Department of Developmental Psychology and Didactics, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain.
Department of Psychology, Universidad Católica de San Antonio, Murcia, Spain.
Ethn Health. 2020 Apr;25(3):453-464. doi: 10.1080/13557858.2018.1427702. Epub 2018 Feb 28.
There is controversy over the real existence of differences in mental health and academic performance between the Mapuche ethnic minority male adolescents and the male adolescents not belonging to this ethnicity in Chile. In consequence, the aim of this study was to investigate the differences in emotional and behavioural symptoms, risky behaviours and academic success on the Chilean Mapuche and non-Mapuche adolescents. The sample consisted of 233 adolescents of which 119 were Mapuche adolescents and 114 were non-Mapuche adolescents. The results showed that the Mapuche adolescents do not have more anxiety problems and depression than the non-Mapuche adolescents. Furthermore, the Mapuche adolescents present less drug consumption and behavioural problems. Moreover, there were no differences in academic performance. This study provides social interest data of the adolescents' mental health, which can be useful for the country's socio-sanitary and political decisions. Future studies should investigate these and other variables related to the mental health of minorities in greater depth.
智利的马普切族少数民族男性青少年和非马普切族男性青少年在心理健康和学业成绩方面是否存在差异存在争议。因此，本研究旨在调查智利马普切族和非马普切族青少年在情绪和行为症状、危险行为和学业成就方面的差异。样本由 233 名青少年组成，其中 119 名是马普切族青少年，114 名是非马普切族青少年。结果表明，马普切族青少年的焦虑问题和抑郁问题并不比非马普切族青少年多。此外，马普切族青少年的毒品消费和行为问题较少。而且，学业成绩没有差异。本研究提供了青少年心理健康的社会利益数据，这对该国的社会卫生和政治决策可能有用。未来的研究应该更深入地调查这些以及与少数民族心理健康相关的其他变量。
