Table 4.
Psychosocial stressors and resilience factors and methylation levels at SLC6A4 of children and mothers at both time points.
| SLC6A4 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CpG1 | CpG2 | CpG3 | CpG4 | CpG5 | CpG6 | Average | |
| Baseline | |||||||
| Child variables |
B (SD) |
B (SD) |
B (SD) |
B (SD) |
B (SD) |
B (SD) |
B (SD) |
| Stress factors: | |||||||
| Total stress score | – | – | – | – | 0.98 (0.67) | 1.34 (0.68) | – |
| School stress | – | – | – | 0.73 (0.47) | 0.78 (0.53) | – | – |
| Immigrant-related stress | – | – | 0.77 (0.35) | – | 0.89 (0.44) | 0.89 (0.45) | – |
| Fear of parent's deportation | – | – | 0.38 (0.17) | 0.34 (0.19) | 0.55 (0.21) | 0.49 (0.21) | 0.25 (0.15) |
| Maternal variables | |||||||
| Stress factors: | |||||||
| Total stress score | 2.72 (1.37) | 1.85 (1.19) | 2.17 (1.20) | – | – | 2.10 (0.93) | 1.50 (0.70) |
| Immigrant-related stress | 2.74 (0.98) | 1.83 (0.85) | 2.11 (0.86) | – | – | 1.65 (0.67) | 1.56 (0.49) |
| Family health stress | – | – | 1.92 (0.76) | – | – | 1.50 (0.60) | 0.94 (0.45) |
| Discrimination stress | 1.98 (0.95) | – | – | – | – | – | 1.01 (0.49) |
| Resilience factors: | |||||||
| Subjective social status | −0.25 (0.12) | – | −0.23 (0.10) | −0.13 (0.08) | −0.02 (0.06) | −0.24 (0.08) | −0.17 (0.06) |
| Acculturation (SASH) | −0.88 (0.44) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Follow-up | |||||||
| Child variables | |||||||
| Resilience factors: | |||||||
| Parental social support |
– | −1.21 (0.65) | – | – | – | – | – |
| Optimism | – | −0.07 (0.03) | – | – | – | – | – |
| Maternal variables | |||||||
| Stress factors: | |||||||
| Immigrant- related stress |
– | – | – | −3.37 (1.30) | – | – | – |
| Household stress |
– | – | – | −2.64 (0.99) | – | – | – |
| Resilience factors: | |||||||
| Acculturation (SASH) | – | −0.51 (0.25) | 0.54 (0.23) | 0.84 (0.27) | 0.61 (0.29) | – | 0.61 (0.22) |
B, Beta, represents unstandardized regression coefficients; SD, standard deviation. Only significant (bolded) or marginalized (italicized) findings are presented.