Ethnic differences in mental health among incarcerated youths: Do Moroccan immigrant boys show less psychopathology than native Dutch boys?

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 431-440

  Veen, Violaine ^a   Stevens, Gonneke ^a   Doreleijers, Theo ^b,c   Van Der Ende, Jan ^d   Vollebergh, Wilma ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethnic differences; Incarcerated youth; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRIME; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; PARENTS; PRISONERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77953651243     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-009-0073-0     Document Type: Article

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