Amizade e migração latino-americana

• Ano de defesa: 2017
• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Mariana Sarro Pereira de
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; BR; Doutorado em Psicologia; UFES; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia
• Palavras-chave em Português: Friendship; Migration; Latin Americans; Culture; Adaptation; Adaptação; Amizade; Migração; Latino-americanos; Cultura; Psicologia; 159.9
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.ufes.br/handle/10/9107

Friendship arouses interest by several beneficial effects. However, the thematic of friendship relations among different cultures has been emphasizing by few studies, mainly the Latin Americans. The objective of this research was to investigate the friendship of Latin Americans immigrants, living in the new country for at least six months, with any nationality people. In this study, 40 immigrants (70% women and 50% between 30 and 39 years old) have been select and classified into four groups: 20 Latin Americans living in Brazil; three Brazilians living in Latin America but Brazil; 12 Brazilians living in Spain; and five Brazilians living in Portugal. The used tool was a questionnaire of 21 open questions applied through the computer network (email). A qualitative analysis of the content was conducted. The main results point out that major part of the friends presents same gender and nationality, and lives in the participant’s origin country. The immigrants’ linkages in their own countries are close and long-term friendship. Their main communication way is Facebook, Skype and WhatsApp. The majority of immigrants have friends in the new country, with more frequent friendships with natives. However issues related to cultural differences are pointed out to difficult these friendships. In these sense, friendship in always more intimate with compatriots. Anyway, the best ways to immigrant adapt and adjustment are through friendships, which are considered fundamental, and openness to the new culture, even if this receiving culture is not open enough to the immigrants’ cultures.