Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10216/95102
Author(s): Felix Neto
Title: Mental health among adolescents from returned portuguese immigrant families
Issue Date: 2010
Abstract: This study investigated mental health problems and their predictors among adolescents from returned immigrant families. The sample consisted of 360 returned adolescents (mean age = 16.8 years; SD = 1.9). The mean duration of a sojourn in Portugal for the sample was 8.2 years (SD = 4.5). A control group of 217 Portuguese youths were also included in the study. Adolescents from immigrant families reported mental health levels similar to those of Portuguese adolescents who have never migrated. Girls showed more mental health problems than boys. Younger adolescents showed fewer mental health problems than older adolescents. Adaptation variables contributed to mental health outcomes even after acculturation variables were accounted for. Implications of the study for counselors are discussed.
Subject: Psicologia
Psychology
Scientific areas: Ciências sociais::Psicologia
Social sciences::Psychology
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185/a000015
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10216/95102
Related Information: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia/Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade/PTDC/PSI/69887/2006/Juventude imigrante: Aculturação e o paradoxo de adaptação em Portugal/Juventude imigrante
Document Type: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
Rights: restrictedAccess
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