Abstract
Abstract The present study aimed to evaluate the predictive relationship of socio-demographic variables, cultural adaptation and hope on general well-being (GWB), subjective (SWB), social (SoWB) and psychological (PWB) and in the meaning of life. The participants consisted of 108 immigrants. The instruments used were: bio sociodemographic questionnaire, Mental Health Continuum - Short Form, Dispositional Hope Scale, Acculturation Measures and Meaning of Life Questionnaire. In general, only sociocultural adaptation showed a positive predictive relationship with all types of well-being studied, nonetheless this measure presented a negative predictive relationship regarding the presence of meaning in life. Psychological adaptation was predictively and positively related only to SWB. The perception of cultural distance negatively affected SoWB. The presence of meaning was also negatively predicted by the type of immigration and age. The search for meaning was negatively predicted only by income. The results are important for a better understanding of factors that influence the experience of immigrants in Brazil.
Highlights
The global migration crisis has intensified the flow of immigrants in Brazil
Constrained immigrants are all those who have been forced to immigrate to Brazil because they had no alternative to survive in their countries of residence
Immigrants in general are those who chose to immigrate to Brazil for reasons such as: identification with culture, study, health, among others
Summary
The global migration crisis has intensified the flow of immigrants in Brazil. Between 2000 and July 2018, approximately 1.1 million immigrants entered Brazil (Cavalcanti, Oliveira, & Macedo, 2018). Post-migration occurs after arriving in the chosen country, consisting of adapting to the local culture (Tempany, 2009) This period can cause distress to the subject, comparing life in the home country, in the absence of social support (World Health Organization & United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 2015). Psychological adaptation concerns emotional and affective factors, reflecting how the immigrant feels with the new culture, presenting a relationship with well-being (Demes & Geeraert, 2014). This study has the main objective of verifying to what extent sociodemographic and psychological variables, such as hope and cultural adaptation, are related in a predictive way with the different types of well-being and meaning of life, for the immigrant
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