Autoconcepto, ajuste y bienestar psicológicos en una muestra de inmigrantes

Abstract

The general objective of this investigation is to explore to what extent do the adjustment and the psychological welfare of the immigrant people are related in different ways to the assessment of the identities (personal/social) which compose the self-concept. 210 immigrants, residents in the provinces of Granada and Almeria (Spain), were distributed in three groups, established according to two criteria: the salience (high/low) of the immigrant social identity and the labour situation (employed/unemployed). The result shows that the total of the sample presents a good adjustment and psychological welfare, and both indicators are directly related to the assessment of the self-concept (social or personal). It was also found that the assessment of the elements (social/ personal) of self-concept, as well as the relationship with adjustment and psychological welfare, depends on situational signs, such as the salience of the social identity "immigrant” or the employment situation.