Childhood between two countries:resilience and mental well-being of Finnish remigrant children and adolescents
Abstract The objective of this thesis was to evaluate the effects of return migration on the mental well-being of Finnish children and adolescents in the short and long term. The thesis presents results on the prevalence of mental symptoms and how mental well-being is associated with social contacts...
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ftunivoulu:oai:oulu.fi:isbn951-42-5601-8 2023-07-30T04:05:50+02:00 Childhood between two countries:resilience and mental well-being of Finnish remigrant children and adolescents Vuorenkoski, L. (Lauri) 2000-04-03 application/pdf http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9514256018 eng eng University of Oulu info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pissn/0355-3221 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/eissn/1796-2234 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess © University of Oulu, 2000 language mental health migration social support info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2000 ftunivoulu 2023-07-08T20:01:13Z Abstract The objective of this thesis was to evaluate the effects of return migration on the mental well-being of Finnish children and adolescents in the short and long term. The thesis presents results on the prevalence of mental symptoms and how mental well-being is associated with social contacts and language use among returning migrants. The children and adolescents in this study had lived part of their lives in Sweden. Many Finnish young adults migrated to Sweden in search for work in the 1960s and 1970s, when job opportunities were better in Sweden than in Finland. In the 1980s the direction of migration flow changed, and many of the migrants moved back with their families. The sample consisted all the 320 Finnish remigrant children who remigrated from Sweden to northern Finland in the years 1984 and 1985 and who attended comprehensive school after their remigration. A control group was formed by assigning each remigrant child a non-migrant counterpart of the same sex, age and class level in Finland. Information was gathered in three phases: In the first phase in 1986, questionnaires were sent to the children and their parents and teachers. In the second phase in 1992, questionnaires were sent to the adolescents and their parents, but not to the teachers, because many had already finished school. Thirdly, information on the hospital admissions of these children was obtained in the years 1986–96 from the Finnish Hospital Discharge Register (FHDR), which is held by the state. The main outcome variables were obtained from Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI) and Children’s Behavioural Questionnaire for Parents (RA2) and Teachers (RB2). Remigrant children had more depression and behavioural disturbances than their native peers shortly after remigration. Six years later they still had more depression. During the 10-year period after remigration, 13 remigrants had had inpatient care because of a psychiatric diagnosis compared to only two controls with such a diagnosis. Age at remigration and sex had an ... Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis Northern Finland Jultika - University of Oulu repository |
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Abstract The objective of this thesis was to evaluate the effects of return migration on the mental well-being of Finnish children and adolescents in the short and long term. The thesis presents results on the prevalence of mental symptoms and how mental well-being is associated with social contacts and language use among returning migrants. The children and adolescents in this study had lived part of their lives in Sweden. Many Finnish young adults migrated to Sweden in search for work in the 1960s and 1970s, when job opportunities were better in Sweden than in Finland. In the 1980s the direction of migration flow changed, and many of the migrants moved back with their families. The sample consisted all the 320 Finnish remigrant children who remigrated from Sweden to northern Finland in the years 1984 and 1985 and who attended comprehensive school after their remigration. A control group was formed by assigning each remigrant child a non-migrant counterpart of the same sex, age and class level in Finland. Information was gathered in three phases: In the first phase in 1986, questionnaires were sent to the children and their parents and teachers. In the second phase in 1992, questionnaires were sent to the adolescents and their parents, but not to the teachers, because many had already finished school. Thirdly, information on the hospital admissions of these children was obtained in the years 1986–96 from the Finnish Hospital Discharge Register (FHDR), which is held by the state. The main outcome variables were obtained from Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI) and Children’s Behavioural Questionnaire for Parents (RA2) and Teachers (RB2). Remigrant children had more depression and behavioural disturbances than their native peers shortly after remigration. Six years later they still had more depression. During the 10-year period after remigration, 13 remigrants had had inpatient care because of a psychiatric diagnosis compared to only two controls with such a diagnosis. Age at remigration and sex had an ... |
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Childhood between two countries:resilience and mental well-being of Finnish remigrant children and adolescents |
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