Does a lower self-concept contribute to mental health disparities of diverse immigrant youth from middle childhood to late adolescence?

Table 2 Descriptive analysis of the Beck Youth Inventories (second edition) for symptoms of depression and anxiety by migration status and age

Study group per measure	M	Min	Max	SD	Med	Clin
Depression
Immigrants
Children	10.13	0	60	10.56	7	11.51
Adolescents	9.60	0	52	8.90	8	8.95
Non-Immigrants
Children	8.30	0	56	8.51	6	8.80
Adolescents	8.75	0	47	8.97	6	7.57
Anxiety
Immigrants
Children	15.99	0	60	10.51	15	6.27
Adolescents	14.90	0	41	8.51	14	8.70
Non-Immigrants
Children	12.81	0	60	9.00	12	8.99
Adolescents	13.42	0	56	8.97	11	6.15
Self-Concept
Immigrants
Children	38.86	4	60	9.45	40	5.88
Adolescents	38.38	10	59	7.68	39	7.93
Non-Immigrants
Children	39.47	12	60	9.09	40	8.80
Adolescents	37.89	9	60	7.63	38	6.43

M, mean scores. SD, standard deviation. Med, Median. Four-point Likert scale from 0 (“never”) to 4 (“always”). Clin, Participants above clinical cut-off (T-Score of 60 and above) in percent. Children are between 6.92 and 13.92 years, adolescents are between 14.05 and 21.17 years of age. The full sample consisted of n = 357 children and n = 425 adolescents with immigrant backgrounds, and n = 445 children and n = 612 adolescents without immigrant backgrounds

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