Authors: H Mohseni, T Kujala, J Silvennoinen
Year: 2026
Published in: SPRINGER
Institution: University of Jyväskylä
Research Area: Migration studies, Social indicators, Psychometrics, Quantitative social science methods
Discipline: Social sciences
Developed and validated a multidimensional place-belongingness scale to assess immigrants' sense of belonging to geographic locations, identifying four factors: feeling at home, accepted, empowered, and secure.
Methods: Survey data from 270 immigrants worldwide analyzed using exploratory factor analysis.
Key Findings: The subjective sense of place-belongingness, decomposed into four factors: feeling at home, feeling accepted, feeling empowered, and feeling secure.
Sample Size: 270