Social Representations on Migration by Female Latin American Immigrants in Valencia (Spain)

This study was developed under the focus of social psychology, aiming to understand the social representations of Latin American immigrant women from Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador and Bolivia, who reside in Valencia, Spain about the constructs: “immigration”(1), “immigrants”(2), “Spanish”(3),...

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Main Authors: Giovanna Barroca Moura, Natália Ramos, Ieda Franken, Carlos da Silva Cirino
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Language:English
Published: Faculdade Meridional (IMED) 2020-01-01
Series:Revista de Psicologia da IMED
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Online Access:https://seer.imed.edu.br/index.php/revistapsico/article/view/3280
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author Giovanna Barroca Moura
Natália Ramos
Ieda Franken
Carlos da Silva Cirino
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Natália Ramos
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Carlos da Silva Cirino
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description This study was developed under the focus of social psychology, aiming to understand the social representations of Latin American immigrant women from Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador and Bolivia, who reside in Valencia, Spain about the constructs: “immigration”(1), “immigrants”(2), “Spanish”(3), “Valencia”(4) and “discrimination”(5). The sample was non-probabilistic and convenience, formed by 179 immigrants, between 18 and 59 years, which responded to the technique of free association of words. The results of the stimuli revealed that social representations about the immigration have been targeted as: money, interculturality, journey, knowledge and nostalgia; while on immigrants were: traveller, necessity, exit, knowledge. In relation to the stimulation induces Spaniards have the social representations: racist, evil, Crisis, friends, educated; the city of Valencia was represented as: beautiful, tourist, paella; already the stimulus discrimination was represented as: hatred, prejudice, maltreatment, racism, xenophobia, violence, fear, maltreatment and ignorant. The sample was non-probabilistic and convenience-wise, formed by 179 immigrants, aged between 18 and 59, who answered to the technique of free association of words. The results of the stimuli showed that the social representations about immigration were objectified as: money, interculturality, travel, knowledge and nostalgia; while on immigrants were: traveler, need, leave, knowledge. Regarding the Spaniards inductive stimulus we got the following social representations: racist, evil, crisis, friends, educated; the city of Valencia was represented as: beautiful, tourist, paella; as for the discrimination stimulus, we found: hatred, prejudice, mistreatment, racism, xenophobia, violence, fear and ignorance. The social representations have provided a better understanding about the activities affective, cognitive and symbolic of the participants in their everyday interactions and social positions. It is hoped that these findings will contribute to deepening the study and knowledge of female migration as well as provide changes that encourage integration, development and well-being of the population.
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spelling doaj.art-76aa03f575724fb198643efad72575212022-12-21T19:02:57ZengFaculdade Meridional (IMED)Revista de Psicologia da IMED2175-50272175-50272020-01-01121355210.18256/2175-5027.2020.v12i1.32801367Social Representations on Migration by Female Latin American Immigrants in Valencia (Spain)Giovanna Barroca Moura0Natália Ramos1Ieda Franken2Carlos da Silva Cirino3Universidade Federal da ParaíbaUniversidade Aberta de PortugalUniversidade Federal da ParaíbaUniversidade Estadual da ParaíbaThis study was developed under the focus of social psychology, aiming to understand the social representations of Latin American immigrant women from Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador and Bolivia, who reside in Valencia, Spain about the constructs: “immigration”(1), “immigrants”(2), “Spanish”(3), “Valencia”(4) and “discrimination”(5). The sample was non-probabilistic and convenience, formed by 179 immigrants, between 18 and 59 years, which responded to the technique of free association of words. The results of the stimuli revealed that social representations about the immigration have been targeted as: money, interculturality, journey, knowledge and nostalgia; while on immigrants were: traveller, necessity, exit, knowledge. In relation to the stimulation induces Spaniards have the social representations: racist, evil, Crisis, friends, educated; the city of Valencia was represented as: beautiful, tourist, paella; already the stimulus discrimination was represented as: hatred, prejudice, maltreatment, racism, xenophobia, violence, fear, maltreatment and ignorant. The sample was non-probabilistic and convenience-wise, formed by 179 immigrants, aged between 18 and 59, who answered to the technique of free association of words. The results of the stimuli showed that the social representations about immigration were objectified as: money, interculturality, travel, knowledge and nostalgia; while on immigrants were: traveler, need, leave, knowledge. Regarding the Spaniards inductive stimulus we got the following social representations: racist, evil, crisis, friends, educated; the city of Valencia was represented as: beautiful, tourist, paella; as for the discrimination stimulus, we found: hatred, prejudice, mistreatment, racism, xenophobia, violence, fear and ignorance. The social representations have provided a better understanding about the activities affective, cognitive and symbolic of the participants in their everyday interactions and social positions. It is hoped that these findings will contribute to deepening the study and knowledge of female migration as well as provide changes that encourage integration, development and well-being of the population.https://seer.imed.edu.br/index.php/revistapsico/article/view/3280international migrationdiscriminationcultural diversity
spellingShingle Giovanna Barroca Moura
Natália Ramos
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Carlos da Silva Cirino
Social Representations on Migration by Female Latin American Immigrants in Valencia (Spain)
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international migration
discrimination
cultural diversity
title Social Representations on Migration by Female Latin American Immigrants in Valencia (Spain)
title_full Social Representations on Migration by Female Latin American Immigrants in Valencia (Spain)
title_fullStr Social Representations on Migration by Female Latin American Immigrants in Valencia (Spain)
title_full_unstemmed Social Representations on Migration by Female Latin American Immigrants in Valencia (Spain)
title_short Social Representations on Migration by Female Latin American Immigrants in Valencia (Spain)
title_sort social representations on migration by female latin american immigrants in valencia spain
topic international migration
discrimination
cultural diversity
url https://seer.imed.edu.br/index.php/revistapsico/article/view/3280
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