{"id":38484,"date":"2026-01-12T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/?p=38484"},"modified":"2026-01-05T15:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T14:48:13","slug":"to-re-root-or-not-to-re-root-after-migration-longitudinal-effects-of-transnational-friendship-on-immigrants-life-satisfaction-through-acculturative-processes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/?p=38484","title":{"rendered":"To re-root or not to re-root after migration? Longitudinal effects of transnational friendship on immigrants’ life satisfaction through acculturative processes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Author(s): Ana\u00efs H\u00e9ritier, Antoine Roblain, Emanuele Politi, Eva G. T. Green<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Source: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ijintrel.2025.102276<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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In today\u2019s hyper-connected global landscape, immigrants often maintain ties with their country of origin upon relocation. This study integrates a transnational framework into acculturation research to predict immigrants\u2019 life satisfaction over time. Addressing the need for robust longitudinal evidence, we use three waves of data from the Migration-Mobility Survey (MMS) with working immigrants in Switzerland (N\u202f=\u202f1291 longitudinal panel) and employ Random-Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Models (RI-CLPM). This approach allows us to elucidate the impact of transnational ties on receiving culture adoption and origin culture maintenance, and their subsequent effects on life satisfaction, while crucially distinguishing within-person changes from stable between-person differences. RI-CLPM analyses reveal that stronger transnational ties (proportion of origin friends) negatively predict subsequent within-person changes in receiving culture adoption. Regarding life satisfaction, origin culture maintenance remains high and stable across waves but shows no significant longitudinal effect. Receiving culture adoption displays complex dynamics: while positively related to life satisfaction between individuals, within-person increases in adoption significantly predict small decreases in subsequent life satisfaction, highlighting a divergence from traditional cross-lagged findings. These results underscore the complex, dynamic nature of socio-cultural re-rooting and demonstrate the critical importance of separating within- and between-person effects in acculturation research. Practically, fostering local friendship opportunities appears key for immigrant well-being, while origin culture maintenance persists independently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords<\/strong>: Transnationalism, Acculturation, Life satisfaction, Longitudinal research<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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