Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health. 2009 Oct 21;3(1):34. doi: 10.1186/1753-2000-3-34.
There are conflicting results on whether immigrant children are at a heightened risk of mental health problems compared with native youth in the resettlement country. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY: To compare the mental health of 94 Norwegian-born children from a community cohort of Vietnamese refugees, aged 4 - 18 years, with that of a Norwegian community sample.
The SDQ was completed by two types of informants; the children's self-reports, and the parents' reports, for comparison with Norwegian data from the Health Profiles for Children and Youth in the Akershus study.
The self-perceived mental health of second-generation Vietnamese in Norway was better than that of their Norwegian compatriots, as assessed by the SDQ. In the Norwegian-Vietnamese group, both children and parents reported a higher level of functioning.
This surprising finding may result from the lower prevalence of mental distress in Norwegian-Vietnamese children compared with their Norwegian peers, or from biased reports and cultural differences in reporting emotional and behavioural problems. These findings may represent the positive results of the children's bi-cultural competencies.
关于移民儿童与重新安置国家的本地青年相比是否面临更高的心理健康问题风险，存在相互矛盾的结果。
比较 94 名 4-18 岁的越南难民社区队列中的挪威出生儿童与挪威社区样本的心理健康。
使用两种类型的信息提供者完成 SDQ；儿童的自我报告和父母的报告，与阿克什胡斯儿童和青年健康状况研究中的挪威数据进行比较。
自我感知的挪威第二代越南人的心理健康状况优于 SDQ 评估的挪威同胞。在挪威-越南群体中，儿童和父母都报告了更高的功能水平。
这一令人惊讶的发现可能是由于挪威-越南儿童的精神困扰患病率低于挪威同龄人，或者是由于报告情感和行为问题时存在偏差报告和文化差异。这些发现可能代表了儿童双文化能力的积极结果。
