Sharif Mienah Z, Truong Mandy, Alam Oishee, Dunn Kevin, Nelson Jacqueline, Kavanagh Anne, Paradies Yin, Priest Naomi
Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice and Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
SSM Popul Health. 2021 Jul 28;15:100883. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100883. eCollection 2021 Sep.
Religious-based hate crimes are on the rise worldwide. However, the relationship of religious discrimination on health and well-being, especially earlier on the lifecourse, is largely understudied. This study examines the prevalence of religious discrimination and the relationship it has on social-emotional adjustment and sleep outcomes among a diverse sample of students in Australia.
Data came from Speak Out Against Racism, a population-representative cross-sectional study of 4664 public school students in grades 5-9 in Australia in 2017. An adaption of the Adolescent Discrimination Distress Index (ADDI), was used to derive four measures of religious discrimination (peer, school, societal and the sum of those as a "total" score). The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire measured the total difficulties, conduct, emotional, and prosocial behavior subscales. Measures of sleep outcomes included duration, latency, and disruption.
27 % (95 % CI 22.82, 31.12) of students reported experiences of direct total religious discrimination with higher levels being reported by students identifying as a religious minority. There was strong evidence that experiences of religious discrimination (across all four sources) was related to all measures of socioemotional adjustment and sleep outcomes.
Religious discrimination is an understudied form of social disadvantage that has implications for adolescents' development, health and well-being. Conclusion: More programs, particularly in the school-context, address religious-based discrimination may reduce inequities in health.
基于宗教的仇恨犯罪在全球范围内呈上升趋势。然而，宗教歧视对健康和幸福的影响，尤其是在生命历程早期，在很大程度上尚未得到充分研究。本研究调查了澳大利亚不同学生样本中宗教歧视的发生率及其与社会情感适应和睡眠结果的关系。
数据来自“大声反对种族主义”，这是一项对2017年澳大利亚4664名5至9年级公立学校学生进行的具有人口代表性的横断面研究。采用青少年歧视困扰指数（ADDI）的改编版，得出宗教歧视的四项指标（同伴、学校、社会层面以及这些指标总和作为“总”得分）。优势与困难问卷测量了总困难、行为、情绪和亲社会行为子量表。睡眠结果的测量包括时长、入睡潜伏期和睡眠中断情况。
27%（95%置信区间22.82，31.12）的学生报告有直接的总体宗教歧视经历，宗教少数群体学生报告的此类经历水平更高。有强有力的证据表明，宗教歧视经历（来自所有四个来源）与社会情感适应和睡眠结果的所有测量指标都有关。
宗教歧视是一种研究不足的社会劣势形式，对青少年的发展、健康和幸福有影响。结论：更多项目，特别是在学校环境中，解决基于宗教的歧视问题可能会减少健康方面的不平等。
