Little research has examined the role of acculturation in the determination of intimate partner violence (IPV) among Chinese immigrants in the United States. Data on 166 IPV Chinese immigrant couples obtained from a Chinese American community organization were analyzed for this study. Findings show that the level of acculturation and socioeconomic status were associated with severity, frequency, length, and type of abuse committed by Chinese immigrant men although not all factors played an equally important role in explaining IPV. Certain Chinese immigrant victim characteristics, such as having social networks, were also related to the experience of IPV.

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Cause-effect inference is the very basic and essential element of thinking on the phenomena or events of the world. By the age of around 3 years, children have experienced many different physical causes and their effects. However, the time varies when children understand causality. Traditional development psychologists such as Piaget believed that it emerged around 6 or 7 years old while some psychologists in recent studies suggest that it is acquired from a relatively early age (Gelman, Bullock, and Meck, 1980; Hong, Chijun, Xuemei, Shan & Chongde). Meanwhile, theory of mind can be psychological causal reasoning since it is the tendency to infer one's own and other's mental states through behaviors (Lillard, 2001). Hence, the purpose of this study is to investigate the difference in understanding of causal reasoning between 3-and 4-year olds, and to explore the correlation of children's IQ score, their performance on causal reasoning, and theory of mind.