Family Stress, Coparenting, and Infant Development among Immigrant Arab-American Families

项目摘要/摘要 大约有370万阿拉伯人生活在美国；然而，他们基本上没有参加 关于儿童健康和发展的研究。移民带来的家庭压力可能与负面情绪有关 婴儿结局和较差的发育。相比之下，家庭资源可能与更好的婴儿结局有关。 伙伴关系，定义为父母在扮演父母角色时相互协调和支持的方式，也 与婴儿结局有关。然而，还没有发表的研究调查了 移民中与移民相关的家庭压力、家庭资源以及与婴儿结局的关系 家人。本研究的目的是考察家庭压力、家庭资源、 移民阿拉伯裔美国家庭的配对和婴儿结局。我们的目标是：1)研究 家庭压力、家庭资源和应对婴儿压力(头发、皮质醇、唾液)的关系 端粒长度)；以及2)研究家庭压力、家庭资源和与 婴儿发育。 使用横断面设计，120个9-12个月婴儿的移民阿拉伯裔美国家庭将 将从妇女、婴儿和儿童(WIC)计划和一名儿科医生诊所招募。我们将专注于 把家庭说成是母亲-父亲-婴儿三合一。在一次家访中，家庭将完成面对面的 采访(仅限母亲和父亲)，拍摄一段简短的合作互动(三合会)，并有一个口腔 采集粘膜样本(端粒长度)和毛发(皮质醇)(仅限婴儿)。家庭压力，家庭 资源和婴儿发展将纳入在前一年中成功使用的有效和可靠的工具 与阿拉伯家庭一起学习，并被翻译成阿拉伯语。这项研究将为 一项更大规模的研究，考察家庭压力和家庭资源与生育和婴儿的关系 在移民阿拉伯裔美国家庭中的结果。理解家庭压力产生的机制 家庭资源影响生育，最终将引导移民家庭的生育结果。 预防家庭压力对婴儿负面影响的同伴干预研究进展 结果以及压力和创伤的代际转移。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Approximately 3.7 million Arabs live in the United States; however, they are largely absent from research on child health and development. Family stress due to immigration may be associated with negative infant outcomes and poorer development. In contrast, family resources may relate to better infant outcomes. Coparenting, defined as the way that parents coordinate and support each other in their parental roles, also associated with infant outcomes. However, no published research has investigated the associations of migration-related family stress, family resources, and coparenting with infant outcomes among immigrant families. The purpose of this study is to examine the associations among family stress, family resources, coparenting and infant outcomes among immigrant Arab American families. We aim to: 1) Examine the associations of family stress, family resources, and coparenting with infant stress (hair cortisol, salivary telomere length); and 2) Examine the associations of family stress, family resources, and coparenting with infant development. Using a cross-sectional design, 120 immigrant Arab American families of infants ages 9-12 months will be recruited from the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program and a pediatrician’s practice. We will focus on the family as the mother-father-infant triad. At a single home visit, families will complete face-to-face interviews (mother and father only), be videotaped for a short coparenting interaction (triad) and have a buccal mucosal sample (for telomere length) and hair (for cortisol) collected (infant only). Family stress, family resources and infant development will incorporate valid and reliable instruments successfully used in prior studies with Arab families and are translated into Arabic language. This study will provide preliminary data for a larger study to examine the associations of family stress and family resources with coparenting and infant outcomes among immigrant Arab American families. Understanding mechanisms through which family stress and family resources influence coparenting and ultimately infant outcomes among immigrant families will guide the development of coparenting interventions to prevent the negative effects of family stress on infant outcomes and the intergenerational transfer of stress and trauma.