Age Differentials in Anticipation of Involuntary Migration- The Psychological Stress and the Three Gorges Dam Project, China

ISBN-13: 9783836417303 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 152 str.

Juan XI

Opis

Mental health in the elderly is a topic that draws a lot of research interest.However, researchers call depression in old age a "scientific myth," for lack ofconclusive findings. While some researchers have found that depression ishighest among the oldest people. Others found the opposite. To understandthis scientific myth, researchers argue that people of different age groups areusually exposed to different stressors, thus controlling for different stressorswill lead to different answers. However, there are situations when all agegroups are facing the same stressor. For example, wars, natural disasters,economic depressions, and project-induced forced migrations subject peopleof all ages to the same adverse conditions. Does the same stressor affect peopleof different ages differently? In this study, our interest is to detect whetherthere are any age differentials in depression when individuals of differentages face a common stressor: the impending forced migration-induced by alarge scale dam project-the Three Gorges Project (TGP) in China. The book isaddressed to professionals in the filed of migration study. It is also directedtowards policy makers.