Katharine Hunsdon Zeiders

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• Jones, S., Zeiders, K. H., Nair, R. L., & Delgado, M. Y. (2019). Latino Adolescents’ Experiences with Ethnic Discrimination: Moderating Factors and Mediating Mechanisms (RC1). In Handbook of Children and Prejudice: Integrating Research, Practice, and Policy(pp 633-654).

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• Zeiders, K. H., & Seaton, E. K. (2021). Daily racial discrimination experiences, ethnic-racial identity, and diurnal cortisol patterns among Black adults.. Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology, 27(1), 145-155. doi:10.1037/cdp0000367
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  The present study examined the daily relation between racial discrimination experiences and diurnal cortisol patterns among a sample of Black American adults. The daily diary approach afforded the chance to examine how within-person fluctuations in racial discrimination experiences related to same- and next-day changes in cortisol patterns. The use of a lagged approach examines whether exposure to racial discrimination results in diminished outcomes. It was expected that healthy levels of ethnic-racial identity would moderate the relation between racial discrimination and cortisol parameters..The participants included 93 Black adults (e.g., 20 males and 73 females) who ranged in age from 17 to 56 years old. Participants completed measures of racial discrimination and ethnic-racial identity, and provided 9 saliva samples..The results indicate that on days when individuals reported increased racial discrimination experiences, they exhibited higher cortisol levels at bedtime and greater overall cortisol output that same day. Lagged analyses revealed that on days when participants reported increased racial discrimination experiences, they exhibited less pronounced cortisol awakening responses and steeper diurnal cortisol slopes the next day. These associations were moderated by high racial centrality levels, high private regard levels, and low public regard levels..Same-day racial discrimination experiences related to compromised diurnal cortisol patterns. The effects of racial discrimination experiences on next-day physiological functioning largely depended on ethnic-racial identity dimensions, and afforded individuals the ability to recover. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
• Zeiders, K. H., Hoyt, L. T., Grzanka, P. R., & Dull, B. (2021). Can White Guilt Motivate Action? The Role of Civic Beliefs. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 50(6), 1081-1097. doi:10.1007/s10964-021-01401-7
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  Limited research has investigated factors that shape White youth’s civic action aimed at social change. Investigating the relation between Whiteness and civic action is an essential step toward identifying and cultivating environments that encourage White youth to use their racial privilege to combat inequality through civic engagement. To address this gap in the literature, across two distinct samples, this study investigates the role of White guilt in motivating civic action and the moderating role of civic beliefs. Participants included all young adults who self-identified as White from two online survey studies (Study 1, N = 219 college students, 71.9% Women, 28.1% Men, mean age = 19.6; Study 2, N = 185, 50% current college students, 54.6% Women, 45.4% Men, mean age = 23.9). In Study 1, White guilt related to more civic action. In the context of high social responsibility, White guilt related to more civic action; in the context of low social responsibility, White guilt corresponded with less civic action. In Study 2, White guilt also related to more civic action, and civic efficacy emerged as a potential moderator. Collectively, these results highlight the potential for White guilt to be turned into meaningful civic action, particularly when coupled with civic beliefs.
• Zeiders, K. H., Niu, L., Hoyt, L. T., Cook, S. H., & Chaku, N. (2021). Identifying Diurnal Cortisol Profiles among Young Adults: Physiological Signatures of Mental Health Trajectories. Psychoneuroendocrinology. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2021.105204
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  Abstract Previous research has used cortisol, the major hormonal byproduct of the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis system, to explore how environmental stressors influence daily physiological functioning. Most of the research focused on diurnal cortisol has examined specific cortisol markers, with little consideration of how different components of the diurnal pattern may co-occur. Morning level, cortisol awakening response (CAR), bedtime level, as well as the diurnal slope and total cortisol exposure throughout the day (areas under the curve; AUC), are five common parameters of diurnal HPA axis functioning that have been individually linked to physical and mental health outcomes, with mixed results. The current study introduces a novel approach to capture heterogeneity in HPA axis activity by using latent profile analysis to generate empirically-derived, theoretically supported diurnal cortisol profiles based on all five indicators. We analyzed salivary cortisol data from 278 young adults during a time of heightened sociopolitical stress – the 2016 U.S. presidential election – and examined whether profiles differentially predicted mental health trajectories across six months. Findings suggest that a specific combination of cortisol parameters (i.e., flat slope, high AUC, and high CAR) may predict worse mental health risk over time. Overall, this work suggests that diurnal cortisol profiles likely reflect distinct physiological underpinnings with unique health consequences that may not be observed by studying individual cortisol parameters.
• Zeiders, K. H., Niu, L., Hoyt, L. T., Cook, S. H., & Chaku, N. (2021). Identifying diurnal cortisol profiles among young adults: Physiological signatures of mental health trajectories.. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 128, 105204. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2021.105204
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  Previous research has used cortisol, the major hormonal byproduct of the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis system, to explore how environmental stressors influence daily physiological functioning. Most of the research focused on diurnal cortisol has examined specific cortisol markers, with little consideration of how different components of the diurnal pattern may co-occur. Morning level, cortisol awakening response (CAR), bedtime level, as well as the diurnal slope and total cortisol exposure throughout the day (area under the curve; AUC), are five common parameters of diurnal HPA axis functioning that have been individually linked to physical and mental health outcomes, with mixed results. The current study introduces a novel approach to capture heterogeneity in HPA axis activity by using latent profile analysis to generate empirically-derived, theoretically supported diurnal cortisol profiles based on all five indicators. We analyzed salivary cortisol data from 278 young adults during a time of heightened sociopolitical stress - the 2016 U.S. presidential election - and examined whether profiles differentially predicted mental health trajectories across six months. Findings suggest that a specific combination of cortisol parameters (i.e., flat slope, high AUC, and high CAR) may predict worse mental health risk over time. Overall, this work suggests that diurnal cortisol profiles likely reflect distinct physiological underpinnings with unique health consequences that may not be observed by studying individual cortisol parameters.
• Zeiders, K. H., Sarsar, E. D., Landor, A. M., Flores, M., & Davenport, M. A. (2021). Within-person associations between racial microaggressions and sleep among African American and Latinx young adults.. Journal of sleep research, 30(4), e13226. doi:10.1111/jsr.13226
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  Emerging work suggests that experiences of racial discrimination may impact overall sleep health; however, there is limited work on the link between racial microaggressions and sleep. Using weekly diary data, the current study examined young adults' weekly reports of racial microaggressions across 4 weeks, and their relation to weekly reports of sleep-onset latency, reduced total sleep time and poorer sleep quality. This design allowed us to examine how within-person fluctuations in racial microaggressions corresponded with young adults' sleep. Data were collected among 140 African American (62.1%) and Latinx (37.9%) college students attending a Midwestern University. Students were randomly selected to participate; they were, on average, 20.70 years old (SD = 1.22) and the majority were female (69.3%). Participants self-reported their racial microaggressions and sleep behaviours (i.e. sleep-onset latency, total sleep time and sleep quality) each week (across 4 weeks). Multilevel modelling showed significant within-person effects of racial microaggressions for sleep onset and sleep quality, but not for total sleep duration. Specifically, on weeks that individuals reported increases in racial microaggressions, they reported greater sleep-onset duration and poorer sleep quality. The current findings provide preliminary evidence that racial microaggressions are associated with sleep-onset durations and sleep quality among African American and Latinx young adults. Although racial microaggressions are often considered subtle, they may impact the sleep health of young adults in marginalized groups.
• Zeiders, K. H., Umana-taylor, A. J., Pech, A., & Carbajal, S. (2021). Police discrimination among Black, Latina/x/o, and White adolescents: Examining frequency and relations to academic functioning.. Journal of adolescence, 90, 91-99. doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2021.06.001
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  Concerns regarding police brutality and violence against people of color in the U.S. remain high in the current sociohistorical moment in which the recent murder of George Floyd by a police officer is highly salient. Although the prevalence and consequences of such experiences for Black and Latina/x/o adults have been documented in the literature, there is a limited understanding of youths' negative experiences with police..Utilizing a sample of 1378 adolescents (Mage = 16.16 years, SD = 1.12), the current study examined Black, Latina/x/o, and White youths' self-reports of ethnic-racial police discrimination and linked these experiences to youths' academic engagement and academic grades..Black and Latina/x/o youth reported significantly greater experiences of ethnic-racial police discrimination than their White counterparts; nearly 24% of Black youth and 20% of Latina/x/o youth experienced at least one instance of ethnic-racial police discrimination in the last year, compared to only 2.9% of White youth. Differences by gender emerged among Latina/x/o youth. Police discrimination was associated with lower academic engagement and lower academic grades among all youth..Findings demonstrate that the greater prevalence of ethnic-racial police discrimination in the lives of youth of color, relative to their White counterparts, mirroring the experiences of adults. Furthermore, coupled with the significant links with academic adjustment, the current findings demonstrate an additional factor that is likely implicated in the Black and Latina/x/o vs. White academic achievement gap.
• Zeiders, K. H., Pace, T. W., Nair, R. L., Hoyt, L. T., & Cruze, A. (2020). Latino early adolescents' psychological and physiological responses during the 2016 U.S. presidential election.. Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology, 26(2), 169-175. doi:10.1037/cdp0000301
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  Research has documented increased psychological distress among adults during the 2016 U.S. presidential election; however, little is known about how major political events affect adolescents. Despite not actively participating in the election process (e.g., voting), adolescents generally, and Latino youth specifically, may experience a unique stress response during elections, particularly when perceived policy changes center on issues related to their own families' stability and well-being..We examined 42 Latino early adolescents (Mage = 12.50 years, SD = .88; 58% male; 94% immigrant background) living in Arizona and explored their psychological and physiological responses during the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Adolescents self-reported their mood and behaviors for 5 consecutive days across election week (November 6-10, 2016): 2 days before the election, election day, and 2 days after the election. They also completed a saliva sampling protocol at waking and bedtime each day, to capture diurnal cortisol concentrations..Multilevel growth models were utilized to examine intraindividual changes in positive affect, negative affect, and diurnal cortisol patterns across election week. Only 2 of the participants reported supporting the winning candidate. Changes in adolescents' stress hormone concentrations were evident; increases in evening cortisol levels and flatter diurnal cortisol slopes emerged across election week. Negative affect, positive affect, and morning cortisol concentrations did not change..This study provides preliminary evidence that macrolevel factors, such as the recent presidential election, may relate to adolescents' daily stress physiology. Further research is needed to better understand adolescents' responses to sociopolitical change. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
• Zeiders, K. H., Updegraff, K. A., Umana-taylor, A. J., Jahromi, L. B., Derlan, C. L., & Bayless, S. D. (2019). Discrimination and Ethnic-Racial Identity: Understanding Direction of Effects Using Within- and Between-Person Analyses.. Child development, 90(3), e373-e385. doi:10.1111/cdev.12978
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  Ethnic-racial identity (ERI) development and ethnic-racial discrimination are two salient experiences among adolescents in the United States. Despite growing awareness of the costs and benefits of these experiences individually, we know little about how they may influence one another. The current study examined competing hypotheses relating discrimination and components of ERI (i.e., exploration, resolution, affirmation) among a sample of Mexican-origin adolescent mothers (N = 181; Mage at Wave 1 = 16.83, SD = 1.01) across six waves of data. Findings revealed that within-person changes in discrimination predicted subsequent ERI resolution and affirmation; however, ERI did not predict subsequent discrimination. Between-person effects of discrimination on affirmation were significant. Our findings underscore the importance of discrimination experiences in shaping Mexican-origin adolescent mothers' normative developmental competencies.
• Zeiders, K. H., Updegraff, K. A., Umana-taylor, A. J., Mchale, S. M., & Jesus, S. A. (2019). Mexican-Origin Youth's Cultural Orientations and Values: Do Older Sisters and Brothers Matter?. Child development, 90(6), e675-e687. doi:10.1111/cdev.13106
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  Family is an important context for cultural development, but little is known about the contributions of siblings. This study investigated whether older siblings' cultural orientations and familism values predicted changes in younger siblings' cultural orientations and familism values across 2 years and tested sibling characteristics and younger siblings' modeling as moderators. Participants were 246 Mexican-origin younger (Mage = 17.72; SD = 0.57) and older siblings (Mage = 20.65; SD = 1.57) and their parents. Findings revealed that older siblings' Anglo orientations and familism values interacted with younger siblings' modeling: When younger siblings reported high modeling, older siblings' Anglo orientations and values predicted increases in younger siblings' Anglo orientations and values. Discussion highlights the importance of siblings in cultural socialization.
• Hoyt, L. T., Zeiders, K. H., Chaku, N., Toomey, R. B., & Nair, R. (2018). Young adults’ psychological and physiological reactions to the 2016 U.S. presidential election: The role of gender, race/ethnicity, and political views. Psychonueroendocrinology.
• Nair, R., Toomey, R. B., Chaku, N., Zeiders, K. H., & Hoyt, L. T. (2018). Young adults’ psychological and physiological reactions to the 2016 U.S. presidential election: The role of gender, race/ethnicity, and political views. Psychonueroendocrinology, 92, 162-169. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.03.011
• Zeiders, K. H., Landor, A. M., Flores, M., & Brown, A. (2018). Microaggressions and diurnal cortisol: Examining within-person associations among African American and Latino young adults. Journal of Adolescent Health.
• Zeiders, K. H., Updegraff, K. A., Umana-taylor, A. J., Jahromi, L. B., & Bayless, S. D. (2018). Coparenting Conflict and Academic Readiness in Children of Teen Mothers: Effortful Control as a Mediator.. Family process, 57(2), 462-476. doi:10.1111/famp.12290
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  Children's exposure to coparenting conflict has important implications for their developmental functioning, yet limited work has focused on such processes in families with diverse structures or ethnically and culturally diverse backgrounds. This longitudinal study examined the processes by which Mexican-origin adolescent mothers' coparenting conflict with their 3-year-old children's grandmothers and biological fathers (N = 133 families) were linked to children's academic and social skills at 5 years of age, and whether children's effortful control at 4 years of age mediated the link between coparenting conflict and indices of children's academic readiness. Findings revealed that adolescent mothers' coparenting conflict with their child's biological father was linked to indices of children's academic and social school readiness through children's effortful control among girls, but not boys, whereas conflict with grandmothers was directly linked to boys' and girls' social functioning 2 years later. Findings offer information about different mechanisms by which multiple coparenting units in families of adolescent mothers are related to their children's outcomes, and this work has important implications for practitioners working with families of adolescent mothers.
• Zeiders, K. H., White, R. M., & Causadias, J. M. (2018). The Health Correlates of Culture: Examining the Association Between Ethnic-Racial Identity and Diurnal Cortisol Slopes.. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 62(3), 349-351. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.09.020
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  The objective of this study was to examine the link between ethnic-racial identity (ERI) components (exploration, resolution, and affirmation) and youths' diurnal cortisol slopes..A sample of 103 U.S.-Mexican adolescents (Mage = 15.29 years) living in the Southwest participated in an in-home interview and 3-day salivary sampling protocol..ERI affirmation, but not exploration or resolution, was related to steeper diurnal slopes (greater declines in cortisol from waking to bedtime) after controlling for adolescents' life stressors, acculturation level, ethnic-racial discrimination, and daily behaviors (i.e., caffeine use, hours of exercise, hours of sleep, and medication level)..This study provides initial evidence of the physiological benefits of ERI affirmation. Given that steeper diurnal slopes are thought of as an indicator of positive health, our findings point to the importance of examining cultural processes in the well-being of ethnic-racial minority youth.
• Wheeler, L., Zeiders, K. H., Updegraff, K., Umana-Taylor, A., & Rodriguez, S. A. (2017). Mexican-origin youths’ risk behaviors and familism values from adolescence to young adulthood. Developmental Psychology.
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• White, R., Updegraff, K. A., Umana-Taylor, A. J., Zeiders, K. H., Perez-Brena, N., & Bureleson, E. (2017). Neighborhood ethnic structuring and developmental adaptions: Latino ethnic concentration and cultural adaptation among Mexican-origin Latino adolescents. Developmental Psychology.
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• Zeiders, K. H. (2017). Discrimination, daily stress and sleep quality, and Mexican-origin adolescents’ internalizing symptoms.. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology.
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• Zeiders, K. H., Updegraff, K. A., Kuo, S. I., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., & McHale, S. M. (2017). Perceived Discrimination and Mexican-Origin Young Adults' Sleep Duration and Variability: The Moderating Role of Cultural Orientations. Journal of youth and adolescence.
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  Journal Impact Factor: 3.284 5 Year Impact Factor: 3.957Perceived ethnic discrimination is central to the experiences of Latino young adults, yet we know little about the ways in which and the conditions under which ethnic discrimination relates to Latino young adults' sleep patterns. Using a sample of 246 Mexican-origin young adults (M age  = 21.11, SD = 1.54; 50 % female), the current study investigated the longitudinal links between perceived ethnic discrimination and both sleep duration and night-to-night variability in duration, while also examining the moderating roles of Anglo and Mexican orientations in the associations. The results revealed that perceived discrimination predicted greater sleep variability, and this link was not moderated by cultural orientations. The relation between perceived discrimination and hours of sleep, however, was moderated by Anglo and Mexican orientations. Individuals with high Anglo and Mexican orientations (bicultural) and those with only high Mexican orientations (enculturated), showed no association between discrimination and hours of sleep. Individuals with low Anglo and Mexican orientations (marginalized) displayed a positive association, whereas those with high Anglo and low Mexican orientations (acculturated) displayed a negative association. The results suggest that discrimination has long term effects on sleep variability of Mexican-origin young adults, regardless of cultural orientations; however, for sleep duration, bicultural and enculturated orientations are protective.
• Bravo, D., Umana-Taylor, A. J., Zeiders, K. H., Updegraff, K. A., & Jahromi, L. B. (2016). Incongruent teen pregnancy status attitudes, coparenting conflict, and social support among Mexican-origin adolescent mothers. Journal of Marriage and Family, 78, 531-545.
• Grzanka, P. R., Zeiders, K. H., & Miles, J. R. (2016). Beyond "born this way?" reconsidering sexual orientation beliefs and attitudes. Journal of counseling psychology, 63(1), 67-75.
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  Previous research on heterosexuals' beliefs about sexual orientation (SO) has been limited in that it has generally examined heterosexuals' beliefs from an essentialist perspective. The recently developed Sexual Orientation Beliefs Scale (SOBS; Arseneau, Grzanka, Miles, & Fassinger, 2013) assesses multifarious "lay beliefs" about SO from essentialist, social constructionist, and constructivist perspectives. This study used the SOBS to explore latent group-based patterns in endorsement of these beliefs in 2 samples of undergraduate students: a mixed-gender sample (n = 379) and an all-women sample (n = 266). While previous research has posited that essentialist beliefs about the innateness of SO predict positive attitudes toward sexual minorities, our research contributes to a growing body of scholarship that suggests that biological essentialism should be considered in the context of other beliefs. Using a person-centered analytic strategy, we found that that college students fell into distinct patterns of SO beliefs that are more different on beliefs about the homogeneity, discreteness, and informativeness of SO categories than on beliefs about the naturalness of SO. Individuals with higher levels of endorsement on all 4 SOBS subscales (a group we named multidimensional essentialism) and those who were highest in discreteness, homogeneity, and informativeness beliefs (i.e., high-DHI) reported higher levels of homonegativity when compared with those who were high only in naturalness beliefs. We discuss the implications of these findings for counseling and psychotherapy about SO, as well educational and social interventions. (PsycINFO Database Record
• Hoyt, L. T., Zeiders, K. H., Ehrlich, K. B., & Adam, E. K. (2016). Positive upshots of cortisol in everyday life. Emotion (Washington, D.C.), 16(4), 431-5.
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  Cortisol, the major physiological end product of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, is usually associated with stress and negative affect. However, a new body of research highlights the complex, adaptive significance of elevated cortisol within individuals in everyday life. Whereas most studies do not have the power to test the dynamic transactions between cortisol and affect within a person throughout the entire waking day, we employed an intensive study protocol analyzing hourly diary reports of affect in relation to hourly salivary cortisol samples among 24 healthy adults from morning to bedtime, across 2 consecutive weekdays (N = 862 total samples). Utilizing multileveling modeling and focusing on within-person effects, we examined whether momentary increases in cortisol could be mood protective, or energy enhancing, in everyday life, supporting the cortisol boost hypothesis. Results revealed no significant associations between cortisol and current affective state; however, within-person increases in cortisol were significantly associated with subsequent rises in activeness, alertness, and relaxation, and trend-level reductions in stress and nervousness. This study adds to growing evidence that cortisol plays a positive role in regulating affect in everyday life. (PsycINFO Database Record
• Jahromi, L. B., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Updegraff, K. A., & Zeiders, K. H. (2016). Trajectories of Developmental Functioning Among Children of Adolescent Mothers: Factors Associated With Risk for Delay. American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilities, 121(4), 346-63.
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  Children of adolescent mothers are at risk for developmental delays. Less is known about the heterogeneity in these children's developmental trajectories, and factors associated with different patterns of development. This longitudinal study used latent class growth analysis (LCGA) to identify distinct trajectories in children of Mexican-origin adolescent mothers (N = 204). Three distinct groups emerged: (a) a Delayed/Decreasing Functioning group, (b) an At-Risk/Recovering Functioning group, and (c) a Normative/Stable Functioning group. Children with Delayed/Decreasing Functioning were more likely than those with Normative/Stable Functioning to have families with lower income, fewer learning materials at home, and adolescent mothers with more depressive symptoms and greater coparental conflict with adolescents' mother figures. The results contribute to knowledge about factors associated with risk of delay.
• Killoren, S. E., Zeiders, K. H., Updegraff, K. A., & Umaña-Taylor, A. J. (2016). The Sociocultural Context of Mexican-Origin Pregnant Adolescents' Attitudes Toward Teen Pregnancy and Links to Future Outcomes. Journal of youth and adolescence, 45(5), 887-99.
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  Given the negative developmental risks associated with adolescent motherhood, it is important to examine the sociocultural context of adolescent mothers' lives to identify those most at risk for poor outcomes. Our goals were to identify profiles of Mexican-origin pregnant adolescents' cultural orientations and their attitudes toward teen pregnancy, and to investigate how these profiles were linked to adolescents' pregnancy intentions, family resources, and short-term family, educational, and parenting outcomes. With a sample of 205 Mexican-origin adolescent mothers, we identified three profiles based on cultural orientations and attitudes toward teen pregnancy: Bicultural-Moderate Attitudes, Acculturated-Moderate Attitudes, and Enculturated-Low Attitudes. The results indicated that enculturated pregnant adolescents had the least favorable attitudes toward teen pregnancy, and the lowest levels of family income, pregnancy intentions, pregnancy support, and educational expectations compared to acculturated and bicultural pregnant adolescents; acculturated adolescents (with the highest family income and high levels of pregnancy support) had the highest levels of parenting efficacy 10 months postpartum. Our findings suggest that enculturated adolescent mothers (with less positive attitudes toward teen pregnancy) may benefit from educational support programs and enculturated and bicultural adolescent mothers (with moderately positive attitudes toward teen pregnancy) may benefit from programs to increase parenting efficacy. Such targeted interventions may, in turn, reduce the likelihood of adolescent mothers experiencing negative educational and parenting outcomes.
• Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Updegraff, K. A., Jahromi, L. B., & Zeiders, K. H. (2016). Trajectories of Ethnic-Racial Identity and Autonomy Among Mexican-Origin Adolescent Mothers in the United States. Child development, 86(6), 2034-50.
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  This study examined trajectories of ethnic-racial identity (ERI) and autonomy development among Mexican-origin adolescent females in the United States (N = 181; M(age) at Wave 1 = 16.80 years, SD = 1.00) as they transitioned through the first 5 years of parenthood. Trajectories of ERI and autonomy also were examined in relation to psychosocial functioning. Unconditional latent growth models indicated significant growth in autonomy, ERI resolution, and ERI affirmation from middle to late adolescence. Conditional latent growth models indicated that autonomy and ERI exploration growth trajectories were positively associated with psychosocial adjustment. Although adolescent mothers are experiencing transitions that are not normative during adolescence, they also engage in normative developmental processes, and their engagement in such processes is linked with better adjustment.
• Zeiders, K. H., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Jahromi, L. B., Updegraff, K. A., & White, R. M. (2016). Discrimination and Acculturation Stress: A Longitudinal Study of Children's Well-Being from Prenatal Development to 5 Years of Age. Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP, 37(7), 557-64.
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  To examine whether cumulative family discrimination and acculturation stress (prenatally to 24 months postpartum) among Mexican-origin adolescent mothers and their mother-figures predicted children's socio-emotional functioning and academic achievement at 5 years of age, and the role of maternal depressive symptoms and mother-child interactions in the association.
• Zeiders, K. H., Updegraff, K. A., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., McHale, S. M., & Padilla, J. (2016). Familism Values, Family Time, and Mexican-Origin Young Adults' Depressive Symptoms. Journal of marriage and the family, 78(1), 91-106.
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  Using longitudinal data across eight years, this study examined how parents' familism values in early adolescence predicted youths' depressive symptoms in young adulthood via youths' familism values and family time. We examined these processes among 246 Mexican-origin families using interview and phone-diary data. Findings revealed that fathers' familism values predicted male and female youths' familism values in middle adolescence. For female youth only, fathers' familism values also predicted youths' family time in late adolescence. The link between family time and young adults' depressive symptoms depended on parental acceptance and adolescent gender: Among female and male youth, family time predicted fewer depressive symptoms, but only when paternal acceptance was high. For female adolescents only, family time predicted fewer depressive symptoms when maternal acceptance was high but more depressive symptoms when maternal acceptance was low. Findings highlight family dynamics as the mechanisms through which familism values have implications for youths' adjustment.
• Adam, E. K., Heissel, J. A., Zeiders, K. H., Richeson, J. A., Ross, E. C., Ehrlich, K. B., Levy, D. J., Kemeny, M., Brodish, A. B., Malanchuk, O., Peck, S. C., Fuller-Rowell, T. E., & Eccles, J. S. (2015). Developmental histories of perceived racial discrimination and diurnal cortisol profiles in adulthood: A 20-year prospective study. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 62, 279-91.
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  Perceived racial discrimination (PRD) has been associated with altered diurnal cortisol rhythms in past cross-sectional research. We investigate whether developmental histories of PRD, assessed prospectively, are associated with adult diurnal cortisol profiles. One-hundred and twelve (N=50 Black, N=62 White) adults from the Maryland Adolescent Development in Context Study provided saliva samples in adulthood (at approximately age 32 years) at waking, 30min after waking, and at bedtime for 7 days. Diurnal cortisol measures were calculated, including waking cortisol levels, diurnal cortisol slopes, the cortisol awakening response (CAR), and average daily cortisol (AUC). These cortisol outcomes were predicted from measures of PRD obtained over a 20-year period beginning when individuals were in 7th grade (approximately age 12). Greater average PRD measured across the 20-year period predicted flatter adult diurnal cortisol slopes for both Black and White adults, and a lower CAR. Greater average PRD also predicted lower waking cortisol for Black, but not White adults. PRD experiences in adolescence accounted for many of these effects. When adolescent and young adult PRD are entered together predicting cortisol outcomes, PRD experiences in adolescence (but not young adulthood) significantly predicted flatter diurnal cortisol slopes for both Black and White adults. Adolescent, but not young adult PRD, also significantly predicted lower waking and lower average cortisol for Black adults. Young adult PRD was, however, a stronger predictor of the CAR, predicting a marginally lower CAR for Whites, and a significantly larger CAR for Blacks. Effects were robust to controlling for covariates including health behaviors, depression, income and parent education levels. PRD experiences interacted with parent education and income to predict aspects of the diurnal cortisol rhythm. Although these results suggest PRD influences on cortisol for both Blacks and Whites, the key findings suggest that the effects are more pervasive for Blacks, affecting multiple aspects of the cortisol diurnal rhythm. In addition, adolescence is a more sensitive developmental period than adulthood for the impacts of PRD on adult stress biology.
• Kuo, S. I., Updegraff, K. A., Zeiders, K. H., McHale, S. M., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., & De Jesús, S. A. (2015). Mexican American adolescents' sleep patterns: contextual correlates and implications for health and adjustment in young adulthood. Journal of youth and adolescence, 44(2), 346-61.
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  Late adolescence is a period of substantial risk for unhealthy sleep patterns. This study investigated the contextual correlates and health and adjustment implications of sleep patterns among Mexican American youth (N = 246; 51% female). We focused on Mexican American youth because they represent a large and rapidly increasing subgroup of the US population that is at higher risk for health and adjustment problems; this higher risk may be explained, in part, by sleep patterns. Using data from seven phone diary interviews conducted when youth averaged 18 years of age, we assessed average nighttime sleep duration and night-to-night variability in sleep duration. Guided by socio-ecological models, we first examined how experiences in the family context (time spent and quality of relationships with parents, parents' familism values) and in extra-familial contexts (school, work, peers) were related to sleep duration and variability. The findings revealed that time spent in school, work, and with peers linked to less sleep. Further, conflict with mothers was related to greater sleep variability. Next, we tested the implications of sleep in late adolescence for health (perceived physical health, body mass index) and adjustment (depressive symptoms, risky behaviors) in young adulthood. These findings indicated that more sleep variability predicted relative decreases in health and increases in risky behaviors, and shorter sleep duration predicted relative decreases in poorer perceived health for males. The discussion highlights the significance of the transition to young adulthood as a target for sleep research and the importance of studying sleep within its socio-cultural context.
• Zeiders, K. H., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Jahromi, L. B., & Updegraff, K. A. (2015). Grandmothers' familism values, adolescent mothers' parenting efficacy, and children's well-being. Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43), 29(4), 624-34.
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  The current study examined intergenerational processes related to familism values among grandmothers, adolescent mothers, and their children. Mexican-origin families (N = 180) participated in in-home interviews during adolescent mothers' third trimester of pregnancy and 10-, 24-, 48-, and 60-months postpartum. Using longitudinal path analyses, we linked grandmothers' familism values and behaviors to adolescent mothers' parenting processes and, in turn, their child's well-being, taking into account developmentally relevant needs of adolescent mothers. Results revealed that grandmothers' familism values before the birth of the baby predicted child-rearing support and communication within the grandmother-adolescent mother dyad after the birth of the baby. Support, but not communication, was in turn predictive of adolescent mothers' parenting self-efficacy, but only at high levels of autonomy granting within the grandmother-adolescent mother dyad. Finally, adolescent mothers' parenting self-efficacy predicted children's greater social competence (48 months old), which in turn, predicted greater academic functioning (60 months old). Our findings shed light on the behavioral correlates of familism values within Mexican-origin families with adolescent mothers and highlight the need to consider factors that are developmentally salient (e.g., autonomy) when understanding how familism behaviors benefit adolescent mothers and their children.
• Zeiders, K. H., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Updegraff, K. A., & Jahromi, L. B. (2015). Acculturative and enculturative stress, depressive symptoms, and maternal warmth: examining within-person relations among Mexican-origin adolescent mothers. Development and psychopathology, 27(1), 293-308.
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  Mexican-origin adolescent mothers face numerous social challenges during dual-cultural adaptation that are theorized to contribute to greater depressive symptoms. Alongside challenges, there are familial resources that may offer protection. As such, the current study examined the trajectories of depressive symptoms among 204 Mexican-origin adolescent mothers (M age = 16.80, SD = 1.00) across a 4-year period (third trimester of pregnancy, and 10, 24, and 36 months postpartum). Further, we examined the within-person relations of two unique sources of stress experienced during dual-cultural adaptation, acculturative and enculturative stress, and youths' depressive symptoms; we also tested whether adolescent mothers' perceptions of warmth from their own mothers emerged as protective. Adolescent mothers reported a decline in depressive symptoms after the transition to parenthood. Acculturative and enculturative stress emerged as significant positive within-person predictors of depressive symptoms. Maternal warmth emerged as a protective factor in the relation between enculturative stressors and depressive symptoms; however, for acculturative stressors, the protective effect of maternal warmth only emerged for US-born youth. Findings illustrate the multidimensionality of stress experienced during the cultural adaptation process and a potential mechanism for resilience among Mexican-origin adolescent mothers.
• Zeiders, K. H., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Updegraff, K. A., & Jahromi, L. B. (2015). An idiographic and nomothetic approach to the study of Mexican-origin adolescent mothers' socio-cultural stressors and adjustment. Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 16(3), 386-96.
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  The current study examined the longitudinal relations of socio-cultural stressors (i.e., acculturative stressors, enculturative stressors, ethnic discrimination) and Mexican-origin adolescent mothers' depressive symptoms and risk-taking behaviors. Utilizing an idiographic and nomothetic approach, we conducted lagged analyses to examine how individuals' fluctuations in stressors predicted subsequent adjustment. Further, we investigated potential threshold effects by examining if the impact of fluctuations in stressors differed at varying levels of stressors. Mexican-origin adolescent females (N = 184) participated in yearly in-home assessments across 5 years and reported on their experiences of acculturative and enculturative stressors, ethnic discrimination, depressive symptoms, and risk-taking behaviors. Findings revealed that within-person fluctuations in acculturative stressors and, to a lesser extent, perceived discrimination related to youths' depressive symptoms. For risk-taking behaviors, however, only within-person fluctuations in enculturative stressors emerged as significant. Further, a threshold effect emerged in the link between enculturative stressors and risk-taking behaviors, suggesting that fluctuations in enculturative stressors predicted changes in risk-taking behaviors at high levels of enculturative stressors but not low levels. Our findings highlight the differential relations between socio-cultural stressors and adolescent females' adjustment and suggest that prevention programs aimed at reducing depressive symptoms should attend to any degree of change in socio-cultural stressors, whereas programs focused on risk-taking behaviors should be especially attuned to levels of enculturative stress.
• Zeiders, K. H., Updegraff, K. A., Umana-taylor, A. J., & Jahromi, L. B. (2015). Trajectories of Ethnic-Racial Identity and Autonomy Among Mexican-Origin Adolescent Mothers in the United States.. Child development, 86(6), 2034-50. doi:10.1111/cdev.12444
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  This study examined trajectories of ethnic-racial identity (ERI) and autonomy development among Mexican-origin adolescent females in the United States (N = 181; M(age) at Wave 1 = 16.80 years, SD = 1.00) as they transitioned through the first 5 years of parenthood. Trajectories of ERI and autonomy also were examined in relation to psychosocial functioning. Unconditional latent growth models indicated significant growth in autonomy, ERI resolution, and ERI affirmation from middle to late adolescence. Conditional latent growth models indicated that autonomy and ERI exploration growth trajectories were positively associated with psychosocial adjustment. Although adolescent mothers are experiencing transitions that are not normative during adolescence, they also engage in normative developmental processes, and their engagement in such processes is linked with better adjustment.
• Doane, L. D., & Zeiders, K. H. (2014). Contextual moderators of momentary cortisol and negative affect in adolescents' daily lives. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 54(5), 536-42.
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  To use an ecological momentary assessment design to examine the links between momentary negative affect and cortisol in a sample of adolescents preparing to transition to college. Guided by a risk and resilience framework, we also explored whether important ecological factors, perceived discrimination and social support, moderated the momentary associations between negative affect and youths' cortisol.
• Updegraff, K. A., McHale, S. M., Zeiders, K. H., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Perez-Brena, N. J., Wheeler, L. A., & Rodríguez De Jesús, S. A. (2014). Mexican-American adolescents' gender role attitude development: the role of adolescents' gender and nativity and parents' gender role attitudes. Journal of youth and adolescence, 43(12), 2041-53.
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  Gender development has long term implications for education and career endeavors and family formation behaviors, but we know very little about the role of sociocultural factors in developmental and individual differences. In this study, we investigated one domain of gender development, gender role attitudes, in Mexican-American adolescents (N = 246; 51 % female), using four phases of longitudinal data across 8 years. Data were collected when adolescents averaged 12.51 years (SD = 0.58), 14.64 years (SD = 0.59), 17.72 years (SD = 0.57), and 19.60 years of age (SD = 0.66). Mothers' and fathers' gender role attitudes also were assessed in Phases 1, 3, and 4. Findings revealed that gender attitude development varied as a function of the interaction between adolescents' nativity and gender. Among Mexico-born adolescents, females exhibited significant declines in traditional attitudes from early to late adolescence, but males' attitudes were stable over time. U.S.-born females and males, in contrast, did not differ in their gender attitude trajectories. Examining the links between mothers', fathers', and adolescents' gender role attitudes revealed within-person associations between mothers' and adolescents' gender role attitudes: on occasions when mothers reported more traditional attitudes relative to their own cross-time average, adolescents also reported more traditional attitudes than usual. In addition, fathers' more traditional gender role attitudes were associated with daughters', but not sons', more traditional gender role attitudes at the between-person level. The discussion focuses on the interpretation of Mexican-American adolescents' gender role attitude development from a cultural ecological perspective.
• Upedgraff, K., McHale, S. M., Zeiders, K. H., Umana-Taylor, A. J., Perez-Brena, N. J., Wheeler, L. A., & Rodriguez, S. (2014). Trajectories of Mexican American youth’s gender role attitudes from adolescence to young adulthood. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 43, 2041-2053.
• White, R. M., Zeiders, K. H., Knight, G. P., Roosa, M. W., & Tein, J. (2014). Mexican origin youths' trajectories of perceived peer discrimination from middle childhood to adolescence: variation by neighborhood ethnic concentration. Journal of youth and adolescence, 43(10), 1700-14.
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  Developmentally salient research on perceived peer discrimination among minority youths is limited. Little is known about trajectories of perceived peer discrimination across the developmental period ranging from middle childhood to adolescence. Ethically concentrated neighborhoods are hypothesized to protect minority youths from discrimination, but strong empirical tests are lacking. The first aim of the current study was to estimate trajectories of perceived peer discrimination from middle childhood to adolescence, as youths transitioned from elementary to middle and to high school. The second aim was to examine the relationship between neighborhood ethnic concentration and perceived peer discrimination over time. Using a diverse sample of 749 Mexican origin youths (48.9% female), a series of growth models revealed that youths born in Mexico, relative to those born in the U.S., perceived higher discrimination in the 5th grade and decreases across time. Youths who had higher averages on neighborhood ethnic concentration (across the developmental period) experienced decreases in perceived peer discrimination over time; those that had lower average neighborhood ethnic concentration levels showed evidence of increasing trajectories. Further, when individuals experienced increases in their own neighborhood ethnic concentration levels (relative to their own cross-time averages), they reported lower levels of perceived peer discrimination. Neighborhood ethnic concentration findings were not explained by the concurrent changes youths were experiencing in school ethnic concentrations. The results support a culturally-informed developmental view of perceived peer discrimination that recognizes variability in co-ethnic neighborhood contexts. The results advance a view of ethnic enclaves as protective from mainstream threats.
• Whiteman, S. D., Zeiders, K. H., Killoren, S. E., Rodriguez, S. A., & Updegraff, K. A. (2014). Sibling influence on mexican-origin adolescents' deviant and sexual risk behaviors: the role of sibling modeling. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 54(5), 587-92.
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  A growing body of research indicates that siblings uniquely influence each other's health risk behaviors during adolescence and young adulthood. Mechanisms underlying these associations, however, are largely unknown because they are rarely tested directly. The present study addressed this gap by examining the role of sibling modeling in explaining changes in Mexican-origin youths' deviant and sexual risk behaviors over time.
• Zeiders, K. H., Hoyt, L. T., & Adam, E. K. (2014). Associations between self-reported discrimination and diurnal cortisol rhythms among young adults: The moderating role of racial-ethnic minority status. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 50, 280-8.
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  Discrimination is theorized to set in motion a neuroendocrine response, which includes cortisol secretion from the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Repeated exposure to perceived discrimination is thought to contribute to alterations in diurnal cortisol rhythms and to have implications for health. Discrimination may have particularly strong effects on racial/ethnic minority individuals, based on histories of past exposure and/or greater perceived implications of discriminatory events. Utilizing an ethnically and racially diverse sample of young adults (N=140; Mage=22.8 years) and a multiple-day naturalistic cortisol protocol, the present study examined associations between self-reported discrimination and diurnal cortisol rhythms, and whether this relation was moderated by racial/ethnic minority status. Results revealed that self-reported discrimination predicted flatter diurnal cortisol slopes for racial/ethnic minority individuals only. These findings align with theory suggesting that discrimination experiences are important among racial/ethnic minorities.
• Nair, R. L., White, R. M., Roosa, M. W., & Zeiders, K. H. (2013). Cultural stressors and mental health symptoms among Mexican Americans: a prospective study examining the impact of the family and neighborhood context. Journal of youth and adolescence, 42(10), 1611-23.
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  Studies of stress consistently have linked individuals' experiences of stress to maladjustment, but limited attention has been given to cultural stressors commonly experienced by minority individuals. To address this, the current study examined the links between cultural stressors and prospective changes in mental health symptoms in a sample of 710 (49 % female) Mexican American youth. In addition, the moderating role of both family and neighborhood cohesion was examined. In-home interviews were completed with youth, mothers (required) and fathers (optional) to collect data on youth's experiences of cultural stressors (discrimination and language hassles) and internalizing/externalizing behavior, and mothers' report of family cohesion and mothers' and fathers' report of neighborhood cohesion. Analyses revealed that youth's experiences of discrimination and language hassles at 5th grade were related positively to increases in internalizing symptoms at 7th grade. Additionally, youths who reported higher levels of language hassles in 5th grade experienced increases in externalizing symptoms across the 2-year span. Both family and neighborhood cohesion emerged as significant moderating factors but their impact was conditional on youth's gender and nativity. Limitations and future implications are discussed.
• Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Zeiders, K. H., & Updegraff, K. A. (2013). Family ethnic socialization and ethnic identity: a family-driven, youth-driven, or reciprocal process?. Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43), 27(1), 137-46.
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  The current study examined the longitudinal associations between family ethnic socialization and youths' ethnic identity among a sample of Mexican-origin youth (N = 178, Mage = 18.17, SD = .46). Findings from multiple-group cross lagged panel models over a 2-year period indicated that for U.S.-born youth with immigrant parents, the process appeared to be family driven: Youths' perceptions of family ethnic socialization in late adolescence were associated with significantly greater ethnic identity exploration and resolution in emerging adulthood, while youths' ethnic identity during late adolescence did not significantly predict youths' future perceptions of family ethnic socialization. Conversely, for U.S.-born youth with U.S. born parents, youths' ethnic identity significantly predicted their future perceptions of family ethnic socialization but perceptions of family ethnic socialization did not predict future levels of youths' ethnic identity, suggesting a youth-driven process. Findings were consistent for males and females.
• White, R. M., Zeiders, K. H., Gonzales, N. A., Tein, J., & Roosa, M. W. (2013). Cultural values, U.S. neighborhood danger, and Mexican American parents' parenting. Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43), 27(3), 365-75.
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  To begin accounting for cultural and contextual factors related to child rearing among Mexican American parents we examined whether parents' Mexican American cultural values and perceptions of neighborhood danger influenced patterns of parenting behavior in two-parent Mexican-origin families living in the U.S. To avoid forcing Mexican American parents into a predefined model of parenting styles, we used latent profile analysis to identify unique patterns of responsiveness and demandingness among mothers and fathers. Analyses were conducted using parent self-reports on parenting and replicated with youth reports on mothers' and fathers' parenting. Across reporters, most mothers and fathers exhibited a pattern of responsiveness and demandingness consistent with authoritative parenting. A small portion of parents exhibited a pattern of less-involved parenting. None of the patterns were indicative of authoritarianism. There was a modicum of evidence for no nonsense parenting among fathers. Both neighborhood danger and parents' cultural values were associated with the likelihood of employing one style of parenting over another. The value of using person-centered analytical techniques to examine parenting among Mexican Americans is discussed.
• Zeiders, K. H., Roosa, M. W., Knight, G. P., & Gonzales, N. A. (2013). Mexican American adolescents' profiles of risk and mental health: a person-centered longitudinal approach. Journal of adolescence, 36(3), 603-12.
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  Although Mexican American adolescents experience multiple risk factors in their daily lives, most research examines the influences of risk factors on adjustment independently, ignoring the additive and interactive effects of multiple risk factors. Guided by a person-centered perspective and utilizing latent profile analysis, this study identified Mexican American fifth graders' (N = 749) risk profiles based on family, peer, and socio-cultural risk factors and examined the relations of these risk profiles to mental health symptomatology in seventh grade. Results revealed three distinct profiles that differed quantitatively and qualitatively. Profiles were then linked to levels of mental health symptomatology, with youth in the highest risk profile displaying the most symptoms. Youth in two other risk profiles displayed lower levels. The findings suggest that Mexican American youth develop within distinct risk contexts that differ in their relations to adjustment. Such findings inform prevention/intervention efforts aimed at reducing mental health problems in adolescence.
• Zeiders, K. H., Umana-Taylor, A. J., & Derlan, C. L. (2013). Trajectories of depressive symptoms and self-esteem in Latino youth: Examining the role of gender and discrimination. Developmental Psychology, 5, 951-963.
• Zeiders, K. H., Updegraff, K. A., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Wheeler, L. A., Perez-Brena, N. J., & Rodríguez, S. A. (2013). Mexican-origin youths' trajectories of depressive symptoms: the role of familism values. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 53(5), 648-54.
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  To describe Mexican-origin youths' trajectories of depressive symptoms from early to late adolescence and examine the role of three aspects of familism values: supportive, obligation, and referent.
• Roosa, M. W., O'Donnell, M., Cham, H., Gonzalez, N. A., Zeiders, K. H., Tein, J., Knight, G. P., & Umana-Taylor, A. (2012). A prospective study of Mexican American adolescents' academic success: Considering family and individual factors. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 41, 307-319.
• White, R. M., Roosa, M. W., & Zeiders, K. H. (2012). Neighborhood and family intersections: prospective implications for Mexican American adolescents' mental health. Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43), 26(5), 793-804.
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  We present an integrated model for understanding Mexican American youth mental health within family, neighborhood, and cultural contexts. We combined two common perspectives on neighborhood effects to hypothesize that (a) parents' perceptions of neighborhood risk would negatively impact their children's mental health by disrupting key parenting and family processes, and (b) objective neighborhood risk would alter the effect parent and family processes had on youth mental health. We further incorporated a cultural perspective to hypothesize that an ethnic minority group's culture-specific values may support parents to successfully confront neighborhood risk. We provided a conservative test of the integrated model by simultaneously examining three parenting and family process variables: maternal warmth, maternal harsh parenting, and family cohesion. The hypothesized model was estimated prospectively in a diverse, community-based sample of Mexican American adolescents and their mothers (N = 749) living in the southwestern United States. Support for specific elements of the hypothesized model varied depending on the parenting or family process variable examined. For family cohesion results were consistent with the combined neighborhood perspectives. The effects of maternal warmth on youth mental health were altered by objective neighborhood risk. For harsh parenting, results were somewhat consistent with the cultural perspective. The value of the integrated model for research on the impacts of family, neighborhood, and cultural contexts on youth mental health are discussed, as are implications for preventive interventions for Mexican American families and youth.
• Zeiders, K. H., Doane, L. D., & Roosa, M. W. (2012). Perceived ethnic discrimination and diurnal cortisol: Examining relations among Mexican American adolescents. Hormones and Behavior, 61, 541 – 548.
• Gonzales, N. A., Coxe, S., Roosa, M. W., White, R. M., Knight, G. P., Zeiders, K. H., & Saenz, D. (2011). Economic hardship, neighborhood context, and parenting: Prospective effects on Mexican American adolescent’s mental health. American Journal of Community Psychology, 47, 98-113.
• Roosa, M. W., Zeiders, K. H., Knight, G. P., Gonzales, N. A., Tein, J., Saenz, D., O'Donnell, M., & Berkel, C. (2011). A test of the Social Development Model during the transition to junior high with Mexican American adolescents. Developmental Psychology, 47, 527-537.
• White, R. M., Umana-Taylor, A. J., Knight, G. P., & Zeiders, K. H. (2011). Language measurement equivalence of the Ethnic Identity Scale with Mexican American Early Adolescents. Journal of Early Adolescence, 31, 817-852.
• Zeiders, K. H., Doane, L. D., & Adams, E. K. (2011). Reciprocal relations between cortisol diurnal rhythms and objectively measured sleep. Journal of Adolescent Health, 48, 566-571.
• Zeiders, K. H., Roosa, M. R., & Tein, J. (2011). Family structure and family processes in Mexican American families. Family Process, 50, 77-91.
• Berkel, C., Knight, G. K., Zeiders, K. H., Tein, J., Roosa, M. W., Gonzales, N. A., & Saenz, D. (2010). Discrimination and adjustment for Mexican American adolescents: A prospective examination of the benefits of culturally-related values. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 20, 893 - 915.
• Alfaro, E. A., Umana-Taylor, A. J., Gonzales-Backen, M., Bámaca, M. Y., & Zeiders, K. H. (2009). Discrimination, academic motivation, and academic success among Latino adolescents. Journal of Adolescence, 32, 941-962.
• Zeiders, K. H., White, R. M., Tein, J., & Roosa, M. W. (2009). An Examination of the Role of Perceptions in Neighborhood Research.. Journal of community psychology, 37(3), 327-341. doi:10.1002/jcop.20298
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  Accumulating research demonstrates that both archival indicators and residents' self-reports of neighborhood conditions are useful predictors of a variety of physical health, mental health, substance use, criminal, and educational outcomes. Although studies have shown these two types of measures are often related, no research has systematically examined their relationship. With a sample of Mexican Americans, this study examined this relationship and demographic factors that might account for variations of residents' perceptions of their neighborhoods. Results showed that country of birth, social class, family structure, and gender moderated relations between archival variables and adults' perceptions of danger. Thus using information from both archival data and self-reports should improve the ability of neighborhood researchers to understand individual differences in responses to neighborhood conditions.

Presentations

• Zeiders, K. H., & Cook, S. (2021). The Construction of the Other Pre-conference. The Society for Research on Child Development virtual conference. SRCD 2021 pre-conference. Virtual.
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• Berkley, S., Landor, A., & Zeiders, K. H. (2019, October). Seeing racism and colorism as trauma: Investigating the effects of skin tone and racial socialization on relations between discrimination and street code. (RC2). National Conference for Family Relations.
• White, R., Zeiders, K. H., & Safa, D. (2019, March). The role of neighborhood context in shaping diverse youth development. (RC2). Society for Research on Child Development.
• Zeiders, K. H. (2019, Oct). Panel Co-Chair for the Special Topic Meeting “Construction of the ‘Other’: Development, Consequences, and Applied Implications of Prejudice and Discrimination (RC2). Society for Research on Child Development.
• Zeiders, K. H., Brown, A., & Landor, A. (2019, October). Coping with double jeopardy: The association between racial discrimination, aggressive coping, skin tone, and psychosocial health. (RC2). National Conference for Family Relations.
• Zeiders, K. H., Umana-Taylor, A., Martinez-Fuentes, S., Updegraff, K., Bayless, S., & jahromi, L. (2019, March). Latina/o youths’ ethnic-racial discrimination experiences in the U.S. southwest. (RC2). Society for Research on Child Development..
• Zeiders, K. H., Yoo, H. C., Parks, S. J., Cruze, A., Delgado, M. Y., & Toomey, R. B. (2019, April). Color-blind racial attitudes and psychosocial costs of racism to White young adults (RC2). Biennial Meeting Society for Research in Child Development. Baltimore, MD: Society for Research in Child Development.
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• Berkel, S., Landor, A., & Zeiders, K. H. (2018, November). Racial discrimination and academic and social engagement: Does racial socialization and skin tone matter for African American and Hispanic students at PWIs?. National Council for Family Relations. San Diego, CA.
• Brown, A., Landor, A., & Zeiders, K. H. (2018, November). Weathering racism: How discrimination, race, and skin color hurts relationships. National Council for Family Relations. San Diego, CA.
• Chaku, N., Hoyt, L., Zeiders, K. H., & McKay, T. (2018, April). Young adults’ experiences of discrimination and sleep quality in the context of the 2016 presidential election. Society for Research on Adolescence. Austin, TX.
• Landor, A., & Zeiders, K. H. (2018, April). Skin tone, skin tone satisfaction, and ethnic-racial identity: Implications for African American and Latino young adults’ health. Society for Research on Adolescence. Austin, TX.
• Updegraff, K., Zeiders, K. H., Umana-Taylor, A., & Cahill, K. (2018, April). Mexican-origin adolescents’ gender role attitudes and educational outcomes. Society for Research on Adolescence. Austin, TX.
• Zeiders, K. H., Hoyt, L., & Chaku, N. (2018, April). Young adults’ physiological and psychological reactions to the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Society for Research on Adolescence.
• Zeiders, K. H., Nair, R. L., Hoyth, L., Pace, T. W., & Cruze, A. (2018, September). Latino adolescents’ psychological and physiological response to the 2016 U.S. presidential election. International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology Annual Conference. Newport Beach, CA.
• Zeiders, K. H., Updegraff, K., Padilla, J., Wheeler, L., Killoren, S., & Umana-Taylor, A. (2018, November). Family members’ discrimination and adolescents' mental and physical health.. National Council of Family Relations. San Diego, CA.
• Sim, L., Kim, S. Y., Zhang, M., & Zeiders, K. H. (2017, April/Spring). Acute Salivary Cortisol Response to a Translating Activity in Mexican-American Adolescent Language Brokers. Society for Research on Chlid Development.
• Updegraff, K. A., Kou, S., Zeiders, K. H., Wheeler, L., McHale, S., & Umaña-Taylor, A. J. (2017, April/Spring). Sleep and Adjustment among Mexican-origin Adolescents: Testing Curvilinear Associations. Society for Research on Child Development.
• Zeiders, K. H. (2017, April). Co-Chair of Symposium: Person-Centered Approaches to Understanding Context and Development in Latino Youth. Society for Research on Child Development Biennial Meeting.
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• Zeiders, K. H., & Landor, A. M. (2017, April/Spring). Microaggressions and Diurnal Cortisol: Weekly Association Among African American and Latino Young Adults.. Society for Research on Child Development.
• Zeiders, K. H., Davis, A., Carlo, G., Schwartz, S., & Castillo, L. (2017, April/Spring). Latino Young Adults’ Co-Occurrence of Stressors and Well-Being: A Person-Centered Approach. Society for Research on Child Development.
• Zeiders, K. H. (2016, March 2016). Longitudinal relations between discrimination, daily sleep quality and stress, and Mexican-origin youths’ internalizing symptoms. Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Conference..
• Zeiders, K. H., Updegarff, K., & Umana-Taylor, A. J. (2016, May 2016). Ethnic discrimination and Mexican-origin young adults’ sleep patterns and depressive symptoms: The role of cultural orientations. Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Conference.
• Hoyt, L. T., Zeiders, K. H., Ehrlich, K. B., & Adams, E. K. (2015, May 2015). Transactions among emotion and cortisol activity in naturalistic setting. Association for Psychological Science 27th Annual Convention. New York, NY.
• Jahromi, L. G., Zeiders, K. H., Umana-Taylor, K. A., & Umana-Taylor, A. J. (2015, March 2015). Effortful control mediates the link between coparenting conflict and academic readiness for children of teen mothers. Society for Research on Child Development.
• Rodríguez De Jesús, S. A., Updegraff, K., Zeiders, K. H., McHale, S. M., & Umaña-Taylor, A. J. (2015, November 2015). Mexican-origin siblings’ intimacy and familism values from adolescence to young adulthood. National Council for Family Relations. Vancouver, BC.
• Zeiders, K. H., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Updegraff, K. A., & Jahromi, L. B. (2015, March 2015). Family sociocultural stressors, parenting behaviors, and children’s well-being: A longitudinal examination from pregnancy to 5-years postpartum. Society for Research on Child Development. Philadelphia, PA.
• Doane, L. D., & Zeiders, K. H. (2014, March 2014). Momentary Negative Affect and Cortisol in Adolescence: The Moderating Role of Perceived Discrimination. Society for Research on Adolescence Conference.
• Rodríguez, S. A., Zeiders, K. H., Updegraff, K. A., McHale, S. M., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., & Padilla, J. (2014, March 2014). The role of siblings in Mexican American youths’ cultural socialization in young adulthood. Society for Research on Adolescence Conference.
• White, R. M., Updegraff, K. A., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Zeiders, K. H., Perez Brena, N., & Burleson, E. (2014, November 2014). Mexican-origin Youths’ cultural trajectories in community and family contexts. 76th annual National Council on Family Relations Conference.
• White, R. W., Zeiders, K. H., Roosa, M. W., & Gonzales, N. A. (2014, March 2014). Exploring the Enclave Paradox: Neighborhood Ethnic Concentration and Mexican American Adolescent Trajectories of Discrimination. Society for Research on Adolescence Conference.
• Zeiders, K. H., Hoyt, L. T., & Adam, E. K. (2014, March 2014). Associations between Everyday Discrimination and Diurnal Cortisol Rhythms: The Moderating Role of Racial-Ethnic Minority Status. Society for Research on Adolescence Conference.
• Zeiders, K. H., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Updegraff, K. A., & Jahromi, L. B. (2014, March 2014). Cultural adaptation stress, depressive symptoms, and maternal warmth: Examining within-person relations among Mexican-origin adolescent mothers. Society for Research on Adolescence Conference.
• Zeiders, K. H., Updegraff, K. A., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., McHale, S. M., & Padilla, J. (2014, March 2014). Familism values, family time, and youths’ adjustment: Examining longitudinal relations among Mexican American youth. Society for Research on Adolescence Conference.
• Derlan, C. L., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Updegraff, K. A., Jahromi, L. B., & Zeiders, K. H. (2013, November 2013). Values and stressors as predictors of ethnic socialization behaviors. 75th annual National Council on Family Relations Conference.
• Doane, L. D., & Zeiders, K. H. (2013, October 2013). Vulnerability and protective factors that moderate momentary emotion-cortisol associations in adolescence. APA annual convention.
• Harvey-Mendoza, E. C., Bravo, D. Y., Zeiders, K. H., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Updegraff, K. A., & Jahromi, L. B. (2013, November 2013). Language competency pressures among Mexican-origin mother-daughter dyads. 75th annual National Council on Family Relations Conference.
• Zeiders, K. H., Roosa, M. W., Knight, G. P., & Gonzales, N. A. (2013, November 2013). Longitudinal implications of risk profiles for Mexican-origin Youth. 75th annual National Council on Family Relations Conference.
• Tein, J., Knight, G. K., Roosa, M. W., Zeiders, K. H., & White, R. M. (2012, February 2012). Testing Measurement Equivalence and Stability in Longitudinal Data. 2012 SRCD Themed Meeting: Developmental Methodology.
• Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Zeiders, K. H., & Updegraff, K. (2012, October 2012). Family ethnic socialization and ethnic identity: A family-driven, youth-driven, or reciprocal process?. 2012 National Conference of Family Relations.
• White, R. M., Zeiders, K. H., Gonzales, N. A., Tein, J., & Roosa, M. W. (2012, Mach 2012). Adolescent adjustment and Mexican origin parents’ parenting styles. 2012 Society for Research on Adolescence biannual meeting.
• White, R. M., Zeiders, K. H., Gonzales, N. A., Tein, J., Roosa, M. W., & Knight, G. K. (2012, October 2012). A Person‐centered Approach to Socialization Among Mexican‐American Families. 2012 National Conference of Family Relations.
• Zeiders, K. H., Doane, L. D., & Roosa, M. W. (2012, March 2012). Perceived discrimination, diurnal cortisol profiles, and gender: Examining relations among Mexican American adolescents. 2012 Society for Research on Adolescence biannual meeting.
• Simon, C. D., Zeiders, K. H., Doane, S. L., & Adam, E. K. (2011, October 2011). Modeling day-to-day changes in diurnal cortisol rhythms using 3-level lagged multilevel models reveals reciprocal relations among sleep, cortisol, affect and wellbeing. Statistical approaches to characterize stress using salivary cortisol, at the annual American Public Health Association Meeting, Washington, D.C..
• White, R. M., Zeiders, K. H., Gonzales, N. A., Tein, J., & Roosa, M. W. (2011, November 2011). Neighborhood variability of Mexican origin parents’ parenting styles. National Conference of Family Relations.
• Zeiders, K. H., & Umaña-Taylor, A. J. (2011, March 2011). Latino adolescent trajectories of self-esteem and depression. Examining variation by individual and cultural factors. Society for Research on Child Development.
• Zeiders, K. H., Doane, L. D., & Adam, E. K. (2011, March 2011). Reciprocal relations between objectively measured sleep and diurnal cortisol in late adolescents. Society for Research on Child Development.
• Zeiders, K. H., Roosa, M. W., White, R. M., & Nair, R. L. (2011, March 2011). Trajectories of discrimination in Mexican American youth. Society for Research on Child Development.

Poster Presentations

• Brown, A., Landor, A., & Zeiders, K. H. (2019, March). Ethnic-racial socialization, identity, and self-esteem: Analyzing a structural model for African American and Latino students. (RC2). Society for Research on Child Development.
• Brown, A., Landor, A., & Zeiders, K. H. (2019, March). “Judging a book by its cover”: White phenotype, discrimination and psychosocial health. (RC2). Society for Research on Child Development.
• Carbajal, S., Landor, A., & Zeiders, K. H. (2019, October). Unpacking biculturalism: Latinx college students’ academic and psychosocial functioning (RC2). The Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood.
• Coulter, K., Thomas, R., Carbajal, S., Delgado, M. Y., Nair, R., & Zeiders, K. H. (2019, March). Multiple contextual identities of Latinx adolescents: Examining ethnic and STEM identities (RC2). Society for Research on Child Development..
• Davenport, M., Landor, A., & Zeiders, K. H. (2019, October). The blacker the berry the poorer the sleep: Investigating the influence of skin tone and racial discrimination on psychological health. (RC2). National Conference for Family Relations.
• Zeiders, K. H. (2019, March). Program Chair for Paper Symposium: White Young Adults’ Ideologies, Attitudes and Responses to Racism. (RC2). Society for Research on Child Development.
• Garcia, G., & Zeiders, K. H. (2018, Spring). Parent/youths’ traditional gender role attitudes and mental health. The 2018 Francis McClelland Institute Student Poster Colloquium, University of Arizona.
• Rivero, A., & Zeiders, K. H. (2018, Spring). The 2016 presidential election’s impact on adolescents’ anxiety and somatic symptoms. The 2018 Francis McClelland Institute Student Poster Colloquium, University of Arizona.
• Shramko, M., Zeiders, K. H., Hoyt, L., & Toomey, R. B. (2018, April). Civic engagement and the 2016 Presidential Election: Trajectories of climate and civic development of diverse university students. Society for Research on Adolescence. Austin, TX.
• Shramko, M., Zeiders, K. H., Hoyt, L., & Toomey, R. B. (2018, Spring). Civic engagement and the 2016 Presidential Election: Trajectories of climate and civic development of diverse university students. The 2018 Francis McClelland Institute Student Poster Colloquium, University of Arizona.
• Tsosie, A., Zeiders, K. H., Pech, A., Nair, R., & Hoyt, L. (2018, Spring). The role of family and friend support in Latino adolescents’ ethnic identity development. The 2018 Francis McClelland Institute Student Poster Colloquium, University of Arizona.
• Zeiders, K. H., Hoyt, L., Chaku, N., Toomey, R. B., & Nair, R. (2018, Spring). Young adults’ physiological and psychological reactions to the 2016 U.S. presidential election.. The University of Arizona, College of Agriculture and Life Science Poster Forum.
• Brangwin, E. E., Etscheid, C., Garcia, G., Koleski, A., Wilson, E., Zeiders, K. H., & Toomey, R. B. (2017, April). Race/ethnic differences in academic belonging among university undergraduate students. 2017 Francis McClelland Institute Student Poster Colloquium.
• Chen, S., Kim, S., Zeiders, K. H., & Hou, S. (2017, April/Spring). Parenting profiles of Mexican Americans as indicated by general parenting dimensions and parental cultural socialization. Society for Research on Child Development.
• Etscheid, C., Toomey, R. B., Zeiders, K. H., & Hoyt, L. (2017, April). The association between perceived discrimination and sleep quality among college students.. 2017 Francis McClelland Institute Student Poster Colloquium.
• Zeiders, K. H., Landor, A. M., Davis, A., & Streit, C. (2017, April/Spring). Development and validation of a within-group discrimination scale for African American and Latino young adults.. Society for Research on Child Development.
• Carlo, G., White, R. M., Streit, C., Zeiders, K. H., & Knight, G. K. (2015, March 2015). Longitudinal relations among parenting styles, prosocial behaviors, and academic achievement in Mexican American youth. Society for Research on Child Development.
• Derlan, C. L., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Zeiders, K. H., Updegraff, K. A., & Jahromi, L. B. (2015, March 2015). Examining the prospective association between ethnic discrimination and ethnic-racial identity using a within-person approach. Society for Research on Child Development.
• Grzanka, P. R., Miles, J. R., & Zeiders, K. H. (2015, November 2015). The limits of “born this way”: Reconsidering sexual orientation beliefs and attitudes. National Multicultural Conference and Summit.
• Jahromi, L. B., Umana-Taylor, A. J., Updegraff, K. A., & Zeiders, K. H. (2015, March 2015). Trajectories of developmental functioning among children of adolescent mothers: Factors associated with delay and recovery. Society for Research on Child Development.
• Harvey-Mendoza, E. C., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Derlan, C. L., Zeiders, K. H., Updegraff, K. A., & Jahromi, L. B. (2014, March 2014). Contextual influences on Mexican-origin teen mothers’ values and ethnic identity. Society for Research on Adolescence Conference.
• Updegraff, K. A., Perez-Brena, N., Wheeler, L., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Rodriguez, S. A., Zeiders, K. H., & Kuo, S. (2014, March 2014). Mothers’ and fathers’ involvement in Mexican American youth’s romantic relationships. Society for Research on Adolescence Conference.
• Wheeler, L. A., Zeiders, K. H., Updegraff, K. A., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Rodriquez, S. A., & Perez-Brena, N. J. (2014, March 2014). Familism values linked with Mexican-origin youths’ trajectories of risk taking behavior from adolescence to early adulthood. Society for Research on Adolescence Conference.
• Zeiders, K. H., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Jahromi, L. B., & Updegraff, K. A. (2014, November 2014). Intergenerational benefits of familism values for Mexican-origin families. 76th annual National Council on Family Relations Conference.
• Bravo, D., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Zeiders, K. H., Updegraff, K., Jahromi, L., & Harvey-Mendoza, E. (2013, November 2013). Implications of Mother-Adolescent Relationships across Economic Hardship Classes. 75th National Council on Family Relations Conference.
• Zeiders, K. H., Updegraff, A. J., & Umaña-Taylor, A. J. (2013, March 2013). Mexican American Youth’s Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms: The Role of Familism Values. 2013 Society for Research on Child Development biannual meeting.