在过渡到大学期间,文化不匹配和加速表观遗传年龄
Yolanda Vasquez-Salgado1, Gabrielle Halim1, Angel E Morales1
1California State University, Northridge, United States.
Brain, behavior, & immunity - health
|June 12, 2025
概括
家庭和学校的文化价值不匹配与边缘化的大学生加速表观遗传衰老有关. 这种心理社会压力可能会影响长期的健康和疾病风险.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 表观遗传学 在表观遗传学中,表观遗传学是指表观遗传学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 家庭和学校的文化价值不匹配,家庭和学术义务之间的冲突,是被边缘化的第一代大学生所知的压力因素.
- 以前的研究还没有探讨这种文化不匹配与客观健康生物标志物之间的联系.
- 心理社会压力越来越多地与加速表观遗传衰老有关,这是生物年龄的衡量标准.
研究的目的:
- 调查家庭和学校文化价值不匹配与历史边缘化第一代大学生的表观遗传年龄之间的关联.
- 为了确定文化冲突带来的心理社会压力是否会影响生物衰老标志物.
主要方法:
- 该研究包括64名历史边缘化的学生 (82.8%拉丁裔,87.5%第一代) 在他们的大学第一学期.
- 参与者完成了关于文化不匹配的调查,并提供了唾液样本用于表观遗传年龄分析 (GrimAge,FitAge,DunedinPACE).
- 对时间年龄,种族,性别,BMI,物质使用和父母社会经济地位进行控制的等级线性回归.
主要成果:
- 较高的家庭学校文化价值不匹配与加速的表观遗传年龄有显著的关联,根据GrimAge和FitAge的测量.
- 文化不匹配与DunedinPACE表观遗传衰老指标之间没有发现显著的关联.
- 这些发现表明,文化价值冲突对衰老过程的生物学影响.
结论:
- 家庭和学校的文化价值不匹配是加速表观遗传衰老的新型预测因素,在脆弱的学生群体中.
- 这种关联凸显了一个潜在的生物学机制,它将心理压力与健康结果和疾病风险联系起来.
- 对高等教育机构的影响包括开发有针对性的干预措施,以支持经历文化价值冲突的学生.
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