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Discrimination, Acculturation and Psychological Well-being in Latin American Immigrants in Chile

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Vol. 29 No. 1 (2020)
https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-0581.2020.55711

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The literature on psychological well-being of immigrants has identified perceived discrimination as a major source of stress that can undermine their psychological adjustment in the receiving country. Likewise, there is evidence regarding the impact of acculturation on the positive psychological functioning of this population. This paper investigates the relationships between discrimination, acculturation guidelines and the psychological well-being of 152 Latin American immigrants residing in Chile. The results showed that 21.1% of the variance in psychological well-being was explained by age, discrimination, and the acculturative orientation of integration and individualism. It is discussed the importance of individualism as an acculturation orientation that has been scarcely studied in immigrants and whose possible negative effects on well-being would be associated with belief in meritocracy, to the detriment of the search for social support in the adaptation process to the new context.

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Immigrants, discrimination, acculturation, psychological well-being

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Mera-Lemp, M. J., Bilbao, M., & Martínez-Zelaya, G. (2020). Discrimination, Acculturation and Psychological Well-being in Latin American Immigrants in Chile. Revista De Psicología, 29(1), pp. 1–15. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-0581.2020.55711
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Revista de Psicología
Facultad de Ciencias Sociales
Universidad de Chile
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