Strengths and challenges of new immigrant families implications for research, education, policy, and service /
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...
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| 505 | 0 | # | |a How immigration changes immigrants and how immigrants change America -- A sociological analysis of the psychosocial adaptation of Khmer refugees in Massachusetts -- Understanding the immigration experience through a life course lens: four personal stories-- Transnational families and the social construction of identity: whiteness matters -- Influence of American culture on East Indian immigrants: perception of marriage and family life -- Strong marriages in Latino culture -- Family strengths of Hmong and Somali refugees in the United States -- Migrating Latinas and the grief process -- Career and employment concerns of immigrant women -- Childcare challenges of African immigrant families: an inductive thematic analysis -- Decisions about child rearing practices in first generation Asian Indian immigrants -- Intergenerational differences in acculturation and family conflict among Korean immigrant families -- Lost boys finding their way: challenges, changes, and small victories of young Sudanese refugees in the United States -- Distant relations between migrant adult children and their older parents -- Co-residence in Chinese immigrant families -- Stress, status, and sociability: exploring residential satisfaction in the rural Midwest following rapid immigration -- Rural Latino immigrant families: hunger satisfaction in the rural Midwest following rapid immigration -- Rural Latino immigrant families: hunger, housing, and social support -- Parental stress among U.S. Mexican heritage parents: implications for culturally relevant family life education -- The impact of Latino immigrants and bicultural program coordinators on organizational philosophy and values: a case study of organizational responsiveness. |
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