Rooting mediates the effect of stress by acculturation on the psychological well-being of immigrants living in Chile

Migration is a social phenomenon that has an impact both on the lives of the people who migrate, and on the societies who receive them; with psychological well-being being one of the most affected variables. The objective of this research is to analyze the possible mediating role of rooting in the h...

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Published in:PloS one 2019-08, Vol.14 (8), p.e0219485-e0219485
Main Authors: Urzúa, Alfonso, Leiva-Gutiérrez, José, Caqueo-Urízar, Alejandra, Vera-Villarroel, Pablo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acculturation
Adaptation, Psychological
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Assimilation (Sociology)
Autonomy
Biology and Life Sciences
Chile
Cultural factors
Discrimination
Emigrants and Immigrants - psychology
Female
Health aspects
Host location
Humans
Immigrants
Immigration
Male
Medicine and Health Sciences
Mental health
Middle Aged
Migration
Noncitizens
People and places
Physical Sciences
Protective factors
Psychological aspects
Psychological distress
Psychological factors
Psychology
Quality of Life
Research and Analysis Methods
Rooting
Self esteem
Social aspects
Social Sciences
Socioeconomic Factors
Stress
Stress (Psychology)
Stress, Psychological - ethnology
Stress, Psychological - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Well being
Young Adult
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Summary:Migration is a social phenomenon that has an impact both on the lives of the people who migrate, and on the societies who receive them; with psychological well-being being one of the most affected variables. The objective of this research is to analyze the possible mediating role of rooting in the host location on the negative effect that acculturation stress has on the level of well-being. Data for this study were collected using 699 Colombian and Peruvian immigrants who have been permanently residing in Chile for more than six months. Participants were assessed by using Riff's Psychological Well-being Scale, rooting of Torrente et al., and Ruiz et al. scales of stress. The results demonstrated the mediating role of settling down within the host country in relation to stress and psychological well-being, except for the sub-dimension of autonomy. It is concluded that the need for rooting in the host country is a protective factor against the negative effects of stress on perceived well-being.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0219485