@article{ref1,
title="Ethnic identity as a mediator of the relationship between discrimination and psychological well-being in south-south migrant populations",
journal="International journal of environmental research and public health",
year="2021",
author="Urzúa, Alfonso and Caqueo-Urízar, Alejandra and Henríquez, Diego and Domic, Marcos and Acevedo, Daniel and Ralph, Sebastian and Reyes, Gonzalo and Tang, Diego",
volume="18",
number="5",
pages="e2359-e2359",
abstract="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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-7827",
doi="10.3390/ijerph18052359",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052359"
}