Showing papers by "John Mallett published in 2002"
TL;DR: The authors examined the relationship between minority/majority status and psychological adjustment, as measured by the GHQ-12, and found no evidence of an ''ethnic density effect'' and discussed the questionable validity of the ''crucial test'' of the selection and causation hypotheses.
Abstract: This paper examines the relationship between minority/majority status and psychological adjustment, as measured by the GHQ-12. Rather than using religious labels in Northern Ireland to define minority/majority status, the authors hypothesized that such status is more contingent upon the local area context. Using a purer operationalization of minority/majority status, the authors found no evidence of an `ethnic density effect'. Implications for the questionable validity of the `crucial test' of the selection and causation hypotheses are discussed. Copyright (C) 2002 John Wiley Sons, Ltd.