RELACIÓN ENTRE AFECTOS, INVOLUCRAMIENTO CULTURAL Y SATISFACCIÓN CON LA VIDA EN UN PUEBLO ORIGINARIO ANDINO

In indigenous peoples, cultural involvement acts as a protective factor associated with greater life satisfaction, although the psychological mechanisms that explain this relationship have been little explored. This article analyzes the relationship between cultural involvement and life satisfaction and the effect of affect mediation in an indigenous people. A total of 320 people belonging to the native Lickanantay people, located in the Chilean Andes, participated in the study. Of the total, 140 (43.8%) were men and 180 (56.3%) women, aged between 18 and 86 years (SD = 40.7; SD = 17.4). The Satisfaction with Life Scale, Cultural Involvement Scale and Positive and Negative Affect Schedule were used. The results show that cultural involvement presented a positive effect of moderate magnitude on life satisfaction and positive affect and a negative effect of slight magnitude on negative affect. Positive affect had a moderate positive effect on life satisfaction. Negative affect had a small negative effect on life satisfaction. Both types of affect had significant indirect effects on the relationship between cultural involvement and life satisfaction. Both positive and negative affect may be mechanisms by which cultural involvement is related to life satisfaction. The positive and negative affects may be mechanisms by which cultural involvement is related to life satisfaction among the Lickanantay. Affect could be a key mechanism for understanding how culture influences well-being in indigenous contexts.