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Loneliness in Urban Mapuche Older Adults in Chile: Ethnic Identity Affirmation, Autonomy, and Subjective Well-Being as predictors Soledad en Personas Mayores Mapuche Urbanas en Chile: Afirmación de la Identidad Étnica, Autonomía y Bienestar Subjetivo como predictores Casas Martí, Joan Soto-Higuera, Abel Riquelme-Segura, Leonor Quintano-Méndez, Felipe Mayorga-Muñoz, Cecilia Persones grans Maputxes Ciutats Solitud Aïllament social Older people Mapuche Indians Cities and towns Solitude Social isolation This study seeks to identify the factors that predict loneliness among urban Mapuche older adults in Chile. Using a cross-sectional, non-experimental design with a correlational scope, the study included 323 participants, with a mean age of 70.77 years. The findings indicate that a strong affirmation of ethnic identity affirmation, greater autonomy, higher levels of subjective well-being, and a larger number of cohabitants are associated with reduced levels of loneliness. In contrast, gender and age were not significant predictors. These results are important for developing public policies and intervention programs aimed at the urban Mapuche older adult population. Emphasizing the roles of ethnic identity, autonomy, subjective well-being, and the structural characteristics of social networks as key variables can help address loneliness in this demographic. Moreover, the study contributes to a better understanding of the dynamics of loneliness among urban indigenous populations, a group that has been underrepresented in research. 2026-01-16T20:12:00Z 2026-01-16T20:12:00Z 2026-01-16T20:12:00Z 2026-01-15T17:03:45Z 2026-01-15T17:03:45Z 2025 2026-01-15T17:03:46Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/2445/225572 Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v34n2.115141 Revista Colombiana de Psicología, 2025, vol. 34, num.2, p. 23-37 https://doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v34n2.115141 cc by-nc-nd (c) Casas Martí, Joan et al., 2025 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Universidad Nacional de Colombia