Sara F Water
Biographic Data
| ID | 4452816 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sara F Water |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sara F |
| FAMILY NAME | Water |
| SIGNATURE | WATER S F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Washington State University Vancouver |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4732-2894 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 107 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
What’s in Your Heart? Development of a Culturally Grounded and Trauma-Informed Parenting Support Program with a Pacific Northwest Tribe
The aims of the current study included gathering cultural knowledge and stories regarding parenting young children within a Tribal community and learning community members' perspectives on key components of a promising parenting prevention program. Qualitative data were drawn from a focus group including seven participants and semi-structured phone interviews with 21 additional participants, all of whom were parenting children in the community. H…
Advancing the Study of Maternal Prenatal Stress Phenotypes and Infant Temperament Outcomes
Exposure to the in utero environment provides offspring risk or protection with respect to postpartum development and health across the lifespan. We used latent profile analysis (LPA), considering self‐report and physiological indicators to assess the influence of maternal prenatal stress/distress on infant temperament. We predicted that participants who reported greater prenatal stress/distress would have infants with less optimal temperament ch…
A decolonial perspective on Indigenous infant and early childhood mental health: Reclaiming Indigenous ways for the next seven generations
Indigenous lifeways, perspectives, and ways of knowing in the field of infant and early childhood mental health are underrepresented, especially given the inequitable and unjust prevalence of removal and separation of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) children from their families and communities by the child welfare system in the United States. Strengthening the infant and early childhood mental health field requires uncovering and addres…
Centering the Experiences and Perceptions of Health and Well-Being in the Burmese Community: A Community–Academic Partnership
Background: Many Burmese refugees to the United States experience multimorbidity primarily from displacement. Immigrant and refugee community leaders have identified communication with service providers and minimal community support as challenges. Objectives: To center the experiences and perceptions of Burmese refugees regarding health and well-being. Methods: In this qualitative descriptive community-based participatory research study, 18 Burme…
Beyond attachment theory: Indigenous perspectives on the child–caregiver bond from a northwest tribal community
Healthy Indigenous child development is grounded in Indigenous ways of knowing and being. Attachment theory has been influential in understanding the significance of parenting for infant development in Western science but has focused on child–caregiver bonds predominantly within the parent–child dyad. To bring forth Indigenous perspectives regarding understandings of parenting, the attachment bond, and the well-being of Indigenous children, we co…
White parents’ racial socialization during a guided discussion predicts declines in white children’s pro-white biases
Although parent-child conversations about race are recommended to curb White U.S. children's racial biases, little work has tested their influence. We designed a guided racism discussion task for U.S. White parents and their 8-12-year-old White children. We explored whether children's and parents' (a) pro-White implicit biases changed pre to postconversation, (b) racial socialization messages (color conscious, external attributions for prejudiced…
Multigenerational Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Families’ Perspectives on Health and Well-Being
Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NHPIs) are peoples diverse in culture and history who are too often represented as a monolithic entity, a tendency that undermines efforts to ameliorate health inequities. The current study represents a partnership between academic researchers and a community organization serving NHPIs, in which space was held for five multigenerational NHPI families ( N = 15 family members) to share their experiences with …
Indigenous Voices Against Suicide: A Meta-Synthesis Advancing Prevention Strategies
Rates of suicidality amongst Indigenous Peoples are linked to historical and ongoing settler-colonialism including land seizures, spiritual oppression, cultural disconnection, forced enculturation, and societal alienation. Consistent with decolonial practices, Indigenous voices and perspectives must be centered in the development and evaluation of suicide prevention programs for Indigenous Peoples in the United States to ensure efficacy. The curr…
Applying the Evidence We Have: Support for Having Race Conversations in White U.S. Families
Popular press articles have advocated for parent–child conversations about race and racism to prevent children from developing racial biases, yet empirical investigations of the impact of racial socialization in White U.S. families are scarce. In an article published in Perspectives on Psychological Science in 2020, Scott et al. warned that, given the lack of empirical evidence, parents might actually do more harm than good by talking to their ch…
Development of Emotion Dysregulation in Developing Relationships
A developmental perspective to emotion dysregulation underscores the relational bases to developing emotion regulation capacities. In this chapter, attachment theory and functionalist emotions theory are discussed as theoretical foundations for understanding emotion dysregulation in the context of developing relationships. In the subsequent discussion of central research literatures, the chapter profiles family processes that contribute to the de…
