Psychosocial adaptation of immigrant Greek children from the former Soviet Union.
BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to assess psychiatric disorders in, and the psychosocial adaptation and academic performance of, children of immigrant families of Greek origin from countries of the former Soviet Union. METHOD: At a preliminary stage, all immigrant children (276) aged 8-1...
| Publicado en: | European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Vol. 12; no. 2; pp. 67 - 75 |
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Springer Nature
2003
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=106724142&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 106724142 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10188827 EJ3 jtl: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry issn: 10188827 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2003 vid: 12 iid: 2 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 106724142 106724142 2004056981 10.1007/s00787-003-0310-x NLM12664270 106724142 ppf: 67 ppct: 8 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Psychosocial adaptation of immigrant Greek children from the former Soviet Union. aug: au: Kolaitis G Tsiantis J Madianos M Kotsopoulos S affil: Department of Child Psychiatry, Athens University Medical School, 'Aghia Sophia' Children's Hospital, Thivon & Levadias Str, 11527 Athenes, Greece; itsianti@cc.uoa.gr sug: subj: Academic Performance In Infancy and Childhood Immigrants Greece Mental Disorders Diagnosis Social Adjustment In Infancy and Childhood Child Behavior Checklist Behavior Rating Scales Chi Square Test Child Confidence Intervals Cross Sectional Studies Descriptive Statistics Female Fisher's Exact Test Greece Male Mental Disorders Epidemiology Multiple Logistic Regression One-Way Analysis of Variance P-Value Personality Assessment In Infancy and Childhood Questionnaires Random Sample Reference Values Semi-Structured Interview T-Tests Two-Way Analysis of Variance USSR Human Child: 6-12 years Female Male ab: BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to assess psychiatric disorders in, and the psychosocial adaptation and academic performance of, children of immigrant families of Greek origin from countries of the former Soviet Union. METHOD: At a preliminary stage, all immigrant children (276) aged 8-12 years attending 22 schools in a working-class suburb of Athens were assessed by their teachers in terms of behaviour and academic performance. They and their families had migrated to Greece within the previous three years. A matching control group of native children (251) attending the same schools and classes was also assessed. For an in-depth assessment of psychopathology and social adaptation, 65 immigrant and 41 native children were randomly selected from the two larger groups and were further assessed. RESULTS: No statistically significant differences were observed between the immigrant and native children in terms of psychopathology and social adaptation, although a few differences were observed in subscales. However, there were significant differences between the groups in academic performance, that of the immigrant group being poorer, particularly in language-related areas (p < 0.01). In the light of these results, language enrichment classes are suggested for immigrant children who need them. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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