Adaptation of migrants, 1979-1982: File 82m

A sample of families from several European countries were studied by questionnaire in 1979 at the time they appeared for interview with immigration officers in various Australian consulates, and again in 1981 and 1982 following their arrival in Australia. The main concerns of the study were the correlates of adaptive success. The 1979 questionnaire included measures of family structure, interpersonal and community relations, socio- economic status and psychological distress. Over half of this sample replied to a one page mail questionnaire following their arrival in Australia, giving brief information about home ownership, occupational status of the head of household, group membership, use of medical services, pleasant and unpleasant experiences in Australia. The major post-migration interview in 1982 included measures of: the respondent's satisfaction with life circumstances, friends, community, possessions, family, spouse, children, job, school, recreation, housework and national government; improved circumstances through immigration; subjective wellbeing; judged interpersonal traits; and acculturation. Acquaintances of the respondent provided measures of self-esteem, adaptability, inter- personal competence and symptoms of strain. Co-workers provided appraisals of the respondent's performance on the job. Schools in which children were enrolled gave information about the student's performance in school. Judgements of neighbourhood prestige and average cost of a three-bedroom home in that neighbourhood were obtained from real estate agents, and the investigators rated the size and condition of the respondent's home and the condition of the adjacent homes. Most of the same questions were asked of a sample of native Australian families living in Sydney and Canberra for comparison with the new migrants. The 1982 questionnaire was pilot tested on a sample of migrant families in Canberra in 1981.

d030082m - Coding of Ways of Showing Tension from Main Questionnaire

本研究于1979年针对在各澳大利亚领事馆接受移民官员面谈的多个欧洲国家家庭样本开展问卷调查，并在他们抵达澳大利亚后的1981年与1982年再次进行调研。本研究的核心关注方向为适应成功的相关关联因素。1979年的问卷涵盖了家庭结构、人际与社区关系、社会经济地位（socio-economic status）以及心理困扰（psychological distress）等维度的测量条目。该样本中有超过半数的家庭在抵达澳大利亚后回复了一页纸的邮寄问卷，提供了房屋所有权、户主职业地位、团体成员身份、医疗服务使用情况以及在澳大利亚的愉悦与不快经历等简要信息。1982年的主要移民后面谈涵盖了以下维度的测量：受访者对生活环境、朋友、社区、财产、家庭、配偶、子女、工作、学校、休闲、家务以及国家政府的满意度；移民带来的生活境况改善情况；主观幸福感（subjective wellbeing）；评定的人际特质以及文化适应（acculturation）水平。受访者的熟人提供了关于受访者自尊（self-esteem）、适应能力、人际能力（interpersonal competence）以及压力症状的测量数据。同事则对受访者的工作表现进行了评估。子女就读的学校提供了学生在校表现的相关信息。研究人员从房地产中介处获取了社区声望以及该社区三居室住宅的平均房价相关评估，并由研究者对受访者住宅的面积、状况以及邻近住宅的状况进行了评分。研究还针对居住在悉尼与堪培拉的本土澳大利亚家庭样本开展了大部分相同问题的调研，以与新移民群体进行对照比较。1982年的问卷于1981年在堪培拉的移民家庭样本中进行了预测试。

d030082m——主问卷中紧张情绪表达方式的编码