Maximizacion, pesar, bienestar y salud en migrantes sudamericanos residentes en el valle central de Chile

Maximizing, regret, well-being and health in South American migrants residing in the central valley of Chile. The decision to emigrate is complex and has important consequences. Those who emigrate are usually the most educated and least satisfied with their situation in their country of origin. However, their decision-making styles, whether they experience regret when deciding, and how is this associated with their well-being and health, are unknown. This is analyzed in 261 adult South American migrants, mostly Venezuelans, of both sexes, residing in Talca (Chile), chosen by availability, who answered instruments to measure decisional styles, regret, well-being, and health. A strong tendency to maximization, high regret, high well-being and a very favorable health self-evaluation are observed. There are also significant, positive associations of maximization with regret (.374, p = .01), with well-being (.161, p = .009) and with three domains of health-related quality of life (.174, p = .005; .169, p = .006; .212, p = .001). The results are discussed, and new studies are suggested.