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Immigrant children : change, adaptation, and cultural transformation / edited by Susan S. Chuang and Robert P. Moreno

Published
Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2011]
Copyright Date
©2011
Physical Description
ix, 319 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Additional Creators
Chuang, Susan S., 1969- and Moreno, Robert P., 1962-
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Contents
Changing lives: theoretical and methodological advances on immigrant children and youth / Susan S. Chuang and Robert P. Moreno -- Immigrant children: making a new life / Carola Suárez-Orozco, Avary Carhill, and Susan S. Chuang -- A resilience framework to examine immigrant and refugee children and youth in Canada / David Este and Hieu Van Ngo -- Social functioning and peer experiences in immigrant Chinese, Canadian-born Chinese, and European Canadian children / Xinyin Chen and Hennis Chi-Hang Tse -- The achievement/adjustment paradox: understanding the psychosocial struggles of Asian American children and adolescents / Desiree Baolian Qin and Eun-Jin Han -- Youth risk behavior among Mexican-origin adolescents: cross generational differences / Kate Luther ... [et al.] -- The acculturation and adaptation of second-generation immigrant youth in Toronto and Montreal / John W. Berry and Colette Sabatier -- Service providers' perspectives on the pathways of adjustment for newcomer children and youth in Canada / Susan S. Chuang, Sarah Rasmi, and Christopher Friesen -- The social relational perspective on family acculturation / Leon Kuczynski, Geoff S. Navara, and Michael Boiger -- Psychological aspects of immigration among youth living in Portugal / Félix Neto, Robert P. Moreno, and Susan S. Chuang -- School readiness in Latino immigrant children in the United States / Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda, Lisa Baumwell, and Sandra I. Dias -- Challenges facing immigrant parents and their involvement in their children's schooling / Robert P. Moreno and Susan S. Chuang -- Acculturation-related conflict across generations in immigrant families / Amy Marks, Flannery Patton, and Lisa W. Coyne -- New arrivals: past advances and future directions in research and policy / Ross D. Parke and Susan S. Chuang.
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"--Provided by publisher.
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ISBN
9780739123904 (hardback)
0739123904 (hardback)
9780739167069 (electronic)
0739167065 (electronic)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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