Comparison of resilience and substance use characteristics of the first and second generation migrants in england

In this study, first-generation immigrants, represent groups who had emigrated from Turkey and live in London currently. Second-generation immigrants are with families from Turkey, who were born in England, eighteen years of age and live in London currently. One of the most important issues in many studies on the psychosocial effects of migration is the adaptation of immigrants. In this study resilience has been analyzed as one of the strong dynamics of immigrants' adaptation to the new environment. The study was also designed to include the consuming of smoking, alcohol and drug, which is another striking issue for immigrants. In order to evaluate the effect of migration on the second generation, it was aimed to examine the smoking, alcohol and drug consuming patterns of the first and second generation immigrants according to their demographic characteristics and resilience levels. This research is a cross-sectional descriptive study. In this study, informed consent form, demographic questionnaire, smoking, alcohol and substance use questionnaire form and "Resilience Scale for Adults-Turkish Version" were used. In the data analysis, chi- square, T-test, regression and covariance analysiswere used. There were 21 (32.8%) men and 43 (67.2%) female participants in the first generation group; and there were 24 (45.3%) males; 29 women (54.7%) participants in the second generation group.The mean age of the first generation migrants was 34,91 ± 6,45; and the mean age of the second generation migrants was 21.2 ± 3.65. In data analysis chi-square, independent studies t-test, regression analysis and covariance analysis were applied. There were no statistically significant differences between two groups of migrants in terms of smoking, alcohol and substance use. There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups in terms of the overall scores of resilience levels.