PloS one, 2019-08, Vol.14 (8), p.e0220744
2019
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- Titel
- Does ethnic-racial identity modify the effects of racism on the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal Australian children?
- Ist Teil von
- PloS one, 2019-08, Vol.14 (8), p.e0220744
- Ort / Verlag
- United States: Public Library of Science
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2019
- Quelle
- MEDLINE
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- This study investigates the protective role of ethnic-racial identity (ERI) affirmation on the longitudinal association between racism and Aboriginal Australian children's social and emotional well-being (SEWB). 408 children from the K-Cohort of the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children were included in the analysis. Data were collected through questionnaire-guided interviews at 7-10 and 9-12 years of age. Children's racism experience, SEWB (Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire), and confounding were reported by caregivers. ERI was reported by children and dichotomized into high versus low. Generalized linear models with log-Poisson links and robust errors were used to estimate adjusted Risk Ratios (RRa) for the effect of racism on SEWB domains. Effect-measure modification analysis was used to verify differences on effect sizes per strata of ERI affirmation. The presence of modification was indicated by the Relative Excess Risk due to Interaction (RERI). Slightly above half (51.4%) of the children presented high ERI affirmation. Children exposed to racism and with low ERI affirmation were at increased risk of hyperactive behavior (RRa 2.53, 95% CI 1.17, 5.48), conduct problems (RRa 2.35, 95% CI 1.07, 5.15), and total difficulties (RRa 1.73, 95% CI 0.84, 3.55). Positive RERIs indicated the joint effects of racism and low ERI affirmation surpassed the sum of their separate effects in these domains. Children with high ERI affirmation were at increased risk of peer problems (RRa 1.66, 95% CI 0.78, 3.52). These findings suggest that ERI may mitigate the risk of poor SEWB due to racism. Fostering affirmative ERI can be an important strategy in promoting resilience in Aboriginal Australian children.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 1932-6203eISSN: 1932-6203DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220744Titel-ID: cdi_plos_journals_2269666408
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- Aboriginal Australians, Attitudes, Australia, Behavior problems, Biology and Life Sciences, Caregivers, Child, Childhood emotional problems, Children, Children & youth, Childrens health, Correlation analysis, Cultural identity, Discrimination, Domains, Effects, Emotions, Ethnic Groups - psychology, Ethnic identity, Ethnicity, Female, Humans, Indigenous peoples, Linear analysis, Longitudinal studies, Male, Medicine and Health Sciences, Mental Disorders - etiology, Mental Health, Minority & ethnic groups, Minority children, Native peoples, Oceanic Ancestry Group, Oral hygiene, Pediatric research, People and Places, Political representation, Psychological aspects, Public health, Questionnaires, Race, Racial discrimination, Racial identity, Racism, Racism - psychology, Researchers, Resilience, Risk, Risk factors, Risk taking, Self esteem, Social aspects, Social Identification, Social identity, Social Sciences, Statistical models, Surveys and Questionnaires, Well being