Los inmigrantes y el equilibrio emocionalLa difícil integración
- Andrés Escarbajal Frutos 1
- Tomás Izquierdo Rus 1
- Javier J. Maquilón Sánchez 1
- Antonio García Correa 1
- Ana María Giménez Gualdo 1
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Universidad de Murcia
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ISSN: 0214-9877
Year of publication: 2011
Volume: 5
Issue: 1
Pages: 273-282
Type: Article
More publications in: International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology: INFAD. Revista de Psicología
Abstract
In this study, we reflect on emotional and social plight presented to thousand of immigrants in a society which tries to be inclusive and bets for interculturality. Hence, immigrants often to survive and to be accepted in host societies are forced to be “invisible”, appearing emotional disorders as a consequence of lack of self-esteem and identity. We describe here the two well-known: Ulysses’ syndrome and telephone booth’s syndrome, which is common among immigrant women. We plead for interculturality and horizontal tolerance as a respect and recognition of differences to mitigate the effects of these problematic situations, that are making worse because of economic crisis, and to promote a well-balanced integration in the individual and social dimension. Furthermore, we advocate a psychological and social situation, inside and outside the subject, in which no one can destroy the free identity expression, understanding immigration as a question of rights and duties in the framework of a democratic society