intergenerational relations and compares them to members of their host nation.
A cross-cultural comparison between Portuguese and Luxembourgish triads of older parents and adult children, both living in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is envisaged.

Objectives addressed

Examine identity constructions of older parents (first generation) and their adult children (second generation) from migrant families compared to parents and adult children with non-migrant background
Investigate how intergenerational relations are regulated in migrant compared to non-migrant families
Address perceived societal integration of ageing migrants, in particular regarding cultural contacts between aged host nationals and immigrants
Examine which aspects influence subjective well-being (SWB) of older and younger individuals

In order to tackle these questions, both quantitative methods (study 1) as well as qualitative methods (study 2) are applied.

Team

Isabelle Albert
(Principal Investigator)

Stéphanie Barros Coimbra
(Research Associate)

Dieter Ferring
(Supervisor)

Jaan Valsiner
(Mentor)

Kelly Adao Do Carmo (Student Assistant)
Elke Murdock (Former Member)

Conference Contributions

Organization of Symposia and Workshops

Completed Bachelor Theses

Année Académique 2013/14

Eda Durmus: Regulation von Generationenbeziehungen in Familien mit Migrations-Hintergrund
Milena Kaufmann: Subjektives Wohlbefinden älterer portugiesischer Migranten in Luxemburg
Gaby Marinho Ribeiro: „Der Apfel fällt nicht weit vom Stamm” – Identitätsbildung und inter-generative
Wertetransmission bei der ersten und zweiten Generation an portugiesischen Migranten in Luxemburg
Julia Muller: Zukunftserwartungen älterer Immigranten in Luxemburg – „Should I stay or should I go?”

Année Académique 2014/15

Samantha Duroska: Unterschiede zwischen mono- und bikulturellen Personen in Deutschland und Luxemburg: Kulturelle Ambivalenzen, Akkulturationsstress und subjektives Wohlbefinden
Marylène Marques Gonçalves : Satisfaction de vie et relations intergénérationnelles au sein des familles migrantes portugaises au Luxembourg

Année Académique 2015/16

Christine Goedert: Die luxemburgische Wahrnehmung über Zuwanderer und Multikulturalismus
Annick Staudt: Intergenerationelle Solidarität in luxemburgischen Familien
Selena Falcone: An exploration of multicultural identity : A questionnaire study
Larissa Haunhorst: Negotiating family, education and national culture within the self: Dialogicality under the impact of globalization in Senegal and France
Paula Lay: Gegenseitige Unterstützung zwischen Eltern und erwachsenen Kindern portugiesischer Familien in Luxemburg
Juliette Simon: Einfluss der elterlichen Erziehung auf die kulturelle Identität und Verortung bei Personen mit außereuropäischem Migrationshintergrund in der zweiten Generation

Année Académique 2016/17

Arpana Arendt: Multikulturalismus in Luxemburg: Eine Messung anhand von Einheimischen und portugiesischen Zuwanderern
Sonia Pieramico: Surfing through identity: A study about different aspects of wave surfers’ identities
Kiara Roth: Prädiktoren von Perceived Threat: Einstellung luxemburgischer Staatsbürger zur luxemburgischen Identität und zur Immigration

IRMA in the Media

Lectures

Cultural Psychology of Education: Diversity in Focus
Interdependent Self in a Migrating Family
Qualitative Methodology and Generalization from Single Cases
Dr. Tobias Heikamp (KU Leuven)
Dr. Marta Gonçalves (Portugal & Harvard University)

Publications

Albert, I. & Barros Coimbra, S. (2017). Family cultures in the context of migration and ageing. Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science, 55, 205-222.
Albert, I., Karl, U., & Ramos, A. C. (2016). Altern in Luxemburg. Portugiesische Migrantinnen und Migranten in Luxemburg. Forum für Politik, Gesellschaft und Kultur in Luxemburg, 363, 20-22.
Barros Coimbra, S., & Martins, H. (2016). La deuxième génération issue de l’immigration portugaise au Luxembourg. Vécus et ressentis. Forum für Politik, Gesellschaft und Kultur in Luxemburg, 363, 23-25.
Albert, I., Barros Coimbra, S., & Adao do Carmo, K. (2016). Les immigrés portugais au Luxembourg: Projets futurs et bien-être. Angewandte Forschung – Magazin für Psychogerontologie und Entwicklung über die Lebensspanne, 4, 32-35.
Albert, I., Barros Coimbra, S., & Ferring, D. (2016). Future plans and the regulation of well-being of older Portuguese immigrants in Luxembourg. Social Inquiry into Well-Being, 2016, 2 (1), 70-78.
Albert, I., Ferring, D., & Lang, F. R., (2016). Introduction to the Special Issue on “Aging and Migration in Europe”. GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry, 29(2), 53-55.
Albert, I., & Steinhoff, A. (2016). Intergenerationale Ambivalenz in Eltern-Kind-Beziehungen im Jugend- und jungen Erwachsenenalter. Zeitschrift für Soziologie der Erziehung und Socialisation,3 6(2), 178-194.
Albert, I., Barros Coimbra, S., & Ferring, D. (2016). Intergenerational family relations in Luxembourg: Adult children and their ageing parents in migrant and non-migrant families. In C. Roland-Lévy, P. Denoux, B. Voyer, P. Boski & W. K. Gabrenya Jr. (Eds.), Unity, diversity and culture: Research and Scholarship Selected from the 22nd Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (pp. 62-68). Melbourne, Florida USA: International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology.