Gedragsproblemen, psychopathische trekken en zelfvertrouwen bij jongeren met verschillende etnische achtergronden

This study examines behavior problems, psychopathic traits and self-confidence in Dutch, Turkish and Moroccan youth in the Netherlands. The social defeat model states that immigrant youth are prone to developing problems, because of the experience of not being part of the main ethnic group. This can cause stress, which makes the immigrant youth vulnerable. Self-confidence is supposed to protect against this effect. This study applies the social defeat model to behavior problems and psychopathic traits. Youth from age 12 till age 18 filled in questionnaires about themselves. It was found that Dutch youth had more attention/hyperactivity problems, Moroccan youth had more conduct problems and Turkish youth had more problems with peers. Both Moroccan and Turkish youth reported more feelings of superiority. It was also found that self-confidence is inverse related to behavior problems as well as psychopathic traits. Ethnicity did not play a role in this effect with respect to behavior...Show moreThis study examines behavior problems, psychopathic traits and self-confidence in Dutch, Turkish and Moroccan youth in the Netherlands. The social defeat model states that immigrant youth are prone to developing problems, because of the experience of not being part of the main ethnic group. This can cause stress, which makes the immigrant youth vulnerable. Self-confidence is supposed to protect against this effect. This study applies the social defeat model to behavior problems and psychopathic traits. Youth from age 12 till age 18 filled in questionnaires about themselves. It was found that Dutch youth had more attention/hyperactivity problems, Moroccan youth had more conduct problems and Turkish youth had more problems with peers. Both Moroccan and Turkish youth reported more feelings of superiority. It was also found that self-confidence is inverse related to behavior problems as well as psychopathic traits. Ethnicity did not play a role in this effect with respect to behavior problems. The social defeat model is therefore not applicable to behavior problems. With regard to psychopathic traits, ethnicity also did not seem to play a role. However, a trend became visible, indicating that for Dutch youth psychopathic traits were not related to self-confidence, whereas for Moroccan youth there was a moderate relation between self-confidence and psychopathic traits. The social defeat model may therefore be applicable to psychopathic traits in Moroccan youth.Show less

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