University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7HB, UK.
J Youth Adolesc. 2021 Nov;50(11):2151-2165. doi: 10.1007/s10964-021-01481-5. Epub 2021 Aug 26.
A large body of literature has demonstrated that there are developmental differences in mental health problems. However, less is known about the development of mental health problems in ethnic minority children, particularly at the population level. Using a detailed ethnic classification and nationally representative data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study (n = 18, 521, 49% female, 18% ethnic minority), this study examines ethnic differences in children's mental health problems and trajectories of mental health from ages 3 to 14 years. Growth curve modeling revealed that ethnic minority children followed different developmental trajectories of internalizing and externalizing problems than white children, either in terms of the mean-level and/or rate of change across age. These differences were not explained by child sex, socioeconomic status, maternal depressive symptoms, and maternal immigrant status, highlighting the need for further research exploring the factors that underpin ethnic inequalities in child mental health.
大量文献表明，心理健康问题在发展过程中存在差异。然而，对于少数民族儿童心理健康问题的发展，特别是在人口层面上的了解较少。本研究使用详细的民族分类和来自英国千禧年队列研究的全国代表性数据（n=18521 名，女性占 49%，少数民族占 18%），研究了儿童心理健康问题的民族差异以及 3 至 14 岁儿童心理健康的轨迹。增长曲线模型显示，少数民族儿童的内化和外化问题的发展轨迹与白人儿童不同，无论是在平均水平还是年龄变化率方面。这些差异不能用儿童性别、社会经济地位、母亲抑郁症状和母亲移民身份来解释，这突显了需要进一步研究探索导致儿童心理健康方面的民族不平等的因素。
