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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"second-generation immigrants"”.
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Educational attainment in second generation immigrants : creating context for predicting college graduation.
… when predicting educational attainment. Second, while college graduation will serve as a measure for educational attainment, high school grade point average will also be evaluated as a preceding variable to predicting college graduation. Lastly, a greater investigation of the influence of …
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The influence of paternal autonomy-support upon ethnic culture identification among second-generation immigrants
Born and raised in the U.S., children of immigrants often face difficult choices between endorsing their family's country of origin (natal culture) and mainstream U.S. society (host culture). Although second generation immigrants desire to fit into the host society, their parents often demand that …
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"Rethinking ""success"" of second generation immigrants: the role of families and communities in the transition to young adulthood"
"Second generation immigrants currently outnumber foreign-born children by more than six to one, a number that doubled in the past decade (Child Trends, 2010). As this contemporary second generation immigrant cohort transitions into adulthood, it will shape considerably the demographics of the …
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A Hierarchical Examination of the Immigrant Achievement Gap: The Additional Explanatory Power of Nationality and Educational Selectivity Over Traditional Explorations of Race and Socioeconomic Status
… had lower math and reading achievement than nonimmigrants when they began kindergarten. In both achievement areas, 1.75-generation students caught up to their nonimmigrant counterparts, but second-generation students did not. Additionally, nationality played a greater role in determining …
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BOTH SIDES
… eight American-born Chinese (all of whom are second-generation immigrants) and twelve American-born individuals (all of them Caucasian, but from various backgrounds). It then focuses on my picture book, BOTH SIDES, representing how the different thinking modes and the specific cultural …
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Acculturation, Parental Control, and Adjustment among Asian Indian Women
… psychological adjustment among adult first and second-generation Asian Indian women who have immigrated, or whose parents have immigrated to the United States, from the Indian state of Kerala. Data from 73 participants indicate second-generation immigrants report poorer psychological adjustment …
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Does it take one or two to tango? : language skills, physical appearance, and immigrant integration in Germany
… It states a new commitment to integrate legal immigrants into German society by teaching them German and acquainting them with the legal, cultural, and historical precepts of the German state and society. To gauge the role of the host society in the integration process, I use a three-pronged …
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Are first generation immigrants more inclined to participate in clinical research?
<p>The number of immigrants entering the United States has increased dramatically in the past 30 years, but minorities and ethnic groups are underrepresented in research studies. This study examined first- and second-generation Arab American immigrants in Dearborn, Michigan, using a survey from 65 …
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Essays in Economics of Institutions and Culture
… on labor force participation and hours worked of second-generation immigrants residing in 26 European countries. The results show that for women, both taxes and culture of leisure impact participation and hours worked. For men, taxes influence labor supply both at the intensive and the extensive …
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Italian Immigration in the United States
… research that used content analysis of secondary sources (newspapers, magazines, literature, movies and sociological studies) in order to describe Italian immigration in America. The research is focused on Italian-American communities in the areas of Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New York …
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To own your name in gold
… By centering the experiences of first- and second-generation immigrants, the collection interrogates both the promises and illusions of the American Dream—what it offers and what it demands in return. At its core, this work considers the weight of names, language, and heritage in the process …
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The Experience of Elderly Immigrants of Mexican Origin with Life-Limiting Illness: A Critical Ethnography
… explain the health care experiences of elderly immigrants of Mexican origin who face life-limiting illness in the U.S. The study, a critical ethnography, was philosophically informed by Jürgen Habermas’s critical social theory and guided by Urie Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model. Thirteen first …
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Language Minority Students at Community College: How Do Developmental Education and English as a Second Language Affect Their Educational Outcomes?
… play an important role in providing first and second generation immigrants access to higher education and the opportunity to earn a postsecondary credential. However, immigrant students may face obstacles in pursuit of a postsecondary degree, particularly second language challenges that can …
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Latino families’ expectations about the process of family therapy, therapists, treatment outcome, termination, and future therapy
… Participants in this study were first- and second-generation immigrants from Central and South America, Mexico, and Caribbean Islands, which are Cuba, Dominican Republican, and Puerto Rico. Participants answered an online qualitative survey. After data were analyzed, five themes and several …
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Intergenerational influences of second-generation Chinese American academic and career exploration : using a career genogram as a guiding tool
… regarding intersectionalities such as second-generation immigrants. Using the Asian American Psychology of Working Theory (AAPWT; Tu & Okazaki, 2021) as a theoretical framework, this qualitative study examined how learning about their family's career history impacted secondgeneration …
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Conflict Behaviors: Religiosity, Culture, and Gender as Predictors for Conflict Management Styles Among First and Second Generation Arab Muslim Immigrants in the United States
… on these variables utilized by Arab-Muslim immigrants in the United States. My study follows a sequential explanatory model with a mixed methods approach, and specifically explores the conflict management styles utilized by first and second-generation Arab-Muslim immigrants in the U.S. and …
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Cultural and social integration of British immigrants and ethnic minorities: Exploring ethnic and generational differences in gender role attitudes, social networks, neighborhood attachment and work values
… research in Britain has investigated inter-generational social mobility of ethnic minorities in terms of various labor market outcomes such as employment rates and access to salariat class, economic integration does not necessarily lead to cultural and social integration, and there is no …
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Recovering the lives of South African Jewish women during the migration years c1880-1939
… women, the majority of whom were first and second generation immigrants from eastern Europe. Entitled "Setting up house", the first section opens with their migration, their establishment of immigrant neighbourhoods, and the perpetuation of their close knit communities through bonds of …
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