Early life experiences, Parenting, and Child biobehavioral Health
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Mothers' childhood experiences, sensitivity, young children's immune regulation
To elucidate the relationships among mothers' ACEs and PCEs, maternal sensitivity, and immune regulation in infants (6 months) and toddlers (12-36 months) of mothers who are living with opioid dependence, a high-risk group that often encounters a host of adversities.
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Using sweat to measure immune biomarkers among youth
To test the feasibility of using sweat patches to measure inflammatory biomarkers; validate the sweat patch method with blood samples; and to examine the associations between early life experiences, social and environmental adversities, loneliness, and inflammatory profiles in youth.
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RePACE Me: The role of Resilience, Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences in influencing Mental health outcomes among Chinese young adults
To examine the prevalence of adverse and positive childhood experiences among a national sample of Chinese young adults and explore how early life experiences shape mental health outcomes in young adulthood.
Asian Americans
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Intervening with Chinese mothers experiencing postpartum distress: A pilot RCT study
To assess the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC) intervention in Chinese mothers experiencing postpartum distress
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Racialized trauma, intergenerational trauma, and parent-child relationships in Asian Americans
To explore how 1st, 1.5, and 2nd generations of Asian Americans experience racialized and intergenerational trauma and how exposure to trauma affects parent-child relationships.
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Perinatal and parenting experiences in Hmong American women
To explore Hmong women’s perinatal and parenting experiences in the United States.
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Asian American parenting and youth mental health outcomes
To synthesize existing literature from 2003 onward on parenting and mental health outcomes among AA youth