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Covariates of Subjective well‐being among Latin American immigrants in Spain: the role of social integration in the community
Author(s) -
Herrero Juan,
Fuente Asur,
Gracia Enrique
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/jcop.20468
Subject(s) - immigration , latin americans , psychology , social integration , subjective well being , test (biology) , set (abstract data type) , social psychology , social exclusion , community integration , population , demography , sociology , political science , medicine , happiness , law , paleontology , anthropology , computer science , biology , programming language , physical therapy
The aim of this study is to test the influence that social integration in the community might have on subjective well‐being (SWB) beyond the influence of sociodemographic characteristics, self‐esteem, stressful life events, and social support from intimate and confidant relationships. We explore this set of relationships among Latin American immigrants in Spain, a group at risk of social exclusion. Results show a positive and statistically significant relationship between social integration and SWB, after controlling for the statistical effects of the other variables. Promoting social integration in the community among immigrant population might grant them access to wider community resources that might play an important role on their SWB. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.