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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Chinese immigrant families"”.
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English Language Learners of Chinese Immigrant Families in Canadian Schools
Given the context that many Chinese immigrant families are settling in Canada, their children, as English language learners (ELLs), have encountered a variety of obstacles and barriers while studying at local schools. The purpose of this Major Research Paper (MRP) is to understand the obstacles and …
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Protective Factors Against Intergenerational Conflict in Chinese Immigrant Families: A Pilot Study
… gap on intergenerational conflict in 23 Chinese immigrant families. Adolescents and one of their immigrant parents completed questionnaires assessing their acculturation. Adolescents also completed family conflict and parent attachment measures. Parents provided information on the use of …
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Sport socialization between parents and children in Chinese immigrant families in the U.S.
… the sport socialization goals in particular, of Chinese immigrant parents? (2) What is the influence of parent-child socialization on children’s sports involvement in Chinese immigrant families? and (3) What are the perceived meanings of sport socialization in the context of the overall …
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Parent-child acculturation discrepancy, parental knowledge, peer deviance, and adolescent delinquency in Chinese immigrant families
Using a longitudinal sample of Chinese immigrant families, the current study examined parent-child acculturation discrepancy as an ongoing risk factor for delinquency, through the mediating pathway of parental knowledge of the child’s daily experiences relating to child’s contact with deviant …
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Chinese Heritage Language Maintenance and Identity Construction: Investigation of the Family Language Policy of Chinese Immigrant Families in New Zealand
This study attempts to shed light on Chinese heritage language (CHL) maintenance and identity construction in Chinese immigrant families in New Zealand by investigating the implementation of family language policy (FLP) and the sequential outcomes of CHL competency. Accordingly, it provides …
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Comparing Parent -Child Dinnertime Interactions in Two Cultures
… is widely distributed in European American families. Although interdependence promoting praise tends to be overlooked in previous research, it is commonly distributed in Chinese immigrant families. The findings were discussed in terms of their implications for the development of culturally …
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The mother's voice: a folkloric analysis of Amy Tan's the joy luck club
… the relational dynamics occurring within four Chinese immigrant families. She uses personal narrative, vivid imagery, linguistical humor and situational tragedy to present the folkloric richness of her Chinese heritage. The purpose of this paper is to examine Tan's literary use of the oral …
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Chinese Immigrant Parental Involvement in Children’s Education: Characteristics and Challenges
… the quality and level of parental involvement in Chinese immigrant families, and the factors and challenges that exist. It will examine how language, culture, and parental educational will impact the amount that parents are involved in their children’s education, and how there may be both external …
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Challenging the Tiger Mother Stereotype? Christian Chinese Immigrant Homeschooling Mothers’ Parenting Practices
… to their personal and cultural values. Young Chinese parents tend to seek information and materials originating in the West for good parenting references because of the lack of indigenous parenting studies (Goh, 2011) and because of their higher regard for Western society (Fong, 2004; Goh, …
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Implementation and Evaluation of a Chinese Language Family Literacy Program: Impact on Young Children's Literacy Development in Chinese and English
… family literacy programs which target minority families as one group a challenging endeavor, both in program design and implementation. This study investigated the potential learning outcomes when a family literacy program with language supports were provided to Chinese immigrant families. An …
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GUAN AND SHAMING AMONG CHINESE FAMILIES IN THE UNITED STATES: THE MODERATING EFFECTS OF PERCEIVED CULTURAL NORMATIVENESS
… and academic outcomes among children of Chinese immigrants living in the U.S. The sample consisted of 51 Chinese ninth and tenth grade children and their mothers residing in the Cleveland metropolitan area. Mothers and children were asked to complete the Parental Training Scale, Critical …