title: Turkish and Moroccan Young Adults in the Netherlands: The Relationship Between Acculturation and Psychological Problems.
abstract: This study investigated the relationship between acculturation and psychological problems in Turkish and Moroccan young adults living in the Netherlands. A sample of 131 healthy young adults aged between 18 and 24 years old, with a Turkish or Moroccan background was recruited using snowball sampling. Data on acculturation, internalizing and externalizing problems, beliefs about psychological problems, attributions of psychological problems and barriers to care were collected and analyzed using Latent Class Analysis and multinomial logistic regression. Three acculturation classes were identified in moderately to highly educated, healthy Turkish or Moroccan young adults: integration, separation and diffusion. None of the participants in the sample were marginalized or assimilated. Young adults reporting diffuse acculturation reported more internalizing and externalizing problems than those who were integrated or separated. Separated young adults reported experiencing more practical barriers to care than integrated young adults. Further research with a larger sample, including young adult migrants using mental health services, is required to improve our understanding of acculturation, psychological problems and barriers to care in this population. Including experiences of discrimination in the model might improve our understanding of the relationship between different forms of acculturation and psychological problems.
authors.affiliation: GGzE, Idiomes, PO Box 909, 5600 AX, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. e.ozbek@ggze.nl.
authors.forename: Emel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Özbek
authors.affiliation: GGzE Centre for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, PO Box 909, 5600 AX, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.|Tranzo - Scientific Centre for Care and Welfare, Tilburg University, PO Box 90153, 5000 LE, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Ilja L
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Bongers
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jill
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lobbestael
authors.affiliation: GGzE Centre for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, PO Box 909, 5600 AX, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. ch.van.nieuwenhuizen@ggze.nl.|Tranzo - Scientific Centre for Care and Welfare, Tilburg University, PO Box 90153, 5000 LE, Tilburg, The Netherlands. ch.van.nieuwenhuizen@ggze.nl.
authors.forename: Chijs
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: van Nieuwenhuizen
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D009018:Morocco / Q000208:ethnology; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000208:ethnology; D063505:Racism / Q000523:psychology; D012934:Social Isolation / Q000523:psychology; D012938:Social Perception; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014421:Turkey / Q000208:ethnology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Acculturation; Externalizing problems; Internalizing problems; Psychological problems; Young adult migrants
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