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Acculturative Stress, Perceived Social Support, and Mental Health: The Mediating Effect of Negative Emotions Associated with Discrimination

Primer Autor	Salazar-Fernandez, Camila
Co-autores	Jose Baeza-Rivera, Maria Manriquez-Robles, Diego Salinas-Onate, Natalia Smith-Castro, Vanessa
Título	Acculturative Stress, Perceived Social Support, and Mental Health: The Mediating Effect of Negative Emotions Associated with Discrimination
Editorial	MDPI
Revista	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Lenguaje	en
Resumen	The role of perceived social support in the acculturation process of immigrants remains unclear. In this study, we jointly evaluated the associations between acculturative stress and negative emotions associated with discrimination as antecedents of anxiety, depression, and stress symptoms in 283 immigrants living in Chile. Three competing models were tested via structural equation modelling to assess (1) the association among these variables and mental health symptoms and (2) to clarify the role of perceived social support. The third model was theoretically more adequate, showed a better fit, and explained 42.7% of the variance of mental health symptoms. In this model, perceived social support was associated with acculturative stress by reducing mental health symptomatology. Moreover, a direct relationship and an indirect relationship were found between acculturative stress (through negative emotions associated with discrimination) and mental health symptomatology. These results contribute to the understanding of the acculturation process experienced by immigrants in Chile and provide empirical evidence to be used to improve migration policies.
Fecha Publicación	2022
Tipo de Recurso	artículo original
doi	10.3390/ijerph192416522
Formato Recurso	PDF
Palabras Claves	migration acculturative stress perceived social support mental health
Ubicación del archivo	http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416522
Categoría OCDE	Ciencias Ambientales y Ecología Salud Pública, Ambiental y Ocupacional Ciencias Sociales Biomédicas Salud Pública y Ambiental
Materias	migración estrés aculturativo apoyo social percibido salud mental
Versión del recurso (Recomendado-único)	versión publicada
Tipo de ruta	dorada verde
Access Rights	acceso abierto
Derechos de acceso	acceso abierto
Id de Web of Science	WOS:000901043700001
Identificador del recurso (Mandatado-único)	artículo original
License	CC BY 4.0
Condición de la licencia (Recomendado-repetible)	CC BY 4.0
Categoría WOS	Ciencias Ambientales y Ecología Salud Pública, Ambiental y Ocupacional