Uit onderzoek bleek dat zelfwaardering psychosociale problemen voorspelde. Marokkaanse immigranten hadden een hogere kans op psychosociale problemen dan autochtonen. Een verklaring hiervoor is het...Show moreUit onderzoek bleek dat zelfwaardering psychosociale problemen voorspelde. Marokkaanse immigranten hadden een hogere kans op psychosociale problemen dan autochtonen. Een verklaring hiervoor is het social defeat model. Er was echter geen verhoogde kans op psychosociale problemen bij Marokkaanse vrouwen. In de huidige studie werd de invloed van sekse op de relatie tussen zelfwaardering en emotionele en gedragsproblemen bij Marokkaanse jongeren onderzocht. De SDQ en RSES werden ingevuld door 286 Nederlandse en Marokkaanse jongeren van 12-18 jaar. Onafhankelijke t-toetsen en een moderatie analyse lieten geen sekseverschillen zien in de mate van zelfwaardering en emotionele en gedragsproblemen, en de relatie hiertussen bij Marokkaanse jongeren. De relatie tussen zelfwaardering en emotionele en gedragsproblemen bij Marokkaanse jongeren werd dus niet beïnvloed door sekse.Show less
Research master thesis | Developmental Psychopathology in Education and Child Studies (research) (MSc)
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2018-07-01T00:00:00Z
The aim of the present study was to examine the concept of social defeat in a human sample. Relationships between an ethnic minority position, implicit and explicit self-esteem, heart rate, skin...Show moreThe aim of the present study was to examine the concept of social defeat in a human sample. Relationships between an ethnic minority position, implicit and explicit self-esteem, heart rate, skin conductance, and social support were examined. In addition, the relationship between self-reported behavioral problems on the one hand, and self-esteem and physiology on the other hand was explored. The sample consisted of 56 male adolescents 12-18 years of age, who were divided, based on self-report behavioral problems into a high and low risk group. The implicit association task and the Rosenberg self-esteem scale were used to measure self-esteem. Measures of heart rate and skin conductance were collected during an affective research paradigm. There were no relationships between an ethnic minority position and any of the behavioral measures. Individuals reporting a significant degree of behavioral problems had lower explicit self-esteem. Average heart rate was found to be related to internalizing behavior in a low-risk group regardless of SES, self-esteem or social support. Social support did diminish the effect of average heart rate on externalizing behavior in the low-risk group. In conclusion, no clear picture of the social defeat concept is revealed by this study, more research is required.Show less
In the Dutch society, Moroccan immigrant youth is overrepresented in the juvenile justice system. In this study, two different explanations for this overrepresentation were investigated. The first...Show moreIn the Dutch society, Moroccan immigrant youth is overrepresented in the juvenile justice system. In this study, two different explanations for this overrepresentation were investigated. The first theory tested whether a low socio-economic status can contribute to delinquency among Moroccan, Dutch and adolescents from other ethnic minorities. The second theory is based on the model of social defeat. This model hypothesizes that low self-esteem and feelings of being an outsider can lead to delinquent behaviour. This study examined the contribution of low self-esteem to delinquency among Moroccan, Dutch and adolescents from other ethnic minorities. Delinquency was measured by an important precursor of this behaviour: psychopathic traits. The data are based on 476 adolescents in the age of 12 to 17. The participants filled in multiple digital questionnaires at school to measure ethnicity, psychopathic traits and self-esteem. Results from moderation analysis indicated that there was no moderation effect for socio-economic status and ethnicity on psychopathic traits. However, a second moderation analysis showed that low self-esteem explained 9% of the variance in psychopathic traits among Moroccan youth whereas it explained 0% of the variance in psychopathic traits among Dutch and other ethnic minority youth. Concluding, low self-esteem, and therefore social defeat, is expected to influence delinquent behaviour among Moroccan youth. This result can be viewed as consistent with the fact that delinquent Moroccan youth feel more connected to the Dutch society than Moroccan youth in the regular population. The Moroccan youth who feel more ‘Dutch’ possibly experience more frustrations concerning their position in the society. The gap between wanted goals and achieved goals in the host society can lead to feelings of social defeat and delinquent behaviour. More research on the social defeat model is required to confirm these hypothesis.Show less
