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Objective To examine the associations between sterilisation reasons, regret, and depressive symptoms. Study Design Black, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic White US women ages 25–45 who participated in the National Survey of Fertility Barriers (NSFB) and reported a tubal sterilisation surgery were included in the sample for this study (n=837). Logistic regression was used to examine how characteristics of the sterilisation surgery (reasons for sterilisation, time since sterilisation, and new relationship since sterilisation) are associated with the odds of sterilisation regret, and linear regression was used to examine associations between sterilisation regret, sociodemographic factors, and depressive symptoms. Results Findings revealed that 28 percent of U.S. women who have undergone tubal sterilisation report regret. Time since sterilisation and having a reason for sterilisation other than simply not wanting (more) children (e.g., situational factors, health problems, encouragement by others, and other reasons) are associated with significantly higher odds of sterilisation regret. Finally, sterilisation regret is significantly associated with depressive symptoms after controlling for sociodemographic characteristics. Conclusion Sterilisation regret is relatively common among women who have undergone tubal sterilisation, and regret is linked to elevated, but not necessarily clinical depressive symptoms. The reasons for sterilisation can have important implications for women’s sterilisation regret and associated depressive symptoms.

Much has been done to examine the impact of traumatic stress on interpersonal dynamics of couples in which 1 partner is the identified trauma survivor (single-trauma couples). However, there are fewer empirical evaluations of couples in which both partners have experienced a traumatic event (dual-trauma couples). Using a sample of 35 couples, this pilot study examined relationship satisfaction and attachment behaviors of dyads in which 1 versus both partners reported trauma exposure. Four multiple-group actor-partner interdependence models assessed trauma's impact on single-and dual-trauma couples. Preliminary results suggested several significant differences between single-and dual-trauma couple types. Among single-trauma couples, higher number of trauma experiences by wives predicted lower levels of relationship satisfaction in husbands, whereas among dual-trauma couples, higher number of traumas for wives predicted higher levels of attachment behavior in husbands. For dual-trauma couples, husband posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms predicted lower levels of relationship satisfaction for both themselves and their wives. PTSD symptoms also predicted lower levels of both husband and wives' own attachment behaviors. Findings invite further exploration into a more dynamic conceptualization of the recursive relationship between cumulative trauma exposure and interpersonal relationships that may better explain the impact of traumatic stress within couple relationships.

Objectives: Experiencing an immigration-related arrest of a family member adversely impacts youth well-being, yet the role of parental documentation status for exacerbating adverse mental health outcomes following these arrests has not been investigated. Method: Using a general population sample of Latino 7th-grade students in an urban public school district in the south-central United States (N = 611), we examined the relationship between an immigration-related arrest of a family member and depressive symptoms as well as the moderating associations of perceived parental documentation status. Results: Using ordinary least squares regression, findings indicate that experiencing or witnessing an immigration-related arrest of a family member is significantly associated with higher rates of depressive symptoms. Moreover, parental citizenship status has a moderating effect; depressive symptoms are magnified among youth who report that both of their parents have undocumented legal status. Conclusions: The study findings suggest that there are significant consequences for youth well-being when a family member is arrested for immigration-related violations. Further, among youth whose parents are both undocumented, there appears to be a compounding effect on mental health. Immigration policies, programs, and schools need to consider the emotional needs of youth who have undocumented parents, particularly in the context of elevated immigration enforcement.

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Interpersonal traumas experienced early in life adversely impact psychological well-being in children and adolescents, yet the specific role that social support can have in reducing negative outcomes following trauma exposure is unclear. Using a general population sample of seventh-grade students in an urban public school district in the South Central United States (n = 1,712), we examined the effects of early life interpersonal trauma exposure on adolescents’ depressive symptoms and examined moderating effects of two types of social support, perceived parent and school connectedness. Findings suggest that early life trauma is common among young urban adolescents. Linear regression findings indicate that cumulative trauma exposure is associated with greater levels of depressive symptoms. Greater parent and school connectedness are associated with reduced depressive symptoms, and there was a moderating effect for parent connectedness; trauma exposure was significantly associated with depressive symptoms only when parent connectedness was low, indicating a protective effect of high parent connectedness for early adolescents exposed to trauma.