Building and Using a Social Network: Nurture for Low-Income Chinese American Adolescents' Learning

Autor/inn/en	Li, Jin; Holloway, Susan D.; Bempechat, Janine; Loh, Elaine
Titel	Building and Using a Social Network: Nurture for Low-Income Chinese American Adolescents' Learning
Quelle	In: New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, (2008) 121, S.9-25 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1520-3247
DOI	10.1002/cd.220
Schlagwörter	Asian Americans; Parent Participation; Adolescents; Parent School Relationship; Values; Social Networks; Chinese Americans; Social Capital; North Americans; High Achievement; Low Achievement; Cultural Traits; Low Income; Comparative Analysis; Peer Groups; Immigrants; Acculturation; Models + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Elternmitwirkung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Wertbegriff; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Chinese; Chinesen; Sozialkapital; Unterdurchschnittliche Leistung; Niedriglohn; Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Akkulturation; Analogiemodell
Abstract	Little research has examined how low-income Asian American children are supported to achieve well in school. The authors used the notion of social capital to study higher versus lower achieving Chinese adolescents from low-income backgrounds. They found that families of higher-achieving adolescents built and used more effectively three kinds of social networks in lieu of direct parental involvement: (a) designating a helper in and outside the home for the child, (b) identifying peer models for the child to emulate, and (c) involving extended kin to guide the child jointly. These forms of social capital reflect Chinese cultural values applied to the challenges of immigrant adaptation. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10