REU Site: Effects of political upheaval and ethnic discord on the mental health of a population

REU 网站：政治动乱和种族不和对人口心理健康的影响

• 批准号: 1560078
• 负责人: Nathan Tintle
• 金额: $ 35.53万
• 依托单位: Dordt University, Incorporated
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-05-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1560078&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Effects; political; upheaval

This project is funded from the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites program in the SBE Directorate, with joint support and funding from the NSF Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE). As an REU Site with international activities, it has both scientific and societal benefits, and it integrates research and education at multiple levels. The research in this program involves mental health, from a social/behavioral science perspective. Long-term effects of deep-rooted tensions in any country and within any population can include political upheaval, socio-economic disadvantages, ethnic discord and rapid change from one economic system to another; all these factors can have an effect on the rates of mental illness in that population. This REU Site's research program directly impacts a group of 27 undergraduate students over a three year period by broadening students' global awareness and cross-cultural competence through a meaningful, interdisciplinary research experience focusing on a case study for elevated levels of mental illness in a country that has been going through multiple transitions. The case study is Ukraine in post-Soviet era. As part of this REU site, a diverse group of undergraduate students are involved in an ongoing research project exploring the mental health of Ukrainian citizens. In this REU site the PI-team recruits students with an emphasis on the participation of students participants from under-represented groups and institutions where research opportunities are limited. These students will further broaden the impact of their research experience by presenting to high school students and students at their home institutions. This REU site is focused on a topic of research that is of great interest in the fields of sociology and social psychology. The program incorporates an on-site collaborative research and cultural immersion experience for students in Ukraine, working directly with collaborators at the Kiev International Institute of Sociology (a national research firm in Ukraine). The project provides strong mentorship and development of undergraduate student researchers by an interdisciplinary team of four experienced faculty members, in conjunction with a team of worldwide experts on Ukraine mental health and, and it provides some of the only nationally representative information on mental health risk factors and impacts in Ukraine. The dataset students will be able to use in this project is innovative and unique in the fields of psychology and global health studies. Analyzing these types of global data as a means of training students for future work in psychology and/or health studies means that the work itself has intellectual merit, but that inasmuch as this affects future generations of scholars, it also has long-term impact on the fields. Making American students aware of the cultural biases they bring to the table when analyzing global data is crucial for producing good future science. This project is co-funded by the NSF Office of International Science and Engineering.

该项目由SBE理事会的本科生研究经验（REU）网站计划资助，并得到NSF国际科学与工程办公室（OISE）的联合支持和资助。作为一个具有国际活动的REU网站，它具有科学和社会效益，并在多个层面上整合了研究和教育。该计划的研究涉及心理健康，从社会/行为科学的角度。任何国家和任何人口内部根深蒂固的紧张关系的长期影响可能包括政治动荡、社会经济不利、种族不和和从一种经济制度迅速转变为另一种经济制度;所有这些因素都可能对该人口的精神疾病发病率产生影响。这个REU网站的研究计划直接影响了一组27名本科生在三年内通过扩大学生的全球意识和跨文化能力，通过一个有意义的，跨学科的研究经验，专注于一个案例研究的精神疾病的水平升高，在一个国家已经经历了多次转型。案例研究是后苏联时代的乌克兰。作为这个REU网站的一部分，一群不同的本科生参与了一个正在进行的研究项目，探索乌克兰公民的心理健康。在这个REU网站的PI团队招募学生，重点是学生参与者的参与，从代表性不足的群体和机构的研究机会有限。这些学生将进一步扩大他们的研究经验的影响，介绍给高中生和学生在他们的家乡机构。这个网站是REU的重点是在社会学和社会心理学领域非常感兴趣的研究课题。该计划为乌克兰学生提供现场合作研究和文化沉浸体验，直接与基辅国际社会学研究所（乌克兰的一家国家研究公司）的合作者合作。该项目由四名经验丰富的教师组成的跨学科团队与乌克兰心理健康的全球专家团队一起为本科生研究人员提供强有力的指导和发展，并提供了一些关于乌克兰心理健康风险因素和影响的唯一全国代表性信息。学生将能够在该项目中使用的数据集在心理学和全球健康研究领域具有创新性和独特性。分析这些类型的全球数据，作为培养学生未来从事心理学和/或健康研究的一种手段，意味着这项工作本身具有智力价值，但由于这会影响未来几代学者，因此也会对这些领域产生长期影响。让美国学生意识到他们在分析全球数据时带来的文化偏见，对于创造良好的未来科学至关重要。该项目由NSF国际科学与工程办公室共同资助。