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ArticleInternational journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being2024

Exploring older migrants' meaning-making of 'happiness': "

Phlix Micheline, Jan Vanrie, Ann Petermans, An-Sofie Smetcoren

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Article in International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  1. Intercultural perspective on happiness in international female university students: a qualitative study.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2025
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Phlix MichelineArchitecture and Arts, UHasselt - Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-0591-5870
Jan VanrieArchitecture and Arts, UHasselt - Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-2633-5194
Ann PetermansArchitecture and Arts, UHasselt - Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-7023-4628
An-Sofie SmetcorenVrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-4581-4898

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purposeAs our ageing population is growing and diversifying, it is important to gain insight into the well-being of older migrants. However, the meanings of happiness can vary cross-culturally. Therefore, prior to exploring older migrants' happiness, their meaning-making of "happiness" should be explored. This way, cultural or individual variations can be considered when analysing older migrants' happiness. Not only migration background but also age could influence the meaning of well-being. For example, the meaning of well-being can change as people grow older. Therefore, both migration background and age are considered in exploring older migrants' meaning-making of happiness.

methodsTo do so, in-depth interviews with older migrants (

resultsAfter analysing the results via thematic analysis, three overarching themes are discussed: (1) happiness associations, (2) happiness-pursuing strategies, and (3) happiness obstructions. The analysis then further focuses on the role of migration background and ageing on the meaning-making of happiness.

conclusionsParticipants' meaning-making of happiness seems strongly imbued with age-related references. On the contrary, the impact of migration background is rather limited. To explain this difference, the value of incorporating participants' life course experiences emerged.

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HappinessTransients and MigrantsAdolescentAgingEthnicityHumansLife Change EventshappinesshealthindependenceMeaning-makingolder migrantssocial relationswell-being

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