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

项目总结/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 儿童健康和发展研究。由于移民造成的家庭压力可能与消极的 婴儿的结果和较差的发展。相反，家庭资源可能与更好的婴儿结局有关。 共同养育，定义为父母在父母角色中相互协调和支持的方式， 与婴儿结局有关。然而，没有发表的研究调查了 移民中与移民相关的家庭压力、家庭资源和共同养育与婴儿结局 家庭本研究旨在探讨家庭压力、家庭资源、 阿拉伯裔美国移民家庭的共同抚养和婴儿结局。我们的目标是：1）检查 家庭压力、家庭资源和共同养育与婴儿压力（头发皮质醇、唾液 端粒长度）;和2）检查家庭压力，家庭资源和共同养育与 婴儿发育 采用横断面设计，120个9-12个月婴儿的阿拉伯裔美国移民家庭将 从妇女，婴儿和儿童（WIC）计划和儿科医生的做法招募。我们将重点 母亲-父亲-婴儿三元组。在一次家访中，家庭将完成面对面的 访谈（仅限母亲和父亲），录像进行简短的共同育儿互动（三位一体），并进行口腔检查。 收集粘膜样品（端粒长度）和毛发（皮质醇）（仅婴儿）。家庭压力，家庭 资源和婴儿发展将纳入有效和可靠的工具，成功地用于以前 与阿拉伯家庭一起学习，并翻译成阿拉伯语。这项研究将提供初步数据， 一项更大规模的研究，以检查家庭压力和家庭资源与共同养育和婴儿 阿拉伯裔美国移民家庭的生活状况。了解家庭压力的机制 家庭资源影响共同养育，最终移民家庭的婴儿结局将指导 制定共同育儿干预措施，防止家庭压力对婴儿的负面影响 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.