The existing literature on immigrant experiences

The gap

Evidence profile

Sourced from the stated challenges and stated research gap and future-work section of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 1975 and 2025, spanning 4 journals. Those papers have been cited 9 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 5 representative gaps

• Studenti prava i društvena distanca prema migrantima u Hrvatskoj (2025) · Politička misao · doi

  The study faces challenges in terms of the limited sample size and potential biases in the sample. The paper acknowledges the difficulty in measuring social distance towards migrants. The study highlights the complexity of the social and cultural context in which attitudes towards migrants are formed.

  generalstated challengesevidence 5/5
  Keywords: study faces challenges terms limited sample size potential
• Methodological considerations in the study of immigrant adaptation in Australia (1986) · Australian Journal of Psychology · doi

  The study notes that there is a lack of comparative studies on immigrant adaptation. The research mentions that there is a need for a conceptual framework to organize data and make comparisons between studies. The paper emphasizes that the relative infrequency of comparative studies and the almost complete lack of accumulation of findings between studies are serious defects in the field.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: study notes there lack comparative studies immigrant adaptation
• Methodological considerations in the study of immigrant adaptation in Australia (1986) · Australian Journal of Psychology · doi

  The paper suggests that future research should use a multifacet approach to understand immigrant adaptation. The study emphasizes the importance of comparative studies and the use of standard questions and scales. The research notes that more carefully compiled case studies are needed of immigrants and their families.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5
  Keywords: paper suggests future research use multifacet approach understand
• Sociological ambivalence: The case of East European peasant-immigrant workers in America, 1880s?1930s (1987) · Qualitative Sociology · doi

  The existing literature on immigrant experiences does not fully capture the complex and multidimensional character of the process. The paper identifies a gap in the literature, which is addressed by the analysis of the superimposed effects of several kinds of sociological ambivalence.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: existing literature immigrant experiences does fully capture complex
• Alienation and the Assimilation of Immigrants (1975) · Australian Journal of Social Issues · cited 9× · doi

  Further research is needed to explore the concept of alienation in the context of immigrant adjustment. Studies should investigate the effects of preserving elements of the donor society's culture on adjustment. Research should examine the implications of a multicultural model of ethnic group interrelationships for policies and practices in receiving societies.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 4/5
  Keywords: further research needed explore concept alienation context immigrant

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