College of Education and Human Development

Institute of Child Development

Salma Ibrahim

  • Doctoral student

  • Institute of Child Development
    Carmen D. and James R. Campbell Hall
    51 East River Parkway
    Minneapolis, MN 55455

  • ibrah247@umn.edu
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Areas of interest

Adolescents and youth; Culture, cross-culture; Families and parenting; Prevention/intervention; Resilience

Degrees

B.S. Developmental Psychology University of Minnesota, 2023

Biography

Salma Ibrahim is a first-year doctoral student in the Developmental Psychopathology and Clinical Science track at the University of Minnesota’s Institute of Child Development. Salma’s research explores the intersection of culture, identity, and acculturation, focusing on Somali American and other immigrant-origin youth in the U.S. She's interested in how acculturation shapes health and overall adjustment during adolescence. Salma is particularly interested in how cultural adaptation can enhance health outcomes for these populations, with a goal of producing research that addresses the specific needs of immigrant communities. Through her work, she aims to bridge cultural understanding and research to promote resilience and well-being among diverse youth populations.

Publications

Ferguson, G. M., Senesathith, V., & Ibrahim, S.A. (2024). How parenting facilitates adolescents’ tricultural identity development: A mixed methods collective case study of tridimensionally acculturating Jamaican immigrant families. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology.  

Simenec, T. S., Ibrahim, S.A., Gillespie, S., Banegas, J., & Ferguson, G. M. (2024) Feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of the JUS Media? Global Classroom Somali American version: Evaluating a culturally adapted digital food-focused media literacy intervention for students. Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science. 

Eales, L., Banegas, J., Da Silva, F., Ibrahim, S.A., Ahn, R., Nelson, M., Dwivedi, R., & Ferguson, G. M. (2024). Screen behaviors, acculturation, parenting, and health among black immigrant and refugee adolescents during dual pandemics. Journal of Family Psychology. 
 

Hodges, H. R., Gillespie, S., Cherubini, F. D. S., Ibrahim, S. A., Gibson, H., Ali Daad, A. M., Davis, S. L., Abdi, S. M, Senesathith, V., Food, Culture, and Health Study Data Collection Team, and Ferguson, G. M. (2024). Ethical applications of digital community-based research with Black immigrant and refugee youth and families. American Psychologist. doi: 10.1037/amp0001191
 

Simenec, T. S., Gillespie, S., Hodges, H. R., Ibrahim, S.A., Eckerstorfer, S., JUS Media? Adaptation Team, & Ferguson, G. M. (2023). A novel blueprint storyboarding method using digitization for efficient cultural adaptation of prevention programs to serve diverse youth and communities. Prevention Science, advance online publication. Doi; 10.1007/s11121-022-01460-7