Integratie en depressie: De relatie tussen sociaal-culturele integratie en depressieklachten bij Turkse en Marokkaanse Nederlanders/Integration and depression: The relationship between social-cultural integration and symptoms of depression among Turkish and Moroccan migrants in the Netherlands

In this study we described differences in the prevalence of depressive symptoms among first and second generation Turkish and Moroccan migrants and Native Dutch. Furthermore, we scrutinized to what extent differences in socio-cultural integration are related to differences in the prevalence of depressive symptoms. Hypotheses are tested using the Motherlands Longitudinal Lifecourse Study (NELLS). Results show that first and second generation Turkish migrants and first generation Moroccan migrants experience more depressive symptoms than Native Dutch. For migrants, maintaining weak and strong ties with native Dutch is related to less symptoms of depression. Ethnic and national identification protect against depressive symptoms. Living according to Islamic rules is not related to depressive symptoms. We did not observe that bicultural migrants - migrants who have strong ethnic and national identifications and migrants who maintain social relationships with ethnic ingroup members and with native Dutch - experience more depressive symptoms. Differences in socio-cultural integration hardly explain differences in depressive symptoms among first and second generation Turkish and Moroccan migrants. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]