Asian American Parenting and Parent-Adolescent Relationships

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Russell, Stephen T. (Editor), Crockett, Lisa J. (Editor), Chao, Ruth K. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
• Edition: First.
• Series: Advancing Responsible Adolescent Development
• Subjects: Philosophy (General).; Anthropology.; Sociology.; Developmental psychology.; Psychology.; Child and School Psychology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5728-3

The growing presence of non-European cultures in America brings new challenges to as well as opportunities for parenting research. Whereas particular constructs of parent-child relationships were once considered universal, we now recognize distinct cultural variations. This is especially true in the...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction: Asian American Parenting and Parent-Adolescent Relationships
• Do Measures of Parenting have the Same Meaning for European, Chinese, and Filipino American Adolescents? Tests of Measurement Equivalence
• Parental Beliefs and their Relation to the Parental Practices of Immigrant Chinese American and European Americans
• Parental Sacrifice and Acceptance as Distinct Dimensions of Parental Support among Chinese and Filipino American Adolescents
• The Meanings of Parent-Adolescent Relationship Quality among Chinese American and Filipino American Adolescents
• Interdependent Independence: The Meanings of Autonomy among Chinese American and Filipino American Adolescents
• Conclusions: The Role of Asian American Culture in Parenting and Parent-Adolescent Relationships
• References.