Department of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine, USA.
Department of Psychology, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA.
Trauma Violence Abuse. 2024 Jul;25(3):1911-1924. doi: 10.1177/15248380231200464. Epub 2023 Sep 30.
This systematic review examines the impact of parental preconception adversity on offspring mental health among African Americans (AAs) and Native Americans (NAs), two populations that have experienced historical trauma and currently experience ethnic/racial mental health disparities in the United States. PsycINFO, PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, and Web of Science were searched for studies that included at least two generations of AAs or NAs from the same family, measured parental preconception adversity and their offspring's mental health, and examined the association between these variables. Over 3,200 articles were screened, and 18 articles representing 13 unique studies were included in this review. Among the studies with samples that included AAs ( = 12, 92%), 10 (83%) reported a significant association between parental preconception adversity and adverse offspring mental health. The only study with a sample of NAs ( = 1, 8%) also reported a significant association between these variables. Although the literature suggests that parental preconception adversity is associated with offspring mental health among AAs and NAs, it must be interpreted in the context of the small number of studies on this topic and the less-than-ideal samples utilized-just one study included a sample of NAs and several studies ( = 6, 46%) used multi-ethnic/racial samples without testing for ethnic/racial disparities in their results. A more rigorous body of literature on this topic is needed as it may help explain an important factor underlying ethnic/racial mental health disparities, with important implications for interventions and policy.
这篇系统综述考察了父母孕前逆境对美国非裔美国人（AA）和美洲原住民（NA）后代心理健康的影响。AA 和 NA 这两个群体经历了历史创伤，目前在美国存在着种族/民族心理健康方面的差异。我们在 PsycINFO、PubMed、CINAHL、Scopus 和 Web of Science 上检索了至少包括两代 AA 或 NA 的来自同一家庭的研究，这些研究测量了父母的孕前逆境及其后代的心理健康，并考察了这些变量之间的关联。筛选出超过 3200 篇文章，纳入了这篇综述的 18 篇文章，代表了 13 项独特的研究。在包含 AA 样本的研究中（ = 12，92%），有 10 项（83%）研究报告了父母孕前逆境与后代心理健康不良之间存在显著关联。唯一一项包含 NA 样本的研究（ = 1，8%）也报告了这两个变量之间存在显著关联。尽管文献表明，父母孕前逆境与 AA 和 NA 后代的心理健康有关，但必须结合关于这一主题的研究数量较少，以及所使用的样本不太理想这一事实来解释。只有一项研究包含了 NA 样本，而有几项研究（ = 6，46%）使用了多种族/种族样本，但没有在结果中检验种族/民族差异。需要更多关于这一主题的更严格的文献，因为它可能有助于解释种族/民族心理健康差异的一个重要因素，对干预措施和政策具有重要意义。
