Perceived Racial/Ethnic Discrimination Among Fifth-Grade Students and Its Association With Mental Health Export

@article{citeulike:4645529, abstract = {Objectives. We sought to describe the prevalence, characteristics, and mental health problems of children who experience perceived racial/ethnic discrimination. Methods. We analyzed cross-sectional data from a study of 5147 fifth-grade students and their parents from public schools in 3 US metropolitan areas. We used multivariate logistic regression (overall and stratified by race/ethnicity) to examine the associations of sociodemographic factors and mental health problems with perceived racial/ethnic discrimination. Results. Fifteen percent of children reported perceived racial/ethnic discrimination, with 80\% reporting that discrimination occurred at school. A greater percentage of Black (20\%), Hispanic (15\%), and other (16\%) children reported perceived racial/ethnic discrimination compared with White (7\%) children. Children who reported perceived racial/ethnic discrimination were more likely to have symptoms of each of the 4 mental health conditions included in the analysis: depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, and conduct disorder. An association between perceived racial/ethnic discrimination and depressive symptoms was found for Black, Hispanic, and other children but not for White children. Conclusions. Perceived racial/ethnic discrimination is not an uncommon experience among fifth-grade students and may be associated with a variety of mental health disorders. 10.2105/AJPH.2008.144329}, author = {Coker, Tumaini R. and Elliott, Marc N. and Kanouse, David E. and Grunbaum, Jo A. and Schwebel, David C. and Gilliland, Janice M. and Tortolero, Susan R. and Peskin, Melissa F. and Schuster, Mark A.}, citeulike-article-id = {4645529}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2008.144329}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/abstract/99/5/878}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19299673}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19299673}, day = {1}, doi = {10.2105/AJPH.2008.144329}, journal = {Am J Public Health}, keywords = {adolescents, children, developmental-plasticity, discrimination, health, inequalities, mentalhealth, racism}, month = {May}, number = {5}, pages = {878--884}, posted-at = {2009-05-27 15:10:18}, priority = {0}, title = {Perceived Racial/Ethnic Discrimination Among Fifth-Grade Students and Its Association With Mental Health}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2008.144329}, volume = {99}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4645529 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4645529 N2 - Objectives. We sought to describe the prevalence, characteristics, and mental health problems of children who experience perceived racial/ethnic discrimination. Methods. We analyzed cross-sectional data from a study of 5147 fifth-grade students and their parents from public schools in 3 US metropolitan areas. We used multivariate logistic regression (overall and stratified by race/ethnicity) to examine the associations of sociodemographic factors and mental health problems with perceived racial/ethnic discrimination. Results. Fifteen percent of children reported perceived racial/ethnic discrimination, with 80% reporting that discrimination occurred at school. A greater percentage of Black (20%), Hispanic (15%), and other (16%) children reported perceived racial/ethnic discrimination compared with White (7%) children. Children who reported perceived racial/ethnic discrimination were more likely to have symptoms of each of the 4 mental health conditions included in the analysis: depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, and conduct disorder. An association between perceived racial/ethnic discrimination and depressive symptoms was found for Black, Hispanic, and other children but not for White children. Conclusions. Perceived racial/ethnic discrimination is not an uncommon experience among fifth-grade students and may be associated with a variety of mental health disorders. 10.2105/AJPH.2008.144329 IS - 5 JF - Am J Public Health EP - 884 TI - Perceived Racial/Ethnic Discrimination Among Fifth-Grade Students and Its Association With Mental Health VL - 99 SP - 878 KW - adolescents KW - children KW - developmental-plasticity KW - discrimination KW - health KW - inequalities KW - mentalhealth KW - racism AU - Coker, Tumaini AU - Elliott, Marc AU - Kanouse, David AU - Grunbaum, Jo AU - Schwebel, David AU - Gilliland, Janice AU - Tortolero, Susan AU - Peskin, Melissa AU - Schuster, Mark PY - 2009/05/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2008.144329 ER -