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. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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团聚的拉丁美洲家庭中的跨国联系和家庭功能：移民前变量的影响。

目标跨国联系是指移民家庭在原籍和目的地社会之间建立的情感，交往和经济关系。对这种联系的调查非常少。在本研究中，着眼于拉丁美洲移民妇女，跨国关系被认为是家庭功能的保护因素，受移民前变量的影响。有效的假设是，在团聚前的分居期间，重聚的母亲与子女的交流和汇款的频率增加，将与更好的交流，凝聚力，灵活性，满意度和家庭资源联系在一起。知觉。方法样本由81名拉丁美洲重聚家庭的母亲组成。他们中的大多数（61.7％）有2个或3个孩子和75个孩子。3％的儿童已经在Bizkaia团聚。起源和目的地社会中家庭成员之间的交流频率和汇款频率是跨国变量。为了观察家庭功能，我们使用了环模型。通过结构方程模型测试了调解模型。结果研究结果证实了跨国变量的中介作用，尤其是跨国交流的频率，部分或完全减轻了移民前变量的影响，并在更大的凝聚力，灵活性，沟通，满意度和对资源的感知。结论这项研究强调了这些纽带的作用，这导致了更多的功能家族动力学。必须促进有利于随后的家庭团聚的新形式的跨国交流。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2020 APA，保留所有权利）。