Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Volume 17, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1557-1566

Do First Generation Immigrant Adolescents Face Higher Rates of Bullying, Violence and Suicidal Behaviours Than Do Third Generation and Native Born? (Article) (Open Access)

Pottie K.* , Dahal G. , Georgiades K. , Premji K. , Hassan G.
  • a Bruyere Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
  • b Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
  • c Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, Offord Centre for Child Studies, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
  • d Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
  • e Department of Psychology, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada

Abstract

We conducted a systematic review to examine first generation immigrant adolescents’ likelihood of experiencing bullying, violence, and suicidal behaviours compared to their later-generation and native born counterparts, and to identify factors that may underlie these risks. Eighteen studies met full inclusion criteria. First generation immigrant adolescents experience higher rate of bullying and peer aggression compared to third generation and native counterparts. Refugee status and advanced parental age were associated with increased parent to child aggression among South East Asians. Family cohesion was associated with lower rates of violence. Suicidal ideation was lower across most immigrant adolescents’ ethnicities, with the exception of Turkish and South Asian Surinamese female adolescents in the Netherlands. Bullying and peer aggression of immigrant children and adolescents and potential mitigating factors such as family cohesion warrant research and program attention by policymakers, teachers and parents. © 2014, The Author(s).

Author Keywords

Suicidal ideation Intergenerational cultural dissonance Peer aggression Immigrant adolescent health Bullying Acculturation

Index Keywords

refugee human sex difference Refugees suicide attempt violence Suicide, Attempted ethnology Crime Victims bullying Humans migrant Aggression psychology Adolescent Emigrants and Immigrants Socioeconomic Factors risk factor Risk Factors socioeconomics Family Relations Adolescent Behavior family relation Sex Factors crime victim Suicide suicidal ideation
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84941426060&doi=10.1007%2fs10903-014-0108-6&partnerID=40&md5=01953d2c778ef636c0c824123fee7f2b
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-014-0108-6
ISSN: 15571912
Cited by: 36
Original Language: English