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Table 3 Participants’ characteristics

From: Bodily expression of psychological distress in adolescents: a qualitative study

First name*

Age

Repeated a year or last diploma obtained

Currently attending or not attending school

Family situation

Relation to migrants

Parents' socio-professional category or educational level

DSM-5 diagnostic subcategory

Diane

16

Middle-school diploma

In school

Lives with parents

Child of migrants

Mother: manager

Father: manager

Functional neurological disorder

Sophie

22

Vocational Baccalaureate*

Post-secondary studies

Lives with parents

0

Mother: intermediate occupation

Father: manager

Illness anxiety disorder

Amina

22

 French Baccalaureate

Post-secondary studies

Lives with parents

Child of migrants

Father: employee

Mother: employee

Functional neurological disorder

Justine

17

Middle school diploma

In school

Lives with parents

0

Father: employee

Mother: employee

Somatic symptom disorder

Laurene

16

Middle school diploma

Disconnected from school

Lives with parents

Child of migrants

Father: Intermediate occupation

Mother: Intermediate occupation

Somatic symptom disorder

Emma

17

Middle school diploma

Disconnected from school

Lives with parents

Child of migrants

Mother: Intermediate occupation

Father: Tradesperson

Somatic symptom disorder

Hawa

17.5

Middle school diploma

In school

Lives with parents

Child of migrants

Mother: Employee

Father: Employee

Somatic symptom disorder

Leslie

16.5

Middle school diploma

In school

Lives with parents

Child of migrants

Mother: Manager

Father: Retired

Somatic symptom disorder

Lucie

19

Middle school diploma

In school

Parents separated, shared custody

0

Father: manager

Mother: employee

Somatic symptom disorder

Aurélie

14.5

Middle school diploma

In school

Lives with parents

0

Father: manager

Mother: employee

Somatic symptom disorder

Marie-Claire

15

Middle school diploma

In school

Parents separated; lives with her mother

Child of migrants

Father: chauffeur

Mother: employee

Functional neurological disorder

Pauline

17

Nothing

Disconnected from school

Lives with spouse

Child of migrants

Father: unknown

Mother: unknown

Functional neurological disorder

Samira

16.5

Middle school diploma

Disconnected from school

Lives with parents

Child of migrants

Father: employee

Mother: unemployed

Functional neurological disorders

Donovan

17

Middle school diploma

In school

Lives with parents

Child of migrants

Father: manager

Mother: manager

Psychological factors affecting other medical conditions (migraines)

Mehdi

14

Nothing

In school

Lives with parents

Child of migrants

Mother: employee

Father: unknown

Illness anxiety disorder

Valentin

18

Baccalaureate

Disconnected from school

Lives with parents

0

–Mother: Intermediate occupation

–Father: employee

Somatic symptom disorder

Myrtille

18

Middle school diploma

Disconnected from school

Lives with parents

0

–Mother: shopkeeper

–Father: worker

Psychological factors affecting other medical conditions (rheumatoid arthritis)

Jade

18

French baccalaureate

In school

Parents separated

0

Father: manager

Mother: intermediate occupation

Illness anxiety disorder

Sarah

20

Middle school diploma

Disconnected from school

Parents separated

Child of migrants

Mother: job hunting

Father: manager

Factitious disorder

Marie-Lou

18

French baccalaureate

In school

Parents separated

0

–Mother: shopkeeper

–Father: shopkeeper

Psychological factors affecting other medical conditions (Ehler Danlos)

Marie

14

Nothing

In school

Lives with paternal grandparents

0

–PGM: employee

–PGF: intermediate occupation

Somatic symptom disorder

Maryam

15

Middle school diploma

In school

Lives with parents

Child of migrant

Father: manager

Mother: employee

Functional neurological disorder

Marthe

21

Baccalaureate

Post-secondary studies

Lives with parents + maternal grandmother

Child of migrant

–Father: manager

–Mother: employee

Somatic symptom disorder

Andréa

16

Middle school diploma

Disconnected from school

Lives with parents

0

Father: employee

Mother: intermediate occupation intermediary

Somatic symptom disorder

Maxime

17

Middle school diploma

Disconnected from school

Lives with parents

0

Father: shopkeeper

Mother: shopkeeper

Somatic symptom disorder

Manon

19

Baccalaureate

In school

Lives with her parents

Child of migrants (4th gen)

Father: manager

Mother: employee

Somatic symptom disorder

Esther

17

Middle school diploma

In school

Lives with paternal grandmother

Migrant

PGM = employee

Functional neurological disorder

Marine

17

French baccalaureate

In school

Lives with parents

0

Mother: employee

Father: employee

Functional neurological disorder

Nassim

15

Middle school diploma

In school

Lives with maternal grandmother

Child of migrants

Father: worker

Mother: employee

Somatic symptom disorder

Yasmine

18

Middle school diploma

In school

Lives with a friend

Child of migrants

Mother: employee

Father: employee

Functional neurological disorder

  1. *First names anonymized