Masaud Tawfik, Dunne Maria, Skokauskas Norbert
Swords Health Centre, Castlebrook Day Hospital, Swords, County Dublin, Ireland,
Community Ment Health J. 2015 Jan;51(1):97-102. doi: 10.1007/s10597-014-9738-3. Epub 2014 Jul 4.
The ethnic profile in Ireland has changed in recent years with an increase in the number of immigrant families. No previous studies have examined mental health issues in immigrant children in Ireland. This study aimed to examine the rates of psychological disturbance in a sample of second-generation immigrant children and to compare them with a group of Irish children living in the same geographic area. Primary school-aged children were recruited from a randomly selected school in Dublin, the capital city, and examined using Child Behavior Checklist 1.5-5 (CBCL). In addition to CBCL, parents also filled in a family background questionnaire. The CBCL revealed that immigrant girls had a significant higher mean score of internalising score (14.56; SD = 3.03) than Irish boys (8.38, SD = 6.5). Immigrant girls also had a higher mean score (4.8; SD = 2.4) on withdrawn scale in comparison to Irish girls (2; SD = 1.7) and Irish boys (2; SD = 1.83). Borderline clinically significant means were detected for the Pervasive developmental problem on the CBCL-DSM orientated subscale in immigrant children. Despite the detected borderline clinically significant means for the Pervasive developmental problem in immigrant children and the higher scores of immigrant girls on internalising and withdrawn scales, larger studies are still needed to replicate the results.
近年来，随着移民家庭数量的增加，爱尔兰的种族构成发生了变化。此前尚无研究调查过爱尔兰移民儿童的心理健康问题。本研究旨在调查第二代移民儿童样本中的心理障碍发生率，并将其与生活在同一地理区域的一组爱尔兰儿童进行比较。从首都都柏林一所随机选择的学校招募了小学适龄儿童，并使用儿童行为检查表1.5 - 5（CBCL）进行检查。除了CBCL，家长们还填写了一份家庭背景问卷。CBCL显示，移民女孩的内化得分平均显著高于爱尔兰男孩（分别为14.56；标准差 = 3.03和8.38，标准差 = 6.5）。与爱尔兰女孩（2；标准差 = 1.7）和爱尔兰男孩（2；标准差 = 1.83）相比，移民女孩在退缩量表上的平均得分也更高（4.8；标准差 = 2.4）。在以CBCL - DSM为导向的子量表上，移民儿童的广泛性发育问题检测到接近临床显著水平的均值。尽管在移民儿童的广泛性发育问题上检测到接近临床显著水平的均值，且移民女孩在内化和退缩量表上得分更高，但仍需要更大规模的研究来重复这些结果。
