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dc.contributor.authorKoskinen, Maarit
dc.contributor.authorElovainio, Marko
dc.contributor.authorRaaska, Hanna
dc.contributor.authorSinkkonen, Jari
dc.contributor.authorMatomäki, Jaakko
dc.contributor.authorLapinleimu, Helena
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-25T06:24:16Z
dc.date.available2017-04-25T06:24:16Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationKoskinen, M., Elovainio, M., Raaska, H., Sinkkonen, J., Matomäki, J., & Lapinleimu, H. (2015). Perceived racial/ethnic discrimination and psychological outcomes among adult international adoptees in Finland : Moderating effects of social support and sense of coherence. <i>American Journal of Orthopsychiatry</i>, <i>85</i>(6), 550-564. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1037/ort0000099" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1037/ort0000099</a>
dc.identifier.otherCONVID_25354534
dc.identifier.otherTUTKAID_68114
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/53668
dc.description.abstractQuantitative literature on international adoptees and racial/ethnic discrimination is lacking despite results in qualitative studies from Europe and the United States that have consistently indicated how racism constantly complicates adoptees’ everyday lives. To advance the literature, the present study examined the prevalence of perceived racial/ethnic discrimination among 213 adult international adoptees in Finland (59.6% women and 40.4% men, mean age 24.1 years), and the association between perceived racial/ethnic discrimination and psychological well-being indicators, including psychological distress and sleeping problems. In addition, we examined social support and sense of coherence as moderators of the association between perceived racial/ethnic discrimination and psychological well-being. Our results showed that, on average, adult international adoptees perceived racial/ethnic discrimination occasionally. Hierarchical linear regression analyses indicated a significant association between perceived racial/ethnic discrimination and psychological distress and sleeping problems. Additionally, a significant 2-way interaction of perceived racial/ethnic discrimination and social support indicated that the availability of social support may moderate the association between perceived racial/ethnic discrimination and psychological distress such that adoptees with high levels of social support may be protected from the harmful effects of discrimination. These results highlight the potential significance of social support in reducing the harmful effects of racial/ethnic discrimination on international adoptees.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherJohnWiley & Sons, Inc.; American Orthopsychiatric Association, Inc.
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry
dc.subject.otherinternational adoption
dc.subject.otherracial/ethnic discrimination
dc.subject.otherpsychological distress
dc.subject.othersleeping problems
dc.subject.othersense of coherence
dc.titlePerceived racial/ethnic discrimination and psychological outcomes among adult international adoptees in Finland : Moderating effects of social support and sense of coherence
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-201704212034
dc.contributor.laitosKasvatustieteiden laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosDepartment of Educationen
dc.contributor.oppiaineAikuiskasvatustiedefi
dc.contributor.oppiaineKasvatustiedefi
dc.contributor.oppiaineAdult Educationen
dc.contributor.oppiaineEducationen
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle
dc.date.updated2017-04-21T06:15:03Z
dc.type.coarhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1
dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
dc.format.pagerange550-564
dc.relation.issn0002-9432
dc.relation.numberinseries6
dc.relation.volume85
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dc.rights.copyright© APA, 2016. This is a final draft version of an article whose final and definitive form has been published by APA. Published in this repository with the kind permission of the publisher.
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dc.relation.doi10.1037/ort0000099
dc.type.okmA1


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