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El Síndrome del Migrante = Personalidad Migrante Resiliente y/o Migración Resiliente
Migrant Syndrome = Resilient Migrant Personality and/or Resilient Migration

Author(s): Angelica Ojeda García, Susana Castaños Cervantes
Subject(s): Personality Psychology, Behaviorism, Migration Studies
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Migrant syndrome; Reactive behaviors; Resilient responses; Resilient migrant personality; Active intervention;

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to demystify the idea that sick migrants are those who decide to leave their place of origin, unequivocally becoming even more ill during their mobility and consequently becoming a problem, regardless of whether migrant reception services are sufficient or organized to offer not only basic services but also to provide the necessary guidance to get back on track, redirecting their thoughts and emotions. Development: Through evidence that every adult migrant develops a resilient personality type and not only maintains their active or awake resilience capacity, when we talk about advocacy or intervention with migrants, it will be based on activating this capacity, not emotional recovery. Results: As a result of the unspecified syndrome that pushes them to react reactively due to their distinctive condition, it was possible to see how migrants are capable of expressing more resilient responses and not so much reactive behaviors. This incidence only applies to children and adolescents whose personality is not forward-leaning due to age and to migrants who have adopted a passive attitude toward the various demands that the migration process entails. The evidence concludes that, through natural adaptation and survival, migrants develop a resilient migrant personality.

  • Issue Year: 7/2026
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 149-164
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Spanish
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