Asians and Asian Americans’ experiences of racial discrimination during the Covid-19 pandemic: Impacts on health outcomes and the buffering role of social support
Reports of racially discriminatory behaviors toward Asians in the United States have surged during the COVID-19 pandemic The current study examined self-reported racial discrimination toward Asians and Asian Americans living in the United States in relation to four mental and physical health outcomes: anxiety, depressive, and physical symptoms and sleep difficulties The moderating role of social support was also examined In addition, participants…
Initial Evidence that Parent-Child Conversations About Race Reduce Racial Biases Among White U.S. Children
Although parent-child conversations about race are recommended as a way to curb children’s racial biases, no prior work has directly tested the impact of such conversations on children’s racial attitudes. In fact, most White American parents avoid talking about racism with their children. We designed a method to facilitate conversations about subtle and blatant forms of racial bias between White parents and their 8-12-year-olds. We explored the e…
Not in front of the kids: Effects of parental suppression on socialization behaviors during cooperative parent–child interactions
Parents often try to hide their negative emotions from their kids, hoping to protect them from experiencing adverse responses. However, suppression has been linked with poor social interactions. Suppression may be particularly damaging in the context of parent-child relationships because it may hinder parents' ability to support children's emotion regulation. Immediately after completing a stressful task, 109 parents of 7 to 11 year olds were ran…
Objective Sleep Measurement in Typically and Atypically Developing Preschool Children with ADHD-Like Profiles
Asians and Asian Americans’ experiences of racial discrimination during the Covid-19 pandemic: Impacts on health outcomes and the buffering role of social support
Reports of racially discriminatory behaviors toward Asians in the United States have surged during the COVID-19 pandemic The current study examined self-reported racial discrimination toward Asians and Asian Americans living in the United States in relation to four mental and physical health outcomes: anxiety, depressive, and physical symptoms and sleep difficulties The moderating role of social support was also examined In addition, participants…
White parents’ racial socialization during a guided discussion predicts declines in white children’s pro-white biases
Although parent-child conversations about race are recommended to curb White U.S. children's racial biases, little work has tested their influence. We designed a guided racism discussion task for U.S. White parents and their 8-12-year-old White children. We explored whether children's and parents' (a) pro-White implicit biases changed pre to postconversation, (b) racial socialization messages (color conscious, external attributions for prejudiced…
Initial Evidence that Parent-Child Conversations About Race Reduce Racial Biases Among White U.S. Children
Although parent-child conversations about race are recommended as a way to curb children’s racial biases, no prior work has directly tested the impact of such conversations on children’s racial attitudes. In fact, most White American parents avoid talking about racism with their children. We designed a method to facilitate conversations about subtle and blatant forms of racial bias between White parents and their 8-12-year-olds. We explored the e…
Multigenerational Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Families’ Perspectives on Health and Well-Being
Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NHPIs) are peoples diverse in culture and history who are too often represented as a monolithic entity, a tendency that undermines efforts to ameliorate health inequities. The current study represents a partnership between academic researchers and a community organization serving NHPIs, in which space was held for five multigenerational NHPI families ( N = 15 family members) to share their experiences with …
Objective Sleep Measurement in Typically and Atypically Developing Preschool Children with ADHD-Like Profiles
Not in front of the kids: Effects of parental suppression on socialization behaviors during cooperative parent–child interactions
Parents often try to hide their negative emotions from their kids, hoping to protect them from experiencing adverse responses. However, suppression has been linked with poor social interactions. Suppression may be particularly damaging in the context of parent-child relationships because it may hinder parents' ability to support children's emotion regulation. Immediately after completing a stressful task, 109 parents of 7 to 11 year olds were ran…
Development of Emotion Dysregulation in Developing Relationships
A developmental perspective to emotion dysregulation underscores the relational bases to developing emotion regulation capacities. In this chapter, attachment theory and functionalist emotions theory are discussed as theoretical foundations for understanding emotion dysregulation in the context of developing relationships. In the subsequent discussion of central research literatures, the chapter profiles family processes that contribute to the de…
Asians and Asian Americans’ experiences of racial discrimination during the Covid-19 pandemic: Impacts on health outcomes and the buffering role of social support
Reports of racially discriminatory behaviors toward Asians in the United States have surged during the COVID-19 pandemic The current study examined self-reported racial discrimination toward Asians and Asian Americans living in the United States in relation to four mental and physical health outcomes: anxiety, depressive, and physical symptoms and sleep difficulties The moderating role of social support was also examined In addition, participants…
