Ethnic Identity as a Mediator of the Relationship between Discrimination and Psychological Well-Being in South—South Migrant Populations

Bibliographic Data

ID8093889
AuthorsAlfonso Urzúa (0000-0002-0882-2194, corresponding author), Alejandra Caqueo-Urízar (0000-0002-4614-8380), Diego Henríquez (0000-0003-4282-4246), Marcos Domic-Siede (0000-0002-5191-1133), Daniel Acevedo (0000-0003-1636-9024), Sebastian Ralph, Gonzalo Reyes (0000-0002-9841-0942), Diego Tang
Year2021
Volume18
Issue5
Pages2359-2359
Publication date2021-02-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/ijerph18052359
PMID33670960
OpenAlexW3134104721
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited76

There is abundant evidence about the negative impact of discrimination on well-being, but less research on factors that can reduce this negative effect, mainly focused on North American samples and with incipient development on South-South migration. The objective of this research was to analyze the effect of ethnic identity on the relationship between the experience of racial and ethnic discrimination and psychological well-being in Colombian immigrants living in Chile. A total of 962 immigrants over the age of 18 from three cities in Chile participated. Of these, 50.7% were women. The average age was 35 years (SD = 10.23). Participants were evaluated using Ryff's Psychological Well-Being Scales, Phinney's adapted version of the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Scale, and Krieger's Discrimination Experience Scale. After the analysis of the measurement models, a mediation model was analyzed using structural equations. The results provide evidence that ethnic and racial discrimination have negative effects on psychological well-being, with the effect of racial discrimination being greater. Likewise, ethnic identity has positive effects on psychological well-being and partially and completely mediates the effects of ethnic and racial discrimination on psychological well-being. The full effect of discrimination on psychological well-being, mediated by ethnic identity, is exercised only by racial discrimination and not by ethnic discrimination

Ethnic discrimination · Ethnic group · Geography · Identity (music · Immigration · Mediation · Political science · Psychological well-being · Racism · Scale (ratio · Sociology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Gender Studies · Social Psychology