Social Support as a Mediator of the Relationship between Identity Fusion and Psychological Well-Being in South-South Migrant Populations
Abstract
The present study provides evidence of how perceived social support is a mechanism by which identity fusion with the country of origin is associated with psychological well-being in a migrant population. The study design was cross-sectional. We use intentional sampling based on the accessibility of the participants and using the snowball strategy through an online survey. This study included 323 Venezuelan migrants, of whom 176 (54.5%) were women, all residents of the city of Santiago, Chile. The variables assessed were perceived social support, identity fusion, and psychological well-being. Structural equation modeling was used to estimate the proposed mediation model. The estimation method used was robust weighted least squares estimation. The estimated models indicated that perceived social support has a mediating effect on the positive relationship between identity fusion and psychological well-being of Venezuelan migrants residing in Chile. According to these results, feeling a sense of fusion with the country of origin and the perception of having sources of care and protection are factors that may help to improve the psychological well-being of Venezuelan migrants living in Chile. Implications and limitations of these results are discussed.
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Título según WOS: | ID WOS:000869573100001 Not found in local WOS DB |
Título de la Revista: | JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AND INTEGRATION |
Volumen: | 24 |
Número: | 3 |
Editorial: | SPRINGER HEIDELBERG |
Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
Página de inicio: | 1113 |
Página final: | 1135 |
DOI: |
10.1007/s12134-022-00996-5 |
Notas: | ISI |