The role of social support and coping strategies in the acculturation of Brazilians in Ireland
Authors
Quaglio, Tatiana
Issue Date
2023-03
Degree
HDip in Psychology
Publisher
Dublin Business School
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Abstract
The present study investigated how coping self-efficacy skills, perceived social support and loneliness influence acculturative stress and life satisfaction among Brazilian migrants living in Ireland. An online survey was used and collected a sample of 96 participants. Acculturative stress and life satisfaction were examined as the main dependent variables in a quantitative correlational study. Time living in Ireland were significantly correlated to acculturation stress and life satisfaction. Different forms of social support and integration had significant relationship to acculturative stress, life satisfaction and coping self-efficacy. While perceived loneliness did not differ between migrants who moved to Ireland alone or accompanied, and was found to have weak and no significant relationship to coping self-efficacy skills.