Document Type : Research Paper

Author

• Sayed Musa Hosseini

student

Abstract

The largest group of migrants in Iran is Afghans. Migration presents various challenges for individuals. However, even with relatively equal conditions, some of these migrants may be more successful in life, work, and various aspects of social interactions. The key issue is to understand what do factors influence on their psychological and socio-cultural adaptation in Iran? This research proposal aims to study the psychological and socio-cultural adaptation experiences of Afghan migrants who are living in Iran through a qualitative approach by using a descriptive phenomenological method. Twenty-one participants were selected to use as targeted sampling. Deep semi-structured interviews were employed to collect data. The study samples have achieved a positive balance among their individual, social, occupational, cultural, and national identities and have navigated effective psychological and socio-cultural adaptation paths. The main theoretical concepts of this research include the stress and coping theory, coping styles, integration theory, and adaptation theory. After analyzing the data, 24 sub-themes were extracted under three main themes: migrants' psychological status, migrants' skill capabilities, and migrants' situational contexts.

Keywords

• 'Successful adaptation'
• ' successful Afghan immigrant'
• 'psycho-social adaptation'
• 'descriptive phenomenology'
• ' identity'

Main Subjects

• Cultural Studies