BMC Psychology
The associations between mental health symptoms and cognitive and social functioning among school-aged children from diverse migration backgrounds
Abstract Background Mental health symptoms may be linked to cognitive and social functioning in school-aged children, but less is known about whether these associations differ across migration-background groups. Methods We examined cognitive, social, and mental health measures among 227 pupils in grades 4–6 in Finland (mean age 10.9 years (SD = 1.0), 51% girls) using cross-sectional design. Native-born children represented 47% of the total sample, first-generation immigrant children without refugee background 40%, …