Emigration: psychopathologic reaction in the families left behind.
In order to investigate whether emigration acts as a psychic stress on the families left at home, two groups of families were compared: In group A the head of the family had emigrated, in group B the head of the family was a candidate for emigration. Compared to group B, group A showed a significantly higher rate of psychopathology related to the stress of emigration. Wives and children were mainly affected. The stress of emigration on the wives was corroborated by finding a high proportion of separated couples in group A in comparison with none in group B.
D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D003142:Communication; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D009679:Nuclear Family; D012931:Social Environment; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013997:Time Factors