Mental Health of Immigrant Children: A New Challenge for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Services in Ireland

Skokauskas, Norbert; Clarke, Dermot

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“…people residing in area that is outside their country of birth), 31 million were children (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, 2015). The ethnic diversification in Ireland in recent decades has greatly increased with a total of 79,300 immigrants being recorded for the year leading up to April 2016 which is a 15% annual rise from the previous year (Skokauskas & Clarke, 2009;Central Statistics Office, 2016). When the Growing up in Ireland (GUI) study began in 2006, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) recorded that Ireland was the fastest growing population within the European Union (EU) (Central Statistics Office, 2007).…”

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Psychopathology and early life stress in migrant youths: an analysis of the ‘Growing up in Ireland’ study

Cotter

Healy

Cathain

et al. 2019

Ir. j. psychol. Med.

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ObjectivesMigrant youths endure many challenges. Such challenges can be stressful and lead to psychological difficulties. We investigated the relationship between migration, psychopathology and stressful events in children and adolescents. We hypothesised that migrant youths would show higher levels of psychopathology and more stressful life events than non-migrant youths.MethodUsing the Child cohort (Cohort ‘98) of the ‘Growing up in Ireland’ study we investigated psychopathology, as measured by the Strengths and Difficulties questionnaire (SDQ) at age 9 and 13 and stressful life events in migrant and non-migrant youths.ResultsThere was no significant difference between the proportion of migrant and non-migrant youths reporting psychopathology in childhood (p>0.05) or adolescence (p>0.05). Analysis of the SDQ subscales revealed that a significantly greater proportion of migrant youths had hyperactivity problems in childhood (p = 0.04) but a greater proportion of non-migrant youths had emotional problems in early adolescence (p = 0.04). We found that migrant youths experienced significantly more stressful life events than their non-migrant counterparts (p<0.01), however, once ‘Moving house/country‘ was removed as a stressor, there was no difference between the groups (p>0.27).ConclusionsContrary to our hypothesis, we observed that there were few differences between migrant and non-migrant youths in the levels of psychopathology. Migrant youths experienced a greater number of stressful life events, however, this was attributable to stressors relating to moving. An increased understanding of the factors promoting resilience, as demonstrated by the migrant youths, could aid health professionals and policy makers to effectively tailor interventions for mental health promotion.

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Psychopathology and early life stress in migrant youths: an analysis of the ‘Growing up in Ireland’ study

Cotter

Healy

Cathain

et al. 2019

Ir. j. psychol. Med.

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“…Ces phénomènes ont une certaine influence négative sur l'adaptation des enfants. Les difficultés de comportement et d'adaptation sont relevées par divers auteurs (Beiser et collab., 2010 ;Skokauskas et Clarke, 2009).…”

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“…Des difficultés d'adaptation et d'apprentissage ainsi qu'un arrêt du développement affectif ou social ou une régression en font partie. Les recherches montrent que les enfants traumatisés présentent souvent des difficultés de comportement, telles que l'agitation, la méfiance envers les autres, l'agressivité ou le repli sur soi (Beiser, 2016 ;Papazian-Zohrabian, 2015Skokauskas et Clarke, 2009).…”

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Prendre en compte l’expérience pré-, péri- et post-migratoire des élèves réfugiés afin de favoriser leur accueil et leur expérience socioscolaire

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Mental Health of Children Born to Immigrant Parents in Ireland: A Pilot Study

Masaud¹,

Dunne²,

Skokauskas

2014

Community Ment Health J

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The ethnic profile in Ireland has changed in recent years with an increase in the number of immigrant families. No previous studies have examined mental health issues in immigrant children in Ireland. This study aimed to examine the rates of psychological disturbance in a sample of second-generation immigrant children and to compare them with a group of Irish children living in the same geographic area. Primary school-aged children were recruited from a randomly selected school in Dublin, the capital city, and examined using Child Behavior Checklist 1.5-5 (CBCL). In addition to CBCL, parents also filled in a family background questionnaire. The CBCL revealed that immigrant girls had a significant higher mean score of internalising score (14.56; SD = 3.03) than Irish boys (8.38, SD = 6.5). Immigrant girls also had a higher mean score (4.8; SD = 2.4) on withdrawn scale in comparison to Irish girls (2; SD = 1.7) and Irish boys (2; SD = 1.83). Borderline clinically significant means were detected for the Pervasive developmental problem on the CBCL-DSM orientated subscale in immigrant children. Despite the detected borderline clinically significant means for the Pervasive developmental problem in immigrant children and the higher scores of immigrant girls on internalising and withdrawn scales, larger studies are still needed to replicate the results.

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Mental Health of Immigrant Children: A New Challenge for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Services in Ireland

Cited by 6 publications

References 16 publications

Psychopathology and early life stress in migrant youths: an analysis of the ‘Growing up in Ireland’ study

Psychopathology and early life stress in migrant youths: an analysis of the ‘Growing up in Ireland’ study

Prendre en compte l’expérience pré-, péri- et post-migratoire des élèves réfugiés afin de favoriser leur accueil et leur expérience socioscolaire

Mental Health of Children Born to Immigrant Parents in Ireland: A Pilot Study

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