Strengths and Challenges of New Immigrant Families Implications for Research, Education, Policy, and Service

by Dalla, Rochelle L.; Defrain, John; Johnson, Julie M.; Abbott, Douglas A.; Amarapurkar, Sayali S.; Bates, Laura; Blume, Libby Balter; Boren, Amy E.; Brady, Laura Thompson; Cantarero, Rodrigo; Cook, Christine C.; De Reus, Lee Anne; Detzner, Daniel F.; Garas

• ISBN13: 9780739114568
• ISBN10: 0739114565
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-10-23
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

Immigration to America is an issue that often sparks intense emotional reactions-from passion and compassion to anger and even rage. Often missing from the dialogue, however, is discussion of the strengths of immigrant newcomers-the abilities and positive characteristics they bring as individuals and families to our country, and how these contribute to the agency, growth, and vitality of America. This book was intended to move the discussion of immigration, generally speaking, and of immigrant families specifically, to include how and in what ways new immigrants to America (those arriving within the past thirty years) have changed the social and geocultural landscape of this country in positive, beneficial, and valuable ways.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
How Immigration Changes Immigrants and How Immigrants Change America
An Evaluation of the Psychological Research on Acculturation and Enculturation Processes among Recently Immigrating Populations	p. 9
A Sociological Analysis of the Psychosocial Adaptation of Khmer Refugees in Massachusetts	p. 33
Understanding the Immigration Experience through a Lifecourse Lens: Four Personal Stories	p. 53
Transnational Families and the Social Construction of Identity: Whiteness Matters	p. 71
Marriages and Families
Influence of American Culture on East Indian Immigrants' Perceptions of Marriage and Family Life	p. 93
Strong Marriages in Latino Culture	p. 117
Family Strengths of Hmong and Somali Refugees in the United States	p. 135
Migrating Latinas and the Grief Process	p. 155
Career and Employment Concerns of Immigrant Women	p. 175
Parents and Children
Childcare Challenges of African Immigrant Families: An Inductive Thematic Analysis	p. 195
Decisions about Child Rearing Practices in First Generation Asian Indian Immigrants	p. 217
Intergenerational Differences in Acculturation and Family Conflict among Korean Immigrant Families	p. 241
"Lost Boys" Finding Their Way: Challenges, Changes, and Small Victories of Young Sudanese Refugees in the United States	p. 265
Distant Relations between Migrant Adult Children and Their Older Parents	p. 287
Co-residence in Chinese Immigrant Families	p. 309
Community and Programmatic Issues
Stress, Status, and Sociability: Exploring Residential Satisfaction in the Rural Midwest following Rapid Immigration	p. 329
Rural Latino Immigrant Families: Hunger, Housing, and Social Support	p. 345
Parental Stress among U.S. Mexican Heritage Parents: Implications for Culturally Relevant Family Life Education	p. 369
The Impact of Latino Immigrants and Bicultural Program Coordinators on Organizational Philosophy and Values: A Case Study of Organizational Responsiveness	p. 393
Epilogue	p. 411
Editorial Board	p. 427
The Kur Family and the Noe Bay Family	p. 429
Index	p. 431
About the Editors	p. 435
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