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The mental health status of Latino children in the public child welfare system: a look at the role of generation and origin.
- Source :
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Child & Family Social Work . Nov2011, Vol. 16 Issue 4, p369-379. 11p. 1 Diagram, 4 Charts. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- ABSTRACT As the number of Latino children in public child welfare continues to grow, it is necessary to understand how their mental health is faring. The paper examines emotional and behavioural needs among Latino children who had contact with the public child welfare system. The purpose of this longitudinal study was twofold: to examine the severity of emotional and behavioural problems, and to assess the predictive role of generation status and Latino origin. Latent growth models were completed using the National Survey on Children and Adolescent Well-Being. The predictive model for the externalizing CBCL scale revealed that generation status and Latino origin were significant predictors. At baseline, Puerto Rican children exhibited higher rates of externalizing problems compared with Mexican children. Over time children who were first/second generation tended to have lower scores compared with the third-plus generation children. Implications for practise are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *ACCULTURATION
*ANALYSIS of variance
*BIRTHPLACES
*CHILD Behavior Checklist
*HISPANIC Americans
*LATENT structure analysis
*LONGITUDINAL method
*MEDICAL needs assessment
*MENTAL illness
*STATISTICAL sampling
*T-test (Statistics)
*SECONDARY analysis
*PREDICTIVE validity
*REPEATED measures design
*SEVERITY of illness index
*CHILD welfare
*ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc.
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13567500
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Child & Family Social Work
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 66674641
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2206.2010.00751.x