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Oxford University Press (OUP), Schizophrenia Bulletin: The Journal of Psychoses and Related Disorders, 6(36), p. 1149-1156

DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbp032

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Ethnic Identity and the Risk of Schizophrenia in Ethnic Minorities: A Case-Control Study

Journal article published in 2009 by Wim Veling, Hans W. Hoek ORCID, Durk Wiersma, Johan P. Mackenbach
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Abstract

Objectives: The high incidence of schizophrenia in immigrant ethnic groups in Western Europe may be explained by social stress associated with ethnic minority status. Positive identification with one's own ethnic group is a strong predictor of mental health in immigrants. We investigated whether negative ethnic identity is related to schizophrenia risk in non-Western immigrants. Methods: Matched case-control study of first-episode schizophrenia, including 100 non-Western immigrant cases, general hospital controls (n = 100), and siblings (n = 63). Conditional logistic regression analyses were used to investigate associations between schizophrenia and ethnic group identity. Results: Cases had a negative ethnic identity more often than general hospital controls (64% and 35%, respectively, P