Acculturation of Migrant Latinos in a Positive Psychology Framework

Laura Dryjanska; Cheryl Zlotnick

doi:10.1177/07399863211033745

Acculturation of Migrant Latinos in a Positive Psychology Framework

Laura Dryjanska, Cheryl Zlotnick

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Abstract

This article features a positive psychology perspective on migration, using hope theory as a conceptual framework to explain life satisfaction of Hispanic migrants in the United States. The cross-sectional study considers the association of acculturation and social support on wellbeing while accounting for the demographic and personal characteristics of Latino migrants (N = 169) in California and Florida. The final regression model (with the demographic variables of gender, health, realized expectations, the main effect of country, and the interaction variable of realized expectations by country), resulted in significant associations between life satisfaction and the variables of gender and health status. The study demonstrates that expectations (among other factors) significantly predict life satisfaction of Hispanic migrants, which implies that contextualizing migration experience in the positive light (rather than looking at stressors) may impact their quality of life.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	155-173
Number of pages	19
Journal	Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences
Volume	43
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/07399863211033745
State	Published - Aug 2021

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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The financial support for this research was provided by Biola University Faculty Research and Development Grant.

Funding Information:
The authors thank the Camino Immigration Services, as well as Joan Ewan and Alexandra Rojas for the help in data collection. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The financial support for this research was provided by Biola University Faculty Research and Development Grant.

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Keywords

acculturation
expectations
life satisfaction
migration
positive psychology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Social Psychology
Cultural Studies
Anthropology
Linguistics and Language

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