ArticleSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2010
Ethnic density in school classes and adolescent mental health.
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- The role of school race/ethnic composition in mental health outcomes: A systematic literature review.Journal of adolescence · 2019Pooled it
- Emotional and behavioral problems in migrant children and adolescents in Europe: a systematic review.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2014Pooled it
- The Role of Schools in Early Adolescents' Mental Health: Findings From the MYRIAD Study.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2021Trial
- Classroom Immigrant Density Predicts Psychological Well-Being Among Adolescents With an Immigration Background: Findings From the 2017/18 Swedish Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Study.International journal of public health · 2021Article
- The Role of Primary School Composition in the Trajectories of Internalising and Externalising Problems across Childhood and Adolescence.Journal of abnormal child psychology · 2020Article
- School-Class Co-Ethnic and Immigrant Density and Current Smoking among Immigrant Adolescents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Tied Together: Adolescent Friendship Networks, Immigrant Status, and Health Outcomes.Demography · 2019Article
- The Relationship Between Immigrant School Composition, Classmate Support and Involvement in Physical Fighting and Bullying among Adolescent Immigrants and Non-immigrants in 11 Countries.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2016Article
- Mild psychotic experiences among ethnic minority and majority adolescents and the role of ethnic density.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2015Article
- The relation between bullying and subclinical psychotic experiences and the influence of the bully climate of school classes.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2014Article
- Emotional and behavioral problems among adolescent students: the role of immigrant, racial/ethnic congruence and belongingness in schools.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2013Article
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- Neighborhood ethnic diversity and behavioral and emotional problems in 3 year olds: results from the Generation R Study.PloS one · 2013Article
- Racism, ethnic density and psychological well-being through adolescence: evidence from the Determinants of Adolescent Social Well-Being and Health longitudinal study.Ethnicity & health · 2012Article
- Neighbourhood Ethnic Density Effects on Behavioural and Cognitive Problems Among Young Racial/Ethnic Minority Children in the US and England: A Cross-National Comparison.Population research and policy reviewArticle
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Abstract
objectiveThe present study set out to examine the association between ethnic composition of school classes and prevalence of internalising and externalising problem behaviour among ethnic minority and majority students.
methodsData were derived from the Dutch 2002 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey, a nationally representative cross-sectional study with a total of 5,730 adolescents, aged 11-18 and attending secondary school, of which 931 belong to ethnic minority groups. The data were analysed using a multilevel regression model.
resultsThe study revealed that, after taking individual characteristics like age, gender, educational level and family affluence into account, ethnic minority students on average report higher levels of externalising but not internalising problems. Ethnic density on the level of school classes modified this difference, as a negative association between the proportion ethnic minority students in class and externalising problem behaviour was found, but only for ethnic minority students. No effect of ethnic composition was found with respect to internalising problem behaviour.
conclusionThe data revealed that ethnic minority students report higher levels of externalising problem behaviour, but only in classes with a minority of ethnic minority students and not in classes with a culturally diverse composition. This points towards a possible beneficial effect of a more culturally diverse environment for minority students. Majority students appeared to be insensitive for the ethnic density effect. Future studies should investigate the role of the ethnic composition of the school class more in-depth.
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