ISBN:
9780805821536
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (317 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Penn State University Family Issues Symposia Series
Parallel Title:
Print version Immigration and the Family : Research and Policy on U.s. Immigrants
DDC:
306.85089
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This book documents the third in a series of annual symposia on family issues--the National Symposium on International Migration and Family Change: The Experience of U.S. Immigrants--held at Pennsylvania State University. Although most existing literature on migration focuses solely on the origin, numbers, and economic success of migrants, this book examines how migration affects family relations and child development. By exploring the experiences of immigrant families, particularly as they relate to assimilation and adaptation processes, the text provides information that is central to a be
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; IMMIGRATION AND THE FAMILY: Research and Policy on U.S. Immigrants; Copyright; Contents; Preface; PART I WHO MIGRATES, AND HOW DOES IT AFFECT FAMILY OUTCOMES?; 1 Ties That Bind: Immigration and Immigrant Families in the United States; 2 Immigrant Generations; 3 Migration and the Dynamics of Family Phenomena; 4 Immigrant Families at Risk: Factors That Undermine Chances for Success; PART II HOW DOES THE MIGRATION EXPERIENCE AFFECT CHILD AND ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT?; 5 The Psychological Experience of Immigration: A Developmental Perspective
Description / Table of Contents:
6 Research Perspectives on Constructs of Change: Intercultural Migration and Developmental Transitions7 Factors That Impact Developmental Outcomes of Immigrant Children; PART III HOW DO FAMILY STRUCTURE AND PROCESS CHANGE ACROSS SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS?; 8 Immigration and Sociocultural Change in Mexican, Chinese, and Vietnamese American Families; 9 Understanding Family Change Across Generations: Problems of Conceptualization and Research Design; 10 The Concept of "Bicultural Families" and Its Implications for Research on Immigrant and Ethnic Families
Description / Table of Contents:
11 Asian Immigrant Variables and Structural Models of Cross-Cultural DistressPART IV WHAT POLICIES ENHANCE OR IMPEDE IMMIGRANT FAMILY LINKS TO U.S. INSTITUTIONS?; 12 Immigrant Families and Public Policy: A Deepening Divide; 13 Whither the 1950s? The Family and Macroeconomic Context of Immigration and Welfare Reformin the 1990s; 14 Immigrant Integration and Pending Legislation: Observations on Empirical Projections; 15 Immigration and the Family: An Overview; Author Index; Subject Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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