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Social Class and Psychological Disorder in Natives and Immigrants To Britain

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  • Raymond Cochrane

    (Department of Psychology University of Birmingham)

  • Mary Stopes-Roe

    (Department of Psychology University of Birmingham)

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An examination is made of various hypotheses which have been developed to account for the frequently observed inverse relationship between social class and psychological disturbance. Two of these explanations — the social selection and social causation hypotheses — are tested in a study designed to enable an assessment of their relative power to be made. Quasi-random samples of 200 Indian-born, 200 Pakistani-born and 240 native-born residents of England were interviewed and measures of social class, psychological symptoms and other relevant variables made. The results failed to support either of the two hypotheses as the expected social class gradient in psychological disorder only emerged in the native group. Indian immigrants in fact showed a reversal with higher status individuals, especially women, having higher symptom levels. Overall Indian immigrants had significantly fewer symptoms than either of the other groups. The findings are discussed in terms of differential selection for migration and the varying experiences of immigrants after arrival in Britain.

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  • Raymond Cochrane & Mary Stopes-Roe, 1981. "Social Class and Psychological Disorder in Natives and Immigrants To Britain," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 27(3), pages 173-182, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:27:y:1981:i:3:p:173-182
    DOI: 10.1177/002076408102700303
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    1. E.D. Cairns, 1989. "Social Class, Psychological Wellbeing and Minority Status in Northern Ireland," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 35(3), pages 231-236, September.
    2. Adrian Furnham & Shaheen Shiekh, 1993. "Gender, Generational and Social Support Correlates of Mental Health in Asian Immigrants," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 39(1), pages 22-33, March.
    3. Dinesh Bhugra, 1997. "Setting Up Psychiatric Services: Cross-Cultural Issues in Planning and Delivery," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 43(1), pages 16-28, March.

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