How Do First Gen Students' Experiences with Early Life Stress/Exposure to Violence Vary As a Function of Different Background Characteristics like Gender, Race/Ethnicity, SES, Immigration Status?

First-generation university students experience higher levels of depression and stress. One factor that may moderate depression and stress is early life trauma and exposure to violence. Our study examines if early life stressors and trauma vary by demographic variables like socioeconomic, minority, and immigration statuses, gender and race.