The Other Side of the Model Minority Story: The Familial and Peer Challenges Faced by Chinese American Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Qin, Desiree Boalian; Way, Niobe; Mukherjee, Preetika
Titel	The Other Side of the Model Minority Story: The Familial and Peer Challenges Faced by Chinese American Adolescents
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 39 (2008) 4, S.480-506 (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X08314233
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Social Adjustment; Chinese Americans; Asian American Students; Ethnic Stereotypes; High Achievement; Student Adjustment; Peer Relationship; Family Relationship; Environmental Influences; Psychological Patterns; Longitudinal Studies; Urban Areas; Parent Child Relationship; Expectation; Educational Attainment; Parent Attitudes; Social Discrimination; Massachusetts; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Soziale Anpassung; Asian immigrant; Chinese; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; Chinesen; USA; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; National stereotype; Nationales Stereotyp; Adjustment; Adaptation; Peer-Beziehungen; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Urban area; Stadtregion; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Expectancy; Erwartung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Elternverhalten; Soziale Benachteiligung; Soziale Schließung; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	The image of the model minority dominates scholarly and public discourse on Asian American children and adolescents. However, recent research has shown that despite their high levels of educational achievement Asian American students report poor psychological and social adjustment. Using an ecological framework, this article sought to explore the family and peer experiences of Chinese American adolescents as these are the two most critical contexts influencing adolescents' psychological and social adjustment. Drawing on longitudinal data collected from two studies conducted in Boston and New York on 120 first- and second-generation Chinese American students, our analyses suggested that many Chinese American adolescents feel alienated from their parents and peers. The alienation from parents was due to factors such as language barriers, parenting work schedules, and high parental educational expectations. Alienation from peers was due to ongoing peer discrimination from both Chinese and non-Chinese peers. Implications and future research are also discussed. (Contains 1 table.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10