Research clearly indicates that ethnic groups differ significantly on levels of
mental and physical health, antisocial behavior, and educational attainment.
This book explains these variations with respect to their psychological and
social functioning and tests competing hypotheses about the mechanisms that
might cause the functioning to differ in pattern from other groups. Attention is
paid to educational attainments, antisocial behavior, schizophrenia and suicide,
and to the complex and changing patterns of ethnic identity. The book concludes
with a discussion of the multiple meanings of ethnicity, the major variations
among ethnic groups, and policy implications.