Social integration of latin-american immigrants in Spainthe influence of the community context

  1. Fuente Barrera, Asur 1
  2. Herrero Olaizola, Juan 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Oviedo
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    Universidad de Oviedo

    Oviedo, España

    ROR https://ror.org/006gksa02

Revista:
The Spanish Journal of Psychology

ISSN: 1138-7416

Año de publicación: 2012

Volumen: 15

Número: 3

Páginas: 1201-1209

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.5209/REV_SJOP.2012.V15.N3.39407 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: The Spanish Journal of Psychology

Resumen

El objetivo de este estudio es analizar en qué medida diferentes elementos del contexto comunitario como la inseguridad, la discriminación y el apoyo informal, pueden influenciar el proceso de integración social de los inmigrantes latinoamericanos en España, un grupo en riesgo de exclusión social. Los resultados del análisis de regresión lineal multivariado muestran que el apoyo comunitario informal se relaciona positivamente con la integración social mientras la inseguridad lo hace de forma negativa. Por otra parte, la relación estadística entre discriminación e integración social desaparece una vez que son tenidos en cuenta los niveles de apoyo comunitario informal. Un mayor entendimiento de los factores que promueven o dificultan el proceso de integración social de la población inmigrante es imprescindible para orientar políticas públicas y programas de intervención eficaces que contribuyan a la adaptación de esta población a la sociedad receptora.

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Support for this research was provided by the Spanish Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (SEJ2006-08666/PSIC), the Government of the Principado de Asturias (PCTI 2006-2009), and the Universidad de Oviedo and Banco Santander (UNOV-11-MBSAN-04).

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