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Motivational Values, Parental Influences and the Experience of Discrimination among Romanian and Moroccan Young Immigrants in Spain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 November 2016

Pablo Espinosa ,
Miguel Clemente Open the ORCID record for Miguel Clemente [Opens in a new window]  and
Octavio Uña
Pablo Espinosa*
Affiliation:
Universidad de La Coruña (Spain)
Miguel Clemente
Affiliation:
Universidad de La Coruña (Spain)
Octavio Uña
Affiliation:
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Spain)
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*Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Pablo Espinosa. Departamento de Psicología. Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación. Universidad de La Coruña. 15071. Campus de Elviña. La Coruña (Spain). E-mail: pespinosa@udc.es
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Abstract

This study examines the role that motivational values play in the experience of discrimination in young immigrants in Spain and how this role is mediated by parental values. Participants in the study were 193 dyads of pre-adolescent to young adult first and second generation immigrants and one of their parents. All participants were either of Moroccan or Romanian ascent, the two largest immigrant groups in Spain. The proposed SEM model had an adequate fit, χ2(2, N = 193) = 2.272, p = .321, RMSEA = .027, CFI = .999, NFI = .994, and yielded a large R2, both for the Moroccan group (R2 = .79, p < .01), and the Romanian group (R2 = .80, p < .01). It showed that the value dimension openness to change vs. conservation is positively related to their experience of discrimination (β = .35, p < .01, for Moroccans group; and β = .29, p < .001, for Romanians). This relationship was mediated by parental values and their parents’ experience of discrimination. A possible explanation is that immigrants high in openness to change are likely to pursue contact with the host culture more intensely, and thus increase the probability of interactions involving discrimination. Additionally, parental values and their own experience of discrimination influences their children, making them more vulnerable to discrimination stress and more likely to perceive discrimination. While most research is focused on external or environmental variables, this study highlights the importance of value orientations and parental influences in immigrants’ experience of discrimination.

Keywords

immigrantsmotivational valuesopenness to changeparental influencesperceived discrimination
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Research Article
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The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 19 , 2016 , E76
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Copyright © Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 2016 

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