Salud mental y estrés por aculturación en inmigrantes sudamericanos en el norte de Chile

Background: Coping with changes brought about by immigration and social circumstances that often characterize this process may cause mental health problems. Aim: To analyze the relationship between acculturation stress and mental health symptoms in South American immigrants residing in Antofagasta,...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Urzúa M,Alfonso, Heredia B,Osvaldo, Caqueo-Urízar,Alejandra
Lenguaje:	Spanish / Castilian
Publicado:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2016
Materias:	Emigrants and Immigrants Life Change Events Mental Health Stress Psychological
Acceso en línea:	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872016000500002
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:scielo:S0034-98872016000500002
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:scielo:S0034-988720160005000022016-08-31Salud mental y estrés por aculturación en inmigrantes sudamericanos en el norte de ChileUrzúa M,AlfonsoHeredia B,OsvaldoCaqueo-Urízar,Alejandra Emigrants and Immigrants Life Change Events Mental Health Stress Psychological Background: Coping with changes brought about by immigration and social circumstances that often characterize this process may cause mental health problems. Aim: To analyze the relationship between acculturation stress and mental health symptoms in South American immigrants residing in Antofagasta, Chile. Material and Methods: The OQ questionnaire, which assesses mental health and the acculturation stress questionnaire from Ruiz, were answered by 431 immigrants (53.8% Colombian and 46.2% Peruvian) aged between 18 and 65 years old. Results: The major source of acculturation stress was distance from origin, followed by difficulties in social relationships and perceived discrimination and rejection. About 50% of respondents had elevated levels of discomfort in their life, with mental health problems derived from their adjustment to social roles and relationships. There was a high correlation between acculturation stress levels and severity of mental health symptoms. Conclusions: Immigrants are exposed to high levels of stress resulting in a negative impact on their mental health.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.144 n.5 20162016-05-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872016000500002es10.4067/S0034-98872016000500002
institution	Scielo Chile
collection	Scielo Chile
language	Spanish / Castilian
topic	Emigrants and Immigrants Life Change Events Mental Health Stress Psychological
spellingShingle	Emigrants and Immigrants Life Change Events Mental Health Stress Psychological Urzúa M,Alfonso Heredia B,Osvaldo Caqueo-Urízar,Alejandra Salud mental y estrés por aculturación en inmigrantes sudamericanos en el norte de Chile
description	Background: Coping with changes brought about by immigration and social circumstances that often characterize this process may cause mental health problems. Aim: To analyze the relationship between acculturation stress and mental health symptoms in South American immigrants residing in Antofagasta, Chile. Material and Methods: The OQ questionnaire, which assesses mental health and the acculturation stress questionnaire from Ruiz, were answered by 431 immigrants (53.8% Colombian and 46.2% Peruvian) aged between 18 and 65 years old. Results: The major source of acculturation stress was distance from origin, followed by difficulties in social relationships and perceived discrimination and rejection. About 50% of respondents had elevated levels of discomfort in their life, with mental health problems derived from their adjustment to social roles and relationships. There was a high correlation between acculturation stress levels and severity of mental health symptoms. Conclusions: Immigrants are exposed to high levels of stress resulting in a negative impact on their mental health.
author	Urzúa M,Alfonso Heredia B,Osvaldo Caqueo-Urízar,Alejandra
author_facet	Urzúa M,Alfonso Heredia B,Osvaldo Caqueo-Urízar,Alejandra
author_sort	Urzúa M,Alfonso
title	Salud mental y estrés por aculturación en inmigrantes sudamericanos en el norte de Chile
title_short	Salud mental y estrés por aculturación en inmigrantes sudamericanos en el norte de Chile
title_full	Salud mental y estrés por aculturación en inmigrantes sudamericanos en el norte de Chile
title_fullStr	Salud mental y estrés por aculturación en inmigrantes sudamericanos en el norte de Chile
title_full_unstemmed	Salud mental y estrés por aculturación en inmigrantes sudamericanos en el norte de Chile
title_sort	salud mental y estrés por aculturación en inmigrantes sudamericanos en el norte de chile
publisher	Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate	2016
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872016000500002
work_keys_str_mv	AT urzuamalfonso saludmentalyestresporaculturacioneninmigrantessudamericanosenelnortedechile AT herediabosvaldo saludmentalyestresporaculturacioneninmigrantessudamericanosenelnortedechile AT caqueourizaralejandra saludmentalyestresporaculturacioneninmigrantessudamericanosenelnortedechile
_version_	1718436881849384960

Salud mental y estrés por aculturación en inmigrantes sudamericanos en el norte de Chile

Ejemplares similares