Immigrants and Immigration: Advancing the Psychological Perspective

Abstract

This article, which provides an introduction to the issue, discusses the role of psychology in understanding the processes associated with immigrants and immigration, and in meeting the challenge of managing immigration successfullyά—in ways that facilitate the achievement and well‐being of immigrants, that benefit the country collectively, and that produce the cooperation and support of members of the receiving society. It considers how the study of immigrants and immigration offers potential benefits to the discipline of psychology and describes how a psychological perspective on this topic can complement in important ways other disciplinary perspectives. The article concludes with an overview of the organization and content of the issue.