Positive Social Interaction and Psychological Kinship Mediate the Effect of Identity Fusion on Psychological Well-Being in South-South Migrants

The present study provides evidence of how positive social interaction and the perception psychological kinship are mechanisms by which identity fusion with host country is associated well-being Venezuelan migrants in Chile. sample consisted 323 migrants, whom 147 (45.5%) were men. participants residents city Santiago, variables assessed well-being, country, interaction, kinship. Structural equation modeling was performed to estimate proposed mediation model. estimation method used robust weighted least squares estimation. first model showed that people who felt more fused had higher levels well-being. On other hand, second estimated indicated both fully mediate relationship between immigrants’ It not mere sensation feeling merged increases but rather it interactions members like family components link