EXPLORING THE EFFECTS OF PARENTAL DEPORTATION ON U.S. CITIZEN CHIDLREN

描述（由申请人提供）：在美国出生的公民-无证或非法移民的子女经常是驱逐政策的意外受害者。当被驱逐出境时，父母必须做出关键的决定：是把他们的公民子女带走，还是把他们留给别人照顾。但是，在移民执法机构对其父母采取行动后，离开美国或留在美国的公民儿童的心理社会功能会发生什么变化？为了开始回答这些问题，R21将(a)制定方法并测试其在招募、访谈和跟踪受父母驱逐出境影响的儿童方面的可行性；(b)收集初步数据，详细描述儿童在适应环境的六个月期间的心理和社会状况。来自美国和墨西哥的一组研究人员将对60名10至12岁的儿童进行深入访谈和临床评估，这些儿童分为三组：20名儿童陪同被驱逐的父母前往墨西哥；20名父母被驱逐出境后仍留在美国的孩子；另一组是20名公民儿童，他们的无证父母当时没有被驱逐出境。发展探索性的目标是：1 .制定关于公民儿童的两国（美国-墨西哥）探索性纵向项目的程序。2。在2个数据收集点开发和测试深度访谈和临床措施。3。比较三组公民儿童的经历和临床概况。通过该项目获得的发现和经验将为严格的R01应用奠定基础，这将与本项目一起为发展科学提供信息并影响国家政策。该项目符合联合国儿童发展中心的使命，即“所有儿童都有机会充分发挥其潜力，过上健康和富有成效的生活，没有疾病或残疾，并确保所有人的健康、生产力、独立和福祉”。具体来说，NICHD的人口和行为科学处敦促探索人们为什么迁移，迁移如何重塑他们，以及迁移如何影响儿童的行为问题。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): U.S.-born citizen-children of undocumented or illegal immigrants are often the unintended victims of deportation policies. When deported, parents must make critical decisions: to take their citizen-children with them or leave them behind in the care of others. But, what happens to the psychosocial functioning of citizen-children who have left the U.S. or remained behind after immigration-enforcement actions are taken against their parents? To begin answering these questions, this R21 will (a) develop the methods and test their feasibility in recruiting, interviewing, and following children affected by their parents' deportation; and (b) collect preliminary data to develop detailed psychological and social profiles of how children fare during a six- month period as they adjust to their circumstances. A team of researchers from the U.S. and Mexico, will conduct in-depth interviews and clinical assessments of 60 children between 10 and 12 years of age spread across three groups: 20 who accompanied their deported parents to Mexico; 20 who remained in the U.S. when parents were deported; and a comparison group of 20 citizen-children whose undocumented parents are not being deported at the time. The developmental-exploratory aims are to: I. Develop procedures for a bi-national (U.S.-Mexico) exploratory, longitudinal project on citizen-children. II. Develop and test in-depth interviews and clinical measures to be used at 2 data-collection points. III. Compare the experiences and clinical profiles of citizen-children in all three groups. Findings and experience gained through this project will set the basis for a rigorous R01 application that will, together with the present project, inform developmental science and influence national policy. This project aligns with NICHD's mission "that all children have the chance to achieve their full potential for healthy and productive lives, free from disease or disability, and to ensure the health, productivity, independence, and well-being of all people." Specifically, NICHD's Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch urges exploration of why people migrate, how it reshapes them, and how movement affects children's behavior problems.