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ArticleThe Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry2024

Exploring the association of Indigeneity, social adversity status and externalizing symptoms in children and adolescents.

Alasdair Vance, Janet McGaw, Angel O'Meara, Joseph P Gone, Sandra Eades

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Article in The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Alasdair VanceAcademic Child Psychiatry Unit and Developmental Neuropsychiatry Program, The Royal Children's Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7471-9769
Janet McGawFaculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Angel O'MearaWadja Aboriginal Family Place, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Joseph P GoneDepartment of Anthropology and Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0572-1179
Sandra EadesFaculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Royal Children's Hospital · AUHarvard University · USMelbourne Health · AUThe University of Melbourne · AU

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Abstract

objectiveThe relationship between Indigeneity, social adversity status and externalizing symptoms is complex and unclear. This study investigates how Indigeneity, social adversity status and externalizing symptoms are related in young people.

methodsA total of 132 Indigenous and 247 non-Indigenous young people aged 6-16 years were recruited from a hospital mental health outpatient service. Normality plots with statistics for social adversity status and parent-reported externalizing symptoms were completed for the two groups, matched for age, gender, mental disorder symptom severity, symptom-linked distress and impairment. Standard multiple regression was used to examine how Indigeneity moderates the relationship between social adversity status and parent-reported externalizing symptoms. A scatterplot investigated the association between Indigeneity and social adversity status in young people with parent-reported externalizing symptoms.

resultsThe distributions of the two groups and (1) social adversity status and (2) parent -reported externalizing symptoms were non-normal but acceptable for a moderator analysis. Indigeneity and social adversity status made independent significant positive contributions to externalizing symptoms. In contrast the interaction between Indigeneity and social adversity status made a nonsignificant negative trend to externalizing symptoms. A scatterplot revealed Indigeneity moderated the link between social adversity status and externalizing symptoms.

conclusionsHigh social adversity status is linked to externalizing symptoms in non-Indigenous young people but despite higher social adversity, Indigenous young people don't necessarily externalize. Potential protective resilience factors for externalizing symptoms in the Indigenous young people need to be ascertained and nurtured. Future systematic investigations of the contribution of these protective factors to Indigenous referral pathways and management are needed. It is also crucial that increased social adversity status is addressed and managed in all young people, regardless of Indigeneity.

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Indigenous PeoplesAdolescentChildFemaleHumansMaleMental DisordersAustralian Indigenous children and adolescentsexternalizing symptomssocial adversity status

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