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Affinity to host population stimulates physical growth in adult offspring of Turkish migrants in Germany
- Source :
- Anthropologischer Anzeiger. 74:357-362
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Schweizerbart, 2018.
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Abstract
- Because of political conflicts and climate change, migration will be increased worldwide and integration in host societies is a challenge also for migrants. We hypothesize that migrants, who take up the challenge in a new social environment are taller than migrants who do not pose this challenge. We analyze by a questionnaire possible social, nutritional and ethnic influencing factors to body height (BH) of adult offspring of Turkish migrants (n = 82, 39 males) aged from 18 to 34 years (mean age 24.6 years). The results of multiple regression (downward selection) show that the more a male adult offspring of Turkish migrants feels like belonging to the Turkish culture, the smaller he is (95% CI, -3.79, -0.323). Further, the more a male adult offspring of Turkish migrants feels like belonging to the German culture, the taller he is (95% CI, -0.152, 1.738). We discussed it comparable to primates taking up their challenge in dominance, where as a result their body size increase is associated with higher IGF-1 level. IGF-1 is associated with emotional belonging and has a fundamental role in the regulation of metabolism and growth of the human body. With all pilot characteristics of our study results show that the successful challenge of integration in a new society is strongly associated with the emotional integration and identification in the sense of a personal sense of belonging to society. We discuss taller BH as a signal of social growth adjustment. In this sense, a secular trend of BH adaptation of migrants to hosts is a sign of integration.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Adolescent
Turkey
Turkish
Population
Ethnic group
Growth
Adult offspring
Young Adult
Germany
ddc:570
Ethnicity
Humans
Young adult
education
Institut für Biochemie und Biologie
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Transients and Migrants
education.field_of_study
Host (biology)
Social environment
social sciences
General Medicine
language.human_language
Geography
Dominance (ethology)
Anthropology
language
Adult Children
population characteristics
Animal Science and Zoology
geographic locations
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00035548
- Volume :
- 74
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Anthropologischer Anzeiger
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e3261352d25fd90f077ebeab6564e2c4