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- Title
Percepciones sociales frente al fenómeno de migración venezolana en una muestra de los habitantes de la ciudad de Sincelejo, Sucre, año 2019.
- Authors
Klimenko, Olena; Peláez, Stefanya; Pacheco, Laura; Ríos Paternina, Yuranys
- Abstract
Introduction: The phenomenon of Venezuelan migration has had an impact in different spheres on the Colombian population, often producing attitudes of rejection and discrimination towards the migrant population by the native inhabitants. Objective: to describe the social perceptions of the inhabitants of the city of Sincelejo about the phenomenon of Venezuelan migration during the 2019. Method: It was the descriptive, non-experimental, non-experimental, descriptive level study. The sample was conformed form 100 inhabitants of Sincelejo. Wich was selected by aleaotrysampe carried out in the streets of the city. Was used a Liker scale, designed ad hoc for the present study, validity by expert judgment and pilot test, obtaining a Cronbach alpha of .83. Results: A high score was observed in the variable of infidelity, which reveals a negative and guilty stance regarding the problems in the love relationships of the inhabitants surveyed, perceived from the presence of Venezuelan migrant women, being this more pronounced in the participants with the lowest educational levels and socioeconomic strata. High scores on the variable of citizen security (higher perception of threat in the higher socioeconomic strata), public order (higher perception of threat in the lower strata) and employment opportunity (higher perception of threat in higher educational levels). high), indicate the inhabitants surveyed perceive migrants as a threat to their community in these aspects. Likewise, medium high scores were found in xenophobia, with the male gender obtaining higher scores compared to the female, as well as participants with a lower educational level. Medium high levels were also found in the rejection of the cultural habits of migrants and the tendency to dominate the foreign culture by force, which does not allow the peaceful integration of migrants to the receiving community. Conclusions: The study revealed a very worrying situation regarding the highly negative attitude observed in the study participants towards Venezuelan migrants. It is recommended to continue in this line of research in other populations in order to search for approach strategies to reduce the negative impact of these social perceptions on the migrant population and enable a better and more inclusive integration of these in the receiving communities.
- Subjects
SOCIAL perception; CULTURE; ATTITUDE (Psychology); SOCIAL impact; IMMIGRANTS; REJECTION (Psychology); INFIDELITY (Couples)
- Publication
Psicoespacios, 2020, Vol 14, Issue 24, p81
- ISSN
2145-2776
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.25057/21452776.1338