Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Biocultural Production of Resilience

该奖项全部或部分根据2021年美国救援计划法案（公法117-2）资助。是什么让一些人比其他人更好地应对逆境？如何利用这些因素来改善人类福祉？这个问题的答案对一系列学科有着重要的意义，包括人类学、精神病学、人类发展、公共卫生和灾害管理。这个博士论文项目旨在更清楚地说明这一问题，以提高对人类适应的广泛科学理解，并为旨在促进人类福祉的政策和计划提供信息，特别是在面临影响地球仪各地人民的困难时，如政治不稳定，经济困难和人际冲突。除了为研究生提供科学培训外，该项目的特点是国际合作伙伴关系，既扩大了代表性不足的群体的科学参与，又使产生的见解和数据直接进入那些影响健康的政策和计划的制定者手中。严重的政治和社会经济困难，比较一系列社区范围的不良事件前后的结果。对复原力的最好理解是，在面对逆境时取得好于预期的成果。这项研究旨在确定物质和抽象资源的类型，帮助妇女和儿童更成功地应对困难的情况，并探索有助于恢复力的跨代因素。将采用定性和定量相结合的方法来评估妇女和儿童身心健康随时间的变化，审查孕产妇和儿童复原力之间的关系，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响进行评估，被认为值得支持审查标准。

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2). What allows some people to navigate adversity better than others and how can these factors be used to improve human wellbeing? Answers to this question have important implications for an array of disciplines, including anthropology, psychiatry, human development, public health, and disaster management. This doctoral dissertation project aims to provide greater clarity on this matter both to improve broad scientific understanding of human adaptation and to inform policy and programs aimed at the promotion of human wellbeing, especially in the face of hardships that affect people around the globe, such as political instability, economic difficulties, and interpersonal conflict. In addition to providing scientific training for a graduate student, this project is characterized by cooperative international partnerships which both broaden the scientific participation of underrepresented groups and allow for the insights and data produced to go directly into the hands of those who shape policy and programs that impact health.This doctoral dissertation project examines differences in resilience among mothers and children living in the context of intense political and socioeconomic hardship, comparing outcomes before and after a series of community-wide adverse events. Resilience is best understood as better-than-expected outcomes in the face of adversity. This research seeks to identify the types of resources, both material and abstract, that help women and children more successfully navigate difficult circumstances, as well as explore transgenerational factors that contribute to resilience. A combination of qualitative and quantitative methods will be used to assess changes in the mental and physical health of women and children over time, examine the relationship between maternal and child resilience, and explore the role of varying philosophies of struggle in fostering resilience.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.