A Qualitative Analysis of Vietnamese Adolescent Identity Exploration within and outside an Ethnic Enclave

Autor/inn/en	Vo-Jutabha, Easter Dawn; Dinh, Khanh T.; McHale, James P.; Valsiner, Jaan
Titel	A Qualitative Analysis of Vietnamese Adolescent Identity Exploration within and outside an Ethnic Enclave
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 38 (2009) 5, S.672-690 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-008-9365-9
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Social Environment; Cultural Influences; Immigrants; Qualitative Research; Context Effect; Discourse Analysis; Journal Writing; Vietnamese People; Ethnicity; Self Concept; Careers; Gender Differences; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Soziales Umfeld; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Qualitative Forschung; Diskursanalyse; Zeitschriftenaufsatz; Ethnizität; Selbstkonzept; Career; Karriere; Geschlechterkonflikt; Kalifornien
Abstract	Focusing on identity development explorations enables a greater understanding of contexts that affect immigrant adolescents. Utilizing thematic and grounded narrative analysis of 46 journal writings, during a one-month period, from first and second generation Vietnamese adolescents ranging in age from 15 to 18 (26 residents of a culturally and politically active ethnic enclave in Southern California; 20 adolescents living outside the enclave), this study establishes ways in which a focus on social context and exploration processes illuminates the complexity of immigrant adolescents' identity formation. The two groups shared many similarities, including precipitants to exploration and steps undertaken to explore identity. However, two factors--social and cultural influences and emotional reactions--revealed interesting contrasts distinguishing enclave from non-enclave dwelling Vietnamese adolescents. Data also suggested that immigrant adolescents strive to integrate different domains of identity (ethnicity, gender, career) both with one another and with the historical, social, and cultural contexts they occupy. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10