Forging the Future between Two Different Worlds: Recent Chinese Immigrant Adolescents Tell Their Cross-Cultural Experiences

Autor/in	Li, Jun
Titel	Forging the Future between Two Different Worlds: Recent Chinese Immigrant Adolescents Tell Their Cross-Cultural Experiences
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescent Research, 24 (2009) 4, S.477-504 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0743-5584
DOI	10.1177/0743558409336750
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Psychological Patterns; Immigrants; Foreign Countries; Adjustment (to Environment); Case Studies; Qualitative Research; Educational Experience; Interviews; Cultural Influences; Cultural Differences; Acculturation; Parent Aspiration; Parent Child Relationship; Conflict; Stress Variables; Peer Relationship; Social Environment; Profiles; Academic Achievement; Canada; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Qualitative Forschung; Bildungserfahrung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Kultureller Unterschied; Akkulturation; Elternwille; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Konflikt; Peer-Beziehungen; Soziales Umfeld; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Schulleistung; Kanada
Abstract	In order to understand the interplay of culture and mind in immigrant adolescent learning and psychological adjustment, this multiple-case qualitative study examined salient home and school experiences told by recent Chinese immigrant youth in semistructured interviews and narrative essays. Forging the future between two different worlds defined, respectively, by Chinese tradition and Canadian culture, these adolescents struggled with high parental expectations and intergenerational conflicts at home and suffered acculturative stresses and ethnic peer divides at school. Situating the voices of the immigrant adolescents in the personal, relational, and larger sociocultural contexts, the study suggests that their ongoing psychological adjustment and transformation at the crossroad of two different cultures must be understood in light of the emerging, interdependent individual and social processes. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10