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Cultural identity, acculturation, and mental health among adolescents in east London’s multiethnic community
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Author Affiliations
Queen Mary University of London, University College London, Great Ormond Street Hospital
Published InJournal of Epidemiology & Community Health
Year2005
Citations96
Abstract
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To investigate cultural identity as a risk factor for mental health problems among adolescents. DESIGN: A cross sectional school based population survey. Mental health problems were measured using the strengths and difficulties questionnaire. Pupils were classified into one of four cultural identity types on the basis of friendship and clothing choices. SETTING: East London. PARTICIPANTS: 2623 adolescents (aged 11-14) from a representative sample of 28 schools in east London. RESULTS: In comparison with marginalised adolescents who chose friends from neither their own or other cultures, fewer mental health problems were found among adolescents making culturally integrated friendship choices (friends from own and other cultures: OR = 0.6, 0.4 to 0.9), boys making integrated friendship choices (OR = 0.45,…
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