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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Asian Indian American"”.
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Experiences of Asian Indian American Students in US Undergraduate Medical Education
Asian Indian American (AIA) students are largely absent from the performance data and literature on medical student experiences in the United States. Masked by the variety of cultures aggregated under the broader Asian American label, institutions fail to recognize how experiences within the US …
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Conceptualizations of Sexual Health from the Perspectives of Asian Indian American Women
… of color. Information about the sexual health of Asian Indian women who are brought up within the U.S. and the contextual factors which play a role in their views on sexual health is lacking. Even less is known about the experience and impact of navigating two sets of cultural beliefs (i.e., that …
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Understanding Intergenerational Family Conflict: A Case Study of Hindu Asian Indian American Families
… is an important experience to study in Hindu Asian Indian families, given the process of acculturation that occurs for immigrant families as well as how Hindu religious beliefs influence duties towards the family (dharma). The current study was designed to understand the various factors that …
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The relationship between religious support and acculturative stress in second-generation Asian Indian American Christians
Asian Americans, the fastest-growing immigrant population in the United States (U.S.), experience significant acculturative stress when adapting to a Western culture (Shim & Schwartz. 2008; U.S. Census. 2007). Acculturative stress is magnified in second-generation Asian Americans given the pressure …
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Great expectations : narratives of second generation Asian Indian American college students about academic achievement and related intergenerational communication
Asian Indian Americans are a highly successful subset of Asian Americans. According to a 2012 Pew Center report, this population has the highest level of degree attainment among Asian Americans as well as the highest median income among Asian Americans ("The Rise of Asian Americans," 2012). …
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Versions of America: Reading American Literature for Identity and Difference
My paper examines how American authors of the South Asian Diaspora (Indian-American or South Asian American) can be read 1) as simply American and 2) without regard to ethnicity. I develop this argument using American authors Jhumpa Lahiri, a first generation American of Bengali-Indian descent, and …