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

描述（由申请人提供）：无证或非法移民在美国出生的公民子女往往是驱逐政策的意外受害者。被驱逐出境时，父母必须做出关键决定：带走公民儿童还是将他们留给他人照顾。但是，在对父母采取移民执法行动后，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呢？为了开始回答这些问题，本 R21 将 (a) 开发方法并测试其在招募、访谈和跟踪受父母驱逐影响的儿童方面的可行性； (b) 收集初步数据，以制定详细的心理和社会概况，了解儿童在六个月期间适应环境的情况。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 名随其被驱逐的父母前往墨西哥的儿童；20 名随父母前往墨西哥的儿童；以及20 人在父母被驱逐出境时仍留在美国；对照组由 20 名公民儿童组成，他们的无证父母当时没有被驱逐出境。发展探索性目标是： I. 制定两国（美国-墨西哥）公民儿童探索性纵向项目的程序。二.制定并测试在 2 个数据收集点使用的深度访谈和临床措施。三．比较所有三组公民儿童的经验和临床概况。通过该项目获得的调查结果和经验将为严格的 R01 应用奠定基础，该应用将与当前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 NICHD 的使命：“所有儿童都有机会充分发挥潜力，过上健康、富有成效的生活，远离疾病或残疾，并确保所有人的健康、生产力、独立和福祉。”具体来说，NICHD 的人口统计和行为科学部门敦促探索人们为什么要迁移、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.