Effects of Resilience and Acculturation Stress on Integration and Social Competence of Migrant Children and Adolescents in Northern Chile

Alejandra Caqueo-Urízar, Alfonso Urzúa, Carolang Escobar-Soler, Jerome Flores, Patricio Mena-Chamorro and Ester Villalonga-Olives
Additional contact information
Alejandra Caqueo-Urízar: Instituto de Alta Investigación, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica 1000000, Chile
Alfonso Urzúa: Escuela de Psicología, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta 1240000, Chile
Carolang Escobar-Soler: Escuela de Psicología y Filosofía, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica 1000000, Chile
Jerome Flores: Escuela de Psicología y Filosofía, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica 1000000, Chile
Patricio Mena-Chamorro: Escuela de Psicología y Filosofía, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica 1000000, Chile
Ester Villalonga-Olives: Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Department, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 4, 1-13

Abstract: Migration in Chile has increased exponentially in recent years, with education being one of the main focuses of attention in this cultural transformation. Integration and social competence in the migrant population are determined by several factors. The aim of this study is to evaluate the potential effects of resilience and acculturation stress on the levels of integration and social competence in migrant students in Northern Chile. In total, 292 school children of both genders aged 8 to 18, from the fourth grade to senior year of high school, participated in the investigation. A subscale of the Child and Adolescent Assessment System (Sistema de evaluación de niños y adolescentes SENA) was used to assess integration and social competence. Additionally, the Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM-12) and the Acculturation Stress Source Scale (FEAC) were used. The results show that integration and social competence have statistically significant and direct associations with resilience ( p < 0.001) and indirect associations with acculturation stress ( p = 0.009). Both constructs could be defined as protection and risk factors, respectively, and should be considered in educational contexts to favor adaptation in the integration of migrant children and adolescents.

Keywords: integration and social competence; migrant children and adolescents; resilience; acculturation stress; Latin-American (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (3)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/4/2156/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/4/2156/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:4:p:2156-:d:504057

Access Statistics for this article

IJERPH is currently edited by Ms. Jenna Liu

More articles in IJERPH from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().