Abstract

ARANCIBIA, Héctor; CARDENAS, Manuel; DURAN, William  and  EGUREN, Paula. Health and social well-being in immigrants and Chileans: a comparative study. Act.Colom.Psicol. [online]. 2021, vol.24, n.1, pp.72-85.  Epub June 16, 2021. ISSN 0123-9155.  https://doi.org/10.14718/acp.2021.24.1.7.

This study compares the average health and social welfare levels of adults born in Chile (n = 155) and immigrants of Colombian (n = 166), Peruvian (n = 154), and Venezuelan (n = 180) nationality. The results are in line with the "selective hypothesis of immigration," since higher levels of health (Minmigrants = 40.35; Mchilenos = 38.93; t [203,579] = 2,745, p < .01) and social welfare were found in immigrants (M = 88.62) than in Chileans (M = 85.42; t (190,778) = -3,197, p < .01). In general, this work shows the negative effect that the perception of discrimination has on health, and the positive effect of the socio-cultural variables of endo-group identity, cultural enrichment, and inter-group closeness on the social welfare of immigrants.

Keywords : social well-being; health; acculturation; Latin American immigration; discrimination; inter-group contact.

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