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Showing 1 to 20 of 106 for “"Immigrant families"”.
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Exploring Sibling Relationships in Latino/a/x Immigrant Families
… The limited research on Latino/a/x siblings from immigrant families has found they have an impact on each other's cultural adaptations. The current study explored the influence of the acculturation cultural adaptation processes to the U.S. and how this adaptation may impact Latino/a/x sibling …
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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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Predictors of parenting practices and children's adjustment in Mexican immigrant families.
… practices and children's adjustment in Mexican immigrant families.
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A family affair: African immigrant families conceptualizing and navigating college choice
… and access strategies of sub-Saharan African immigrant families in the United States. This study generates knowledge around how 1.5- and second-generation African immigrant college going students and their first-generation immigrant parents conceptualize and navigate the college choice …
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Family language practices of Kazakh immigrant families in the United States
… policy, this project aims explore Kazakh immigrants’ family language ideologies, managements, and practices in the United States. Using the semi-structured interview approach, data were collected from three Kazakh immigrant families in Southern California. The findings presents that, …
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Second-Class Families: The Challenges and Strategies of Mixed-Status Immigrant Families
… about the new phenomenon of mixed-status immigrant families-- families with at least one unauthorized immigrant and one U.S. citizen--or how their families face the looming risk of separation. The purpose of this dissertation is to describe the experiences and challenges these families …
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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 social …
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Exploring the Funds of Knowledge and Islamic Practices in Muslim Immigrant Families
… Exploring The Funds of Knowledge in Muslim Immigrant Families. In addition, the study aims to show how Saudi Arabia can implement and benefit from the use of home visits. This study took place in Tucson, Arizona in the homes of three Muslim immigrant families whose children attend Al fajir …
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A Qualitative Exploration Of Trauma, Familismo, And Resilience In Three Mexican Immigrant Families.
… and other generational factors impact Mexican immigrant families. While intergenerational trauma has been well-documented among Holocaust survivors, war veterans, and historically marginalized communities, limited research has examined how such patterns manifest in Latin American immigrant …
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Sport socialization between parents and children in Chinese immigrant families in the U.S.
… 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 acculturation …
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Filling the Gap-A Handbook for Immigrant Families to Communicate with Teacher in U.S.A
… project is to fill the communication gap between immigrant families, teachers and school by designing a foundation level English language handbook. To ensure immigrant families can use this handbook to communicate with the teacher who cannot speak the second language. This field project can help …
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An Exploration of Gender Roles, Attitudes and Expectations in Nigerian Immigrant Families in Ireland
This project explores gender roles expectations and attitudes among first generation Nigerian men and women living in Ireland. Specifically this work examines how the process of migration influences gender roles expectations and attitudes. Through interview data, I investigate how Nigerian born men …
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Ego identity among young people of Spanish speaking Latin American immigrant families in Melbourne, Australia
… reported, and none pertaining to Latin American immigrants. The present exploratory study focused upon psychological experiences among 28 families of Latin American origin living in Melbourne, Victoria, with particular attention to the experience of young people in such families. The study …
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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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Rethinking parenting of East Asian immigrant families in the United States with Asian feminist perspectives
… parenting is the process of inviting East Asian immigrant children into the imaginary space of ‘Asia’. Moreover, East Asian women are the producers of their knowledge instead of reproducers of inherent knowledge, or tradition. With this new understanding of East Asian parenting, the author …
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Education, Identity, and the New Asian Americans: The Case of Japanese Immigrant Families in the Midwest
… co-ethnic networks suggest that these new immigrants have contested societal messages that assimilation is in their children's best interest. Instead, like many other Asian American communities, they have used capital, kinships, and social networks to encourage their children to learn about …
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A COMPARISON OF THE CULTURAL/ETHNIC PERCEPTIONS AND EDUCATIONAL BELIEFS OF KOREAN IMMIGRANT AND NON-IMMIGRANT FAMILIES
… a deeper contextual understanding of Korean immigrant parents' cultural/ethnic perceptions in relation to educational beliefs should be central to culturally responsive education designed to support Korean immigrant families. It is necessary for educators to examine the beliefs and practices …
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Intergenerational Family Learning Programs: Stories of Latinx, Immigrant Families and Their Journeys to and through Higher Education
… research presents the stories of three Latinx families who participated in an intergenerational family program. I endeavored to understand their experiences navigating the American system of education and their immigrant stories. Their narratives revealed significant details that can serve as …
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'We are actually raising South Africans''. Raising immigrant families: The parenting experiences of Zimbabweans in South Africa
… This study explores the parenting experiences of immigrant Zimbabwean parents raising their children in South Africa. Specifically, it investigates the ways in which raising children in a different country and cultural context influences parents’ understanding of and approaches to parenting. Nine …
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