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Immigrant Children : Change, Adaptation, and Cultural Transformation

Author
Chuang, Susan S., 1969-
Published
Lanham : Lexington Books, 2011.
Physical Description
1 online resource (331 pages)
Additional Creators
Adams, Michele, Baumwell, Lisa, Berry, John W., Boiger, Michael, Carhill, Avary, Chen, Xinyin, Coltrane, Scott, Cookston, Jeff, Coyne, Lisa W., Dias, Sandra I., Este, David, Friesen, Christopher, Han, Eun-Jin, Kuczynski, Leon, Luther, Kate, Marks, Amy, Moreno, Robert P., 1962-, Navara, Geoff, Neto, Félix, Ngo, Hieu Van, Parke, Ross D., Patton, Flannery, Qin, Desiree, Rasmi, Sarah, Sabatier, Colette, Suárez-Orozco, Carola, Tamis-LeMonda, Catherine S., and Tse, Hennis Chi-Hang
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Changing Lives; Chapter 2: Immigrant Children; Chapter 3: A Resilience Framework to Examine Immigrant and Refugee Children and Youth in Canada; Chapter 4: Social Functioning and Peer Experiences in Immigrant Chinese, Canadian-born Chinese, and European Canadian Children; Chapter 5: The Achievement/Adjustment Paradox; Chapter 6: Youth Risk Behavior among Mexican-Origin Adolescents; Chapter 7: The Acculturation and Adaptation of Second-Generation Immigrant Youth in Toronto and Montreal. and Chapter 8: Service Providers' Perspectives on the Pathways of Adjustment for Newcomer Children and Youth in CanadaChapter 9: The Social Relational Perspective on Family Acculturation; Chapter 10: Psychological Aspects of Immigration among Youth Living in Portugal; Chapter 11: School Readiness in Latino Immigrant Children in the United States; Chapter 12: Challenges Facing Immigrant Parents and Their Involvement in Their Children's Schooling; Chapter 13: Acculturation-Related Conflict across Generations in Immigrant Families; Chapter 14: New Arrivals; Author Index; Subject Index.
Summary
This edited book focuses on immigrant and refugee children around the world and will provide readers with a richer and more comprehensive approach of how researchers, practitioners, and social policymakers can examine immigrant children and youth among ethnic minority families. Also, the chapters will focus on the various methodological advances used to explicitly investigate immigrant children and youth.
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ISBN
9780739167069
0739167065
9781306084437
1306084431
0739184458
9780739184455
9780739123904
0739123904
Note
About the EditorsList of Contributors.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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