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Latin American Asylum Seekers in Spain: Acculturation Preferences and Related Psychosocial Variables Cover

Latin American Asylum Seekers in Spain: Acculturation Preferences and Related Psychosocial Variables

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|May 2026

Figures & Tables

Table 1

Estimated reliability coefficients and descriptive statistics.

CRONBACH’S ALPHASPLIT-HALF (S-B)MSD
Acculturation preferences
Maintenance preferences (public domains).81.852.351.01
Maintenance preferences (private domains).63.683.670.83
Adoption preferences (public domains).69.743.970.69
Adoption preferences (private domains).75.723.600.78
Related psychosocial variables
Morality.79.804.060.54
Sociability.81.833.960.77
Competence.77.804.000.67
Emotions.71.834.100.55
Quality of contact.61.693.580.69
Perceived discrimination.78.821.970.66
Family support.90.945.671.55
Friends support.93.914.521.80

[i] Note. S-B is Spearman-Brown procedure.

Table 2

Bivariate correlations.

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1. MP (public domains)
2. MP (private domains).44**
3. AP (public domains)–.06.09
4. AP (private domains).13.05.57**
5. Morality–.02.15.32**.32**
6. Sociability–.04.00.34**.34**.46**
7. Competence–.10.08.40**.32**.57**.58**
8. Emotions–.27**.06.26**.25*.67**.54**.48**
9. Quality of contact–.01.22*.38**.27**.35**.39**.33**.49**
10. Perceived discrimination.05–.12–.10–.14–.43**–.31**–.31**–.44**–.36**
11. Family support.25*.41**.21*.21*.21*.03.03.08.25*–.07
12. Friends support.08.11.27**.36**.30**.25*.10.25*.19–.11.34**

[i] Note. MP: maintenance preferences; AP: adoption preferences. *p < .05; **p < .01.

Table 3

Multiple regression analysis with maintenance and adoption preferences as dependent variables.

MAINTENANCE PREFERENCESADOPTION PREFERENCES
MODEL 1 PUBLIC DOMAINSMODEL 2 PRIVATE DOMAINSMODEL 3 PUBLIC DOMAINSMODEL 4 PRIVATE DOMAINS
BβBβBβBβ
Constant3.081.941.541.09
Morality0.45.240.14.090.05.040.13.09
Sociability0.20.15–0.11–.100.07.080.21.21
Competence–0.16–.110.07.060.29.28*0.15.13
Emotions–0.97–.52***–0.11–.07–0.15–.12–0.15–.11
Quality of contact0.12.080.19.160.25.25*0.11.10
Family support0.14.21*0.20.37***0.03.070.04.07
Friends support0.01.02–0.02–.040.06.170.11.25*
AdjustedR2.13.13.22.20

[i] Note. *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .01.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/irsp.1113 | Journal eISSN: 2397-8570
Language: English
Page range: 9 - 9
Submitted on: Jul 18, 2025
Accepted on: Apr 27, 2026
Published on: May 14, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2026 Marisol Navas, María Sánchez-Castelló, Anna Maria Meneghini, Pablo Pumares, Antonio J. Rojas, published by Ubiquity Press
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