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Effects of Ethnic Classification on Substantive Findings in Adolescent Mental Health Outcomes
Journal of Youth and Adolescence ( IF 5.625 ) Pub Date : 2022-04-19 , DOI: 10.1007/s10964-022-01612-6
Esther S Yao 1 , Pat Bullen 1 , Kane Meissel 1 , Jemaima Tiatia 2 , Theresa Fleming 3 , Terryann C Clark 4
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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 on the classification method used, reported outcomes within the same nominal ethnic group varied by an effect size (d) of up to 0.12, and the reported magnitude of difference between nominal ethnic groups varied by an effect size (d) of up to 0.25. These effects are substantial given that they are solely due to a change in method. The impact that ethnic classification method has on substantive findings highlights the importance of criticality and transparency in research involving ethnicity data.



中文翻译:

种族分类对青少年心理健康结果实质性发现的影响

尽管大多数青少年都很健康,但流行病学研究表明,相当多的青少年经历了心理健康挑战,而土著和少数族裔青年的心理健康状况往往较差。然而,由于多民族认同的增加,青春期的民族分类是复杂的,关于不同的分类方法如何影响研究结论知之甚少。本研究使用了来自新西兰 Aotearoa 的具有全国代表性的青少年样本(N = 8275; 12-18 岁;55% 女性;32% 多种族)调查五种种族分类方法对三种心理健康结果的实质性发现的影响:整体心理社会困难、故意自残和自杀未遂。结果表明,根据所使用的分类方法,同一名义种族群体内报告的结果的影响大小 ( d ) 高达 0.12,名义种族群体之间报告的差异幅度因效应大小 ( d ) 而异) 高达 0.25。这些影响是巨大的,因为它们完全是由于方法的改变。种族分类方法对实质性研究结果的影响凸显了涉及种族数据的研究的关键性和透明度的重要性。

更新日期:2022-04-20
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