Effects of Ethnic Classification on Substantive Findings in Adolescent Mental Health Outcomes.

ABSTRACT: Although most adolescents are healthy, epidemiological studies show that a significant number experience mental health challenges, and that Indigenous and ethnic minority youth tend to have poorer mental health outcomes. However, ethnic classification in adolescence is complex due to increasing multi-ethnic identification, and little is known about how different classification methods affect research conclusions. This study used a nationally representative adolescent sample from Aotearoa New Zealand (N = 8275; ages 12-18; 55% female; 32% multi-ethnic) to investigate the effects that five ethnic classification methods have on substantive findings in three mental health outcomes: overall psychosocial difficulties, deliberate self-harm, and suicide attempts. The results showed that, depending

SUBMITTER: Yao ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9232462 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature