Research Highlight:

Promoting Resilience and Healthy Adaptation Among Immigrant-Origin Youth and their Families

Approximately 27% of the US population consists of immigrants and their children, with immigrant-origin youth facing various stressors and challenges. These stressors have adverse effects on their mental and physical health, academic performance, and coping abilities. Immigrant-origin parents also face difficulties in navigating the cultural values of their heritage and American culture, which can create tension within the family. However, there are resilience factors that promote positive development and adaptation among immigrant-origin youth. Strong ethnic-racial identity and bicultural integration contribute to better mental health outcomes and academic performance. Family support networks and parental ethnic-racial socialization play crucial roles in fostering resilience. Schools can support immigrant-origin students by providing peer and teacher support, practicing cultural competence, and promoting multiculturalism. Finally, clinicians should adopt culturally responsive practices to effectively engage with immigrant-origin youth and their families. For more information on promoting resilience among immigrant-origin youth, please read the full blog post here: https://www.resiliencelab.us/the-link/promoting-resilience-and-healthy-adaptation-among-immigrant-origin-youth-and-their-families

Research Highlight:

Mental and Physical Health Outcomes In Youth Facing Socioeconomic Disadvantage 

To read full article, visit:  https://www.psych.rochester.edu/MHFC/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/SES-Fact-Sheet-with-authors-v2.pdf

Tyrell, F. A, Rogosch, F. A., & Cicchetti, D. (2023). Profiles of risk, allostatic load, and mental health in low-income children. Clinical Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/21677026231183012 

What we learned

Research Highlights: Ethnic-Racial Socialization (ERS), Family Climate & Anxiety Among African American And Latinx Emerging Adults 

Saleem, F. T.,  Tyrell , F., Liu, L., & He, S. (2023). Ethnic–racial socialization, family climate, and anxiety among African American and Latinx emerging adults. Journal of Family Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001080

News Brief on Student Homelessness and School Suspensions 

Tyrell, F.A., Wright, S., & the Homework Starts with Home Research Partnership. (2022). Homelessness as a risk factor for school disciplinary outcomes [Minn-LInK Brief No. 56]. Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare, University of Minnesota. Available at: https://cascw.umn.edu/portfolio_tags/ minn-link/

Dr. Tyrell and RACC lab member alumni, Simon Wright recently completed a news brief focusing on whether students who experience homelessness are at higher risk for school disciplinary outcomes.

The study found that: 
1. Middle school students, particularly those in the 7th grade, were at greater risk for out-of-school suspensions compared to students in other grades. 

2. Students who experience poverty and homelessness had higher rates of out-of-school suspensions than other students.

To read the entire brief, Please go to this website:




For a discussion questions on the practical implications of these findings, click here: 

https://cascw.umn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Brief-56_508Web.pdf?uid=d9e83062-547e-4896-9293-40d3da2438c6

https://cascw.umn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Discussion_43_508.pdf?uid=d9e83062-547e-4896-9293-40d3da2438c6&uid=d9e83062-547e-4896-9293-40d3da2438c6

Research Highlights: Findings on Parent's Ethnic-Racial Socialization Practices among Young Children Experiencing Homelessness 

Tyrell, F. A., Lucke, C. M., Nelson, K. M., & Masten, A. S. (2023). Parent's ethnic-racial socialization practices in families with young children experiencing homelessness. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 62, 76-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2022.07.018

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