Mental Health Status of Double Minority Adolescents: Findings from National Cross-Sectional Health Surveys.
Autor: | Chiang, Szu-Ying, Fleming, Theresa, Lucassen, Mathijs, Fenaughty, John, Clark, Terryann, Denny, Simon |
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PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation
ASIANS CHI-squared test CONFIDENCE intervals MENTAL depression ETHNIC groups GENDER identity HIGH school students MAORI (New Zealand people) MENTAL health PSYCHOLOGY of Minorities PROBABILITY theory QUESTIONNAIRES RESEARCH funding HUMAN sexuality SEX distribution SUICIDAL behavior LOGISTIC regression analysis PSYCHOSOCIAL factors SOCIOECONOMIC factors WELL-being CROSS-sectional method DATA analysis software DESCRIPTIVE statistics ODDS ratio ADOLESCENCE |
Zdroj: | Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health; Jun2017, Vol. 19 Issue 3, p499-510, 12p |
Abstrakt: | Little population-based work has been published about the mental health of adolescents with both sexual/gender (SG) and ethnic minority (i.e. double minority) status. This study aimed to provide an overview on their mental health. Analysis of data from a total of 17,607 high school students from New Zealand's 2007 and 2012 cross-sectional nationally representative Adolescent Health Surveys, including a total of 1306 (7.4%) SG minority participants, of whom 581 (3.3%) were also an ethnic minority. SG minority status, minority ethnicity, and female sex were associated with higher mental distress and poorer well-being. Generally speaking, double minority students reported poorer mental health than SG majority students of the same ethnicity, but reported better mental health than SG minority New Zealand European students. Explanations and future directions for research were suggested to further explore how double minority students negotiate mental health in the context of their communities/cultures in New Zealand. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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