eprintid: 2557 rev_number: 7 eprint_status: archive userid: 2 dir: disk0/00/00/25/57 datestamp: 2022-06-29 23:30:08 lastmod: 2023-07-03 23:30:21 status_changed: 2022-06-29 23:30:08 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Peñas, Silvia creators_name: Herrero-Fernández, David creators_name: Merino, Laura creators_name: Corral, Susana creators_name: Martínez-Pampliega, Ana creators_id: creators_id: david.herrero@uneatlantico.es creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: title: Transnational links and family functioning in reunited Latin American families: Premigration variables’ impact. ispublished: pub subjects: uneat_ps divisions: uneatlantico_produccion_cientifica full_text_status: none abstract: Objectives: Transnational ties refer to the affective, communicative, and economic relationships that migrant families build between the societies of origin and destination. Investigations of such ties are very scarce. In the present study, focused on Latin American migrant women, transnational ties are considered a protective factor of family functioning, conditioned by premigratory variables. The working hypothesis is that increased frequency of reunited mothers’ communication with and remittances to their children during the period of separation prior to the reunion will be linked to better communication, cohesion, flexibility, satisfaction, and family resources, according to the reunited mothers’ perception. Method: The sample consisted of 81 mothers of Latin American reunited families. Most of them (61.7%) have 2 or 3 children and 75.3% have already reunited all of their children in Bizkaia. The frequency of communication between family members in the societies of origin and destination and the frequency of remittances were the transnational variables. To observe family functioning, we used the Circumplex Model. A mediation model was tested through structural equation modeling. Results: The results of the study confirmed the mediator role of the transnational variables, especially the frequency of transnational communications, partially or fully moderating the impact of the premigratory variables, and positively associated with family functioning, in terms of greater cohesion, flexibility, communication, satisfaction, and perception of resources. Conclusions: This study has highlighted the role of these ties, which lead to more functional family dynamics. It is necessary to promote new forms of transnational communication that favor subsequent family reunification date: 2020-07 publication: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology volume: 26 number: 3 pagerange: 306-317 id_number: doi:10.1037/cdp0000298 refereed: TRUE issn: 1099-9809 official_url: http://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000298 access: close language: en citation: Artículo Materias > Psicología Universidad Europea del Atlántico > Investigación > Producción Científica Cerrado Inglés Objectives: Transnational ties refer to the affective, communicative, and economic relationships that migrant families build between the societies of origin and destination. Investigations of such ties are very scarce. In the present study, focused on Latin American migrant women, transnational ties are considered a protective factor of family functioning, conditioned by premigratory variables. The working hypothesis is that increased frequency of reunited mothers’ communication with and remittances to their children during the period of separation prior to the reunion will be linked to better communication, cohesion, flexibility, satisfaction, and family resources, according to the reunited mothers’ perception. Method: The sample consisted of 81 mothers of Latin American reunited families. Most of them (61.7%) have 2 or 3 children and 75.3% have already reunited all of their children in Bizkaia. The frequency of communication between family members in the societies of origin and destination and the frequency of remittances were the transnational variables. To observe family functioning, we used the Circumplex Model. A mediation model was tested through structural equation modeling. Results: The results of the study confirmed the mediator role of the transnational variables, especially the frequency of transnational communications, partially or fully moderating the impact of the premigratory variables, and positively associated with family functioning, in terms of greater cohesion, flexibility, communication, satisfaction, and perception of resources. Conclusions: This study has highlighted the role of these ties, which lead to more functional family dynamics. It is necessary to promote new forms of transnational communication that favor subsequent family reunification metadata Peñas, Silvia; Herrero-Fernández, David; Merino, Laura; Corral, Susana y Martínez-Pampliega, Ana mail SIN ESPECIFICAR, david.herrero@uneatlantico.es, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR (2020) Transnational links and family functioning in reunited Latin American families: Premigration variables’ impact. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 26 (3). pp. 306-317. 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