Bienestar psicológico y estrategias de aculturación en inmigrantes afrocolombianos en el Norte de Chile

In Chile, immigration is one of the nation's most important issues. Adjustment strategies to the new social environment affect psychological well-being (PW-B) in the migration process. The aim of this study was to describe the strategies of acculturation used by Afro-Colombian immigrants and its relationship with PW-B. The scales of psychological well-being and acculturation strategies were applied to 186 people immigrants of Colombian nationality, residing in Northern Chile. Of these, 64% were women. The average of age was of 32 years (TD= 9.4). Models were constructed to bring together participants in successful PW-B levels and included variables of synthesis considering the combination of options of maintenance/no maintenance of its own culture and the accession/non-accession to the dominant culture of the host country to represent the types of acculturation strategies employed. The most relevant determinants for higher PW-B were: education level, residence in Antofagasta and the use of strategies to preserve the original culture or to integrate with native residents.