Loneliness in Urban Mapuche Older Adults in Chile: Ethnic Identity Affirmation, Autonomy, and Subjective Well-Being as predictors

This study seeks to identify the factors that predict loneliness among urban Mapuche older adults in Chile. Using a cross-sectional, non-experimental design with a correlational scope, the study included 323 participants, with a mean age of 70.77 years. The findings indicate that a strong affirmatio...

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Autores: Casas Martí, Joan, Soto-Higuera, Abel, Riquelme-Segura, Leonor, Quintano-Méndez, Felipe, Mayorga-Muñoz, Cecilia
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Oviedo (UNIOVI)
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
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Palavra-chave:Persones grans
Maputxes
Ciutats
Solitud
Aïllament social
Older people
Mapuche Indians
Cities and towns
Solitude
Social isolation
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spelling Loneliness in Urban Mapuche Older Adults in Chile: Ethnic Identity Affirmation, Autonomy, and Subjective Well-Being as predictorsSoledad en Personas Mayores Mapuche Urbanas en Chile: Afirmación de la Identidad Étnica, Autonomía y Bienestar Subjetivo como predictoresCasas Martí, JoanSoto-Higuera, AbelRiquelme-Segura, LeonorQuintano-Méndez, FelipeMayorga-Muñoz, CeciliaPersones gransMaputxesCiutatsSolitudAïllament socialOlder peopleMapuche IndiansCities and townsSolitudeSocial isolationThis study seeks to identify the factors that predict loneliness among urban Mapuche older adults in Chile. Using a cross-sectional, non-experimental design with a correlational scope, the study included 323 participants, with a mean age of 70.77 years. The findings indicate that a strong affirmation of ethnic identity affirmation, greater autonomy, higher levels of subjective well-being, and a larger number of cohabitants are associated with reduced levels of loneliness. In contrast, gender and age were not significant predictors. These results are important for developing public policies and intervention programs aimed at the urban Mapuche older adult population. Emphasizing the roles of ethnic identity, autonomy, subjective well-being, and the structural characteristics of social networks as key variables can help address loneliness in this demographic. Moreover, the study contributes to a better understanding of the dynamics of loneliness among urban indigenous populations, a group that has been underrepresented in research.Universidad Nacional de Colombia2025info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/225572Articles publicats en revistes (Treball Social)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de Oviedo (UNIOVI)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v34n2.115141Revista Colombiana de Psicología, 2025, vol. 34, num.2, p. 23-37https://doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v34n2.115141cc by-nc-nd (c) Casas Martí, Joan et al., 2025http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/2255722026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Loneliness in Urban Mapuche Older Adults in Chile: Ethnic Identity Affirmation, Autonomy, and Subjective Well-Being as predictors
Soledad en Personas Mayores Mapuche Urbanas en Chile: Afirmación de la Identidad Étnica, Autonomía y Bienestar Subjetivo como predictores
title Loneliness in Urban Mapuche Older Adults in Chile: Ethnic Identity Affirmation, Autonomy, and Subjective Well-Being as predictors
spellingShingle Loneliness in Urban Mapuche Older Adults in Chile: Ethnic Identity Affirmation, Autonomy, and Subjective Well-Being as predictors
Casas Martí, Joan
Persones grans
Maputxes
Ciutats
Solitud
Aïllament social
Older people
Mapuche Indians
Cities and towns
Solitude
Social isolation
title_short Loneliness in Urban Mapuche Older Adults in Chile: Ethnic Identity Affirmation, Autonomy, and Subjective Well-Being as predictors
title_full Loneliness in Urban Mapuche Older Adults in Chile: Ethnic Identity Affirmation, Autonomy, and Subjective Well-Being as predictors
title_fullStr Loneliness in Urban Mapuche Older Adults in Chile: Ethnic Identity Affirmation, Autonomy, and Subjective Well-Being as predictors
title_full_unstemmed Loneliness in Urban Mapuche Older Adults in Chile: Ethnic Identity Affirmation, Autonomy, and Subjective Well-Being as predictors
title_sort Loneliness in Urban Mapuche Older Adults in Chile: Ethnic Identity Affirmation, Autonomy, and Subjective Well-Being as predictors
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Casas Martí, Joan
Soto-Higuera, Abel
Riquelme-Segura, Leonor
Quintano-Méndez, Felipe
Mayorga-Muñoz, Cecilia
author Casas Martí, Joan
author_facet Casas Martí, Joan
Soto-Higuera, Abel
Riquelme-Segura, Leonor
Quintano-Méndez, Felipe
Mayorga-Muñoz, Cecilia
author_role author
author2 Soto-Higuera, Abel
Riquelme-Segura, Leonor
Quintano-Méndez, Felipe
Mayorga-Muñoz, Cecilia
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Persones grans
Maputxes
Ciutats
Solitud
Aïllament social
Older people
Mapuche Indians
Cities and towns
Solitude
Social isolation
topic Persones grans
Maputxes
Ciutats
Solitud
Aïllament social
Older people
Mapuche Indians
Cities and towns
Solitude
Social isolation
description This study seeks to identify the factors that predict loneliness among urban Mapuche older adults in Chile. Using a cross-sectional, non-experimental design with a correlational scope, the study included 323 participants, with a mean age of 70.77 years. The findings indicate that a strong affirmation of ethnic identity affirmation, greater autonomy, higher levels of subjective well-being, and a larger number of cohabitants are associated with reduced levels of loneliness. In contrast, gender and age were not significant predictors. These results are important for developing public policies and intervention programs aimed at the urban Mapuche older adult population. Emphasizing the roles of ethnic identity, autonomy, subjective well-being, and the structural characteristics of social networks as key variables can help address loneliness in this demographic. Moreover, the study contributes to a better understanding of the dynamics of loneliness among urban indigenous populations, a group that has been underrepresented in research.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v34n2.115141
Revista Colombiana de Psicología, 2025, vol. 34, num.2, p. 23-37
https://doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v34n2.115141
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