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Title: Mental health in Somali youth in the United States: the role of protective factors in preventing depressive symptoms, suicidality, and self-injury

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2018

ISSN: 1355-7858

DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2018.1514451

Abstract: Objectives: Community, school, family, and individual factors protect against mental illness in general samples of adolescents. How these assets apply to Somali youth resettled to the United States (U.S.), a group with significant trauma exposure, remains unclear. We aimed to quantify which protective factors are associated with lower prevalence of depressive symptoms, suicidality, and self-injury among Somali youth in the U.S. compared with their non-Hispanic white peers.Design: Participants consisted of 8th, 9th, and 11th grade respondents to the 2016 Minnesota Student Survey, an anonymous school-administered statewide survey with 85.5% school district participation, who identified as Somali ethnicity (n = 1552) or as non-Hispanic white (n = 80,583). Multivariable logistic regression assessed odds of depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation and attempts, and self-harm, using eight protective factors (i.e. internal developmental assets, school engagement, empowerment, and family and teacher connectedness, ...

Url: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13557858.2018.1514451

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Authors: Wilhelm, April K.; McRee, Annie-Laurie; Bonilla, Zobeida E.; Eisenberg, Marla E

Periodical (Full): Ethnicity & Health

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Pages: 1-24

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