Strengths and Challenges of New Immigrant Families

Implications for Research, Education, Policy, and Service
Herausgeber: Dalla, Rochelle L.; Johnson, Julie M.; Defrain, John

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is comprised of nineteen chapters written by scholars with expertise on immigrant families representing every corner of the globe_from Africa and India to Europe and Central America. It provides a springboard from which to answer the application and 'what now' questions for those who work with immigrant families in a variety of capacities_from academicians and researchers to educators and human-service providers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 446
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 719g
• ISBN-13: 9780739114575
• ISBN-10: 0739114573
• Artikelnr.: 26848710

Autorenporträt

Rochelle L. Dalla is an associate professor; John DeFrain is an extension professor; Julie M. Johnson is chair and professor; Douglas A. Abbott is a professor, all in the Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Introduction
Part 2 I. How Immigration Changes Immigrants and How Immigrants Change
America
Chapter 3 Chapter 1. An Evaluation of the Psychological Research on
Acculturation and Enculturation Processes among Recently Immigrating
Populations
Chapter 4 Chapter 2. A Sociological Analysis of the Psychosocial Adaptation
of Khmer Refugees in Massachusetts
Chapter 5 Chapter 3. Understanding the Immigration Experience through a
Lifecourse Lens: Four Personal Stories
Chapter 6 Chapter 4. Transnational Families and the Social Construction of
Identity: Whiteness Matters
Part 7 II. Marriages and Families
Chapter 8 Chapter 5. Influence of American Culture of East Indian
Immigrants' Perception of Marriage and Family Life
Chapter 9 Chapter 6. Strong Marriages in Latino Culture
Chapter 10 Chapter 7. Family Strengths of Hmong and Somalil Refugees in the
United States
Chapter 11 Chapter 8. Migrating Latinas and the Grief Process
Chapter 12 Chapter 9. Career and Employment Concerns of Immigrant Women
Part 13 III. Parents and Children
Chapter 14 Chapter 10. Childcare Challenges of African Immigrant Families:
An Inductive Thematic Analysis
Chapter 15 Chapter 11. Decisions about Child Rearing Practices in First
Generation Asian Indian Immigrants
Chapter 16 Chapter 12. Intergenerational Differences in Acculturation and
Family Conflict among Korean Immigrant Families
Chapter 17 Chapter 13. Lost Boys Finding Their Way: Challenges, Changes,
and Small Victories of Young Sudanese Refugees in the United States
Chapter 18 Chapter 14. Distant Relations between Migrant Adult Children and
Their Older Parents
Chapter 19 Chapter 15. Co-Residence in Chinese Immigrant Families
Part 20 IV. Community and Programmatic Issues
Chapter 21 Chapter 16. Stress, Status, and Sociability: Exploring
Residential Satisfaction in the Rural Midwest Following Rapid Immigration
Chapter 22 Chapter 17. Rural Latino Immigrant Families: Hunger, Housing,
and Social Support
Chapter 23 Chapter 18. Parental Stress Among U.S. Mexican Heritage Parents:
Implications for Culturally Relevant Family Life Education
Chapter 24 Chapter 19. The Impact of Latino Immigrants and Bicultural
Program Coordinators on Organizational Philosophy and Values: A Case Study
of Organizational Responsiveness
Part 25 Epilogue