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ArticleChild development2026

Peer victimization, school belonging, and epigenetic aging among children of Latino immigrants.

Rebeca Alvarado-Harris, Krista M Perreira

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Rebeca Alvarado-HarrisCarolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States.
Krista M PerreiraDepartment of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States.

Funding

Fragile Families and the Transition to AdulthoodR01HD036916 · NICHD · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI Kathryn Edin, Jane Waldfogel · 1999 to 2026
$46.3M
Research Services CoreP2CHD050924 · NICHD · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI KAREN B GUZZO · 2015 to 2026
$9.6M
Reciprocal Genetic-Environmental Interactions During Childhood and AdolescenceR01HD076592 · NICHD · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI NOTTERMAN, DANIEL A. · 2013 to 2023
$6.8M
Longitudinal behavioral, sociodemographic and contextual predictors of young adult sleep health and well-beingR01HD073352 · NICHD · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI HALE, LAUREN · 2013 to 2023
$6.8M
Epigenetic Mediation of Adverse Social Context on Stress Response, Socioemotional Development, and Health in a Population-based Study of Minority and Low SES Children and AdolescentsR01MD011716 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI MITCHELL, COLTER M.S. · 2017 to 2022
$4.6M
From Biological to Social Processes: Interdisciplinary Training in Life Course ResearchT32HD091058 · NICHD · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ROBERT A HUMMER, Amanda L Thompson · 2017 to 2026
$4.3M
Effects of poverty on affective development: A multi-level, longitudinal studyR01MH103761 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI MONK, CHRISTOPHER STEPHEN · 2014 to 2018
$3.3M
ECONOMIC STATUS, PUBLIC POLICY, AND CHILD NEGLECTR01HD039135 · NICHD · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI PAXSON, CHRISTINA H · 2000 to 2004
$3.1M
Child Care and Parental Employment in Fragile FamiliesR01HD040421 · NICHD · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TEACHERS COLLEGE · PI BROOKS-GUNN, JEANNE · 2002 to 2006
$2.8M
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentNICHDNICHD NIH HHS 5T32HD091058-09NICHD NIH HHS P2C HD050924NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD036916NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD039135NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD040421NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD073352NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD076592NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD091058NIH HHS R01HD036916NIH HHS R01HD039135NIH HHS R01HD040421NIMHD NIH HHS R01 MD011716NIMH NIH HHS R01HD073352NIMH NIH HHS R01HD076592NIMH NIH HHS R01MD011716NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH103761NIMH NIH HHS R01MH103761
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Abstract

U.S.-born children of Latino immigrants often begin life with health advantages, yet the developmental conditions that -sustain or erode these advantages remain unclear. Drawing on socioecological and sociocultural perspectives, this study examined whether peer victimization and school belonging in middle childhood predicted changes in epigenetic aging from childhood to adolescence. These associations were compared between children of immigrant and U.S.-born Latina mothers. Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study data were collected in 2007-2010 and 2014-2017 (N = 341; mean age 9.5 years; 50.7% female). Peer victimization and school belonging were self-reported at age 9, and epigenetic age was estimated at ages 9 and 15 using the Pediatric-Buccal-Epigenetic clock. Among children of immigrant mothers, greater victimization predicted faster aging (β = .57, p = .002), whereas stronger school belonging predicted slower aging (β = -.28, p = .034). Victimization predicted faster epigenetic aging only when school belonging was moderate or high, suggesting that social threat may carry greater biological consequences when children are emotionally invested in school. These patterns were not observed among children of U.S.-born Latina mothers. Experiences of inclusion and exclusion may become biologically embedded, shaping whether early health advantages are maintained or eroded over time.

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epigenetic agingimmigrant generationmiddle childhoodpeer victimizationschool belonging

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PMID42627709
PMCPMC13677107

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