Social Defeat, Psychotic Symptoms, and Crime in Young Caribbean Immigrants to Rotterdam

Background: The negative experience of being excluded from the majority group (social defeat) may be associated with psychosis in immigrants. The social defeat hypothesis is supported by the high frequency of perceived discrimination and acculturation problems in psychotic immigrants. In addition, social defeat may lead to crime through social problems such as unemployment, school dropout, a broken family structure, or psychotic symptoms. Methods: We assessed the association between social defeat and acculturation on the one hand and broadly defined psychotic symptoms and crime on the other in Caribbean immigrants to Rotterdam who are aged 18-24 years. The municipality of Rotterdam provided data about Caribbean immigrants to Rotterdam. Acculturation, social defeat (perceived discrimination, sense of control, and evaluation of self and others), psychotic symptoms, and crime were assessed using online questionnaires. Results: Social defeat was associated with psychotic symptoms in women (β = 0.614, p Conclusion: The social defeat hypothesis of psychosis may be gender-specific valid but does not extend to crime

Acculturation · Immigration · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychosis · Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming · Social defeat · Clinical Psychology · Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research

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