title: The influence of acculturation strategies in quality of life by immigrants in Northern Chile.
abstract: To establish the influence of acculturation strategies on quality of life, henceforth QoL.
  
  
  
  Using a cross-sectional design, two questionnaires were applied, the WHOQoL-BREF from the World Health Organization and Basabe's acculturation strategies. The questionnaires were applied to 853 Colombian and Peruvian immigrants living in Northern Chilean cities of Arica, Antofagasta and Santiago de Chile.
  
  
  
  In the psychological and social domains, as well as in the overall assessment of QoL, the most beneficial strategies are those where customs are maintained from the homeland, where "integration" then "separation" are the most beneficial. On the contrary, when the strategy for maintaining homeland customs is low, the QoL tends to be lower. The strategy of "marginalized" is associated with a lower QoL.
  
  
  
  Acculturation strategies mildly or moderately affect the psychological and social domains of quality of life as well as the overall assessment of QoL.
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Psicología, Universidad Católica del Norte, Avda. Angamos 0610, Antofagasta, Chile. alurzua@ucn.cl.
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-0882-2194
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Urzúa
authors.affiliation: Dpto. de Psicología, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile.
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ferrer
authors.affiliation: Dpto. de Psicología, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile.
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Canales Gaete
authors.affiliation: Dpto. de Psicología, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile.
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Núñez Aragón
authors.affiliation: Dpto. de Psicología, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile.
authors.forename: Ivanna
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ravanal Labraña
authors.affiliation: Dpto. de Psicología, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile.
authors.forename: Bárbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tabilo Poblete
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002677:Chile; D003105:Colombia / Q000208:ethnology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Acculturation; Immigration; Quality of life