Initial Evidence that Parent-Child Conversations About Race Reduce Racial Biases Among White U.S. Children
Although parent-child conversations about race are recommended as a way to curb children’s racial biases, no prior work has directly tested the impact of such conversations on children’s racial attitudes. In fact, most White American parents avoid talking about racism with their children. We designed a method to facilitate conversations about subtle and blatant forms of racial bias between White parents and their 8-12-year-olds. We explored the e…
Applying the Evidence We Have: Support for Having Race Conversations in White U.S. Families
Popular press articles have advocated for parent–child conversations about race and racism to prevent children from developing racial biases, yet empirical investigations of the impact of racial socialization in White U.S. families are scarce. In an article published in Perspectives on Psychological Science in 2020, Scott et al. warned that, given the lack of empirical evidence, parents might actually do more harm than good by talking to their ch…
Indigenous Voices Against Suicide: A Meta-Synthesis Advancing Prevention Strategies
Rates of suicidality amongst Indigenous Peoples are linked to historical and ongoing settler-colonialism including land seizures, spiritual oppression, cultural disconnection, forced enculturation, and societal alienation. Consistent with decolonial practices, Indigenous voices and perspectives must be centered in the development and evaluation of suicide prevention programs for Indigenous Peoples in the United States to ensure efficacy. The curr…
Beyond attachment theory: Indigenous perspectives on the child–caregiver bond from a northwest tribal community
Healthy Indigenous child development is grounded in Indigenous ways of knowing and being. Attachment theory has been influential in understanding the significance of parenting for infant development in Western science but has focused on child–caregiver bonds predominantly within the parent–child dyad. To bring forth Indigenous perspectives regarding understandings of parenting, the attachment bond, and the well-being of Indigenous children, we co…
White parents’ racial socialization during a guided discussion predicts declines in white children’s pro-white biases
Although parent-child conversations about race are recommended to curb White U.S. children's racial biases, little work has tested their influence. We designed a guided racism discussion task for U.S. White parents and their 8-12-year-old White children. We explored whether children's and parents' (a) pro-White implicit biases changed pre to postconversation, (b) racial socialization messages (color conscious, external attributions for prejudiced…
Multigenerational Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Families’ Perspectives on Health and Well-Being
Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NHPIs) are peoples diverse in culture and history who are too often represented as a monolithic entity, a tendency that undermines efforts to ameliorate health inequities. The current study represents a partnership between academic researchers and a community organization serving NHPIs, in which space was held for five multigenerational NHPI families ( N = 15 family members) to share their experiences with …
What’s in Your Heart? Development of a Culturally Grounded and Trauma-Informed Parenting Support Program with a Pacific Northwest Tribe
The aims of the current study included gathering cultural knowledge and stories regarding parenting young children within a Tribal community and learning community members' perspectives on key components of a promising parenting prevention program. Qualitative data were drawn from a focus group including seven participants and semi-structured phone interviews with 21 additional participants, all of whom were parenting children in the community. H…
Advancing the Study of Maternal Prenatal Stress Phenotypes and Infant Temperament Outcomes
Exposure to the in utero environment provides offspring risk or protection with respect to postpartum development and health across the lifespan. We used latent profile analysis (LPA), considering self‐report and physiological indicators to assess the influence of maternal prenatal stress/distress on infant temperament. We predicted that participants who reported greater prenatal stress/distress would have infants with less optimal temperament ch…
A decolonial perspective on Indigenous infant and early childhood mental health: Reclaiming Indigenous ways for the next seven generations
Indigenous lifeways, perspectives, and ways of knowing in the field of infant and early childhood mental health are underrepresented, especially given the inequitable and unjust prevalence of removal and separation of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) children from their families and communities by the child welfare system in the United States. Strengthening the infant and early childhood mental health field requires uncovering and addres…
Centering the Experiences and Perceptions of Health and Well-Being in the Burmese Community: A Community–Academic Partnership
Background: Many Burmese refugees to the United States experience multimorbidity primarily from displacement. Immigrant and refugee community leaders have identified communication with service providers and minimal community support as challenges. Objectives: To center the experiences and perceptions of Burmese refugees regarding health and well-being. Methods: In this qualitative descriptive community-based participatory research study, 18 Burme…
Psychology (13 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (4 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (4 works) · Indigenous (4 works) · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (4 works) · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (4 works)