Zeitschrift fur Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie
Volume 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 93-103

Psychosocial stress and its impact upon conspicuous behavior in German and migrant adolescents/adolescents from migrant and German families [Psychosoziale belastung und ihre bedeutung fur verhaltensauffalligkeiten bei jugendlichen aus migrierten und Deutschen familien] (Article)

Freitag Ch.M. , Lenz K. , Lehmkuhl U.*
  • a Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychosomatik Psychotherapie K., Char. Camp. Virchow-Klin. H., Germany
  • b Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychosomatik Psychotherapie K., Char. Camp. Virchow-Klin. H., Germany
  • c Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychosomatik Psychotherapie K., Char. Camp. Virchow-Klin. H., Germany, Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychosomatik Psychotherapie K., Humboldts-Univ. Camp. Virchow-K., Augustenburger Platz 1, D-13353 Berlin, Germany

Abstract

Objectives: Comparison of the familial, socio-economic and cultural factors among adolescents from German and migrant families; analysis of the risk factors for conspicuous behavior among the adolescents. Methods: 224 graduates of secondary schools in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin replied to three questionnaires on living situations, psychosocial stress and conspicuous behavior. Results: The living situation of the adolescents from migrant, above all Turkish families as compared to their German counterparts, is characterized by psychosocial disadvantage, but also by a greater stability within the family. Cultural differences are also noted. Risk factors in conjunction with conspicuous behavior included in addition to familial and socioeconomic factors, above all chronic illness, and persecution and discrimination, whereby chronic illnesses were most significantly frequent among the German, while persecution and discrimination were most significantly frequent among the Turkish adolescents. Cultural differences posed no risks for conspicuous behavior.

Author Keywords

Migrant families Studies of risk factors Conspicuous behavior Cultural differences

Index Keywords

Germany human Stress, Psychological Adaptation, Psychological child behavior Family Characteristics Humans Cross-Cultural Comparison Adolescent male female Socioeconomic Factors stress risk factor socioeconomics adolescence cultural factor Article Adolescent Behavior Questionnaires adult major clinical study migration Sex Factors Turkey Cultural Characteristics Transients and Migrants
Link
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DOI: 10.1024//1422-4917.28.2.93
ISSN: 14224917
Cited by: 2
Original Language: German