title: Predictors of emotional problems and physical aggression among children of Hong Kong Chinese, Mainland Chinese and Filipino immigrants to Canada.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Data from the New Canadian Children and Youth Study (NCCYS), a national study of immigrant children and youth in Canada, are used to examine the mental health salience of putatively universal determinants, as well as of immigration-specific factors. Universal factors (UF) include age, gender, family and neighbourhood characteristics. Migration-specific (MS) factors include ethnic background, acculturative stress, prejudice, and the impact of region of resettlement within Canada.
  
  
  METHODS
  In a sample of children from Hong Kong, the Philippines and Mainland China, the study examined the determinants of emotional problems (EP), and physical aggression (PA). A two-step regression analysis entered UF on step 1, and MS variables on step 2.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Universal factors accounted for 12.1% of EP variance. Addition of MS variables increased explained variance to 15.6%. Significant UF predictors: parental depression, family dysfunction, and parent's education. Significant MS variables: country of origin, region of resettlement, resettlement stress, prejudice, and limited linguistic fluency. UF accounted for 6.3% of variance in PA scores. Adding migration-specific variables increased variance explained to 9.1%. UF: age, gender, parent's depression, family dysfunction. MS: country of origin, region of resettlement, resettlement stress, and parent's perception of prejudice.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Net of the effect of factors affecting the mental health of most, if not all children, migration-specific variables contribute to understanding immigrant children's mental health.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada. mail@mortonbeiser.com
authors.forename: Morton
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beiser
authors.forename: Hayley
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hamilton
authors.forename: Joanna Anneke
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rummens
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oxman-Martinez
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ogilvie
authors.forename: Chuck
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Humphrey
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Armstrong
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D017677:Age Distribution; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006723:Hong Kong / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D010679:Philippines / Q000208:ethnology; D011287:Prejudice; D011336:Probability; D002666:Psychology, Child; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012938:Social Perception; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires