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Acculturative stress in Latin-American immigrants: an assessment proposal.
- Source :
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The Spanish journal of psychology [Span J Psychol] 2011 May; Vol. 14 (1), pp. 227-36. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- The aim of this paper was to develop an instrument to assess levels of stress experienced by Latin-American immigrants in their acculturative process in Spain. A sample of 692 immigrants from Latin America, aged 20 to 63 years, took part on this study (54.9% males and 45.1% females). A 24-item questionnaire with high reliability (.92) was elaborated. Six factors related to acculturative stress were found: 1) discrimination and rejection; 2) differences with the out-group (native Spaniards); 3) citizenship problems and legality; 4) problems concerning social relationships with other immigrants; 5) nostalgia and longing; and 6) family break-up. Our findings show that participants have a high level of stress related to nostalgia and longing, family break-up, and the perception of discrimination and rejection by natives. The usefulness of the instrument and its applications and restrictions are discussed.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Bolivia ethnology
Colombia ethnology
Ecuador ethnology
Family Relations
Female
Humans
Loneliness psychology
Male
Middle Aged
Multilingualism
Prejudice
Psychometrics statistics & numerical data
Rejection, Psychology
Reproducibility of Results
Social Identification
Social Support
Spain
Young Adult
Acculturation
Emigrants and Immigrants psychology
Stress, Psychological complications
Surveys and Questionnaires
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1138-7416
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Spanish journal of psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 21568180
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_sjop.2011.v14.n1.20