Ethnic density in school classes and adolescent mental health
Ethnic density in school classes and adolescent mental health
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DOI：
10.1007/s00127-009-0105-6
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发表时间：
2010-06-01
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
van Dorsselaer, Saskia
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作者：
Gieling, Maike;Vollebergh, Wilma;van Dorsselaer, Saskia
本研究旨在探讨学校班级的种族构成与少数族裔和多数族裔学生的内化和外化问题行为发生率之间的关系。数据来自荷兰 2002 年学龄儿童健康行为 (HBSC) 调查，这是一项具有全国代表性的横断面研究，共有 5,730 名 11-18 岁正在上中学的青少年，其中 931 名属于少数族裔群体。使用多水平回归模型对数据进行分析。研究发现，考虑到年龄、性别、教育水平和家庭富裕程度等个人特征后，少数族裔学生平均表现出较高水平的外化问题，但内化问题的程度较低。学校班级层面的种族密度改变了这种差异，因为班级中少数民族学生的比例与外化问题行为之间存在负相关关系，但仅限于少数民族学生。没有发现种族成分对内化问题行为的影响。数据显示，少数族裔学生的外化问题行为水平较高，但仅限于少数族裔学生的班级，而不是文化多元化的班级。这表明文化更加多元化的环境可能对少数族裔学生产生有益影响。大多数学生似乎对种族密度效应不敏感。未来的研究应该更深入地探讨学校班级种族构成的作用。
The 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.Data 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.The 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.The 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.