Poverty, Loss, and Resilience: The Story of Chinese Immigrant Youth

Autor/inn/en	Yeh, Christine J.; Kim, Angela B.; Pituc, Stephanie T.; Atkins, Marc
Titel	Poverty, Loss, and Resilience: The Story of Chinese Immigrant Youth
Quelle	In: Journal of Counseling Psychology, 55 (2008) 1, S.34-48 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0167
Schlagwörter	Focus Groups; Family Structure; School Counseling; Immigrants; Family Relationship; Coping; Adjustment (to Environment); Student Adjustment; Acculturation; Language Proficiency; English (Second Language); Social Support Groups; Intervention; Socioeconomic Influences; Racial Bias; Social Attitudes; Personality Traits; Poverty; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; School counselling; Pädagogische Beratung; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Bewältigung; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Akkulturation; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Armut; USA
Abstract	A total of 10 focus groups were conducted with students, parents, teachers, and school counseling and support personnel to investigate the cultural adjustment process of Chinese immigrant youth using an ecological framework. Multi-informant data were analyzed using the grounded theory (A. Strauss & J. M. Corbin, 1998) method. Findings reveal 6 main themes: socioeconomic changes due to immigrant status; English proficiency as a barrier to adjustment; changes in family structure and dynamics, racism, and invisibility; challenges to social support systems; and interdependent strategies for navigating in the United States. Results highlight the dynamic interaction and tensions created across themes and ecological contexts. The need for school- and community-based counseling interventions that address Chinese immigrant youths' losses and foster their resiliency and supportive networks are discussed. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10