Coping with the Displaced Farm Family:

Jurich, Anthony P.; Collins, Olivia; Griffin, Charles C.

doi:10.1300/j002v19n01_05

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“…Social support networks at the family level can mediate the negative emotional and behavioral patterns associated with economic hardship in immigrant families and encourage parental warmth and acceptance, which then indirectly promote positive functioning in children's adaptation (Lou & Siantz, ). Jurich, Collins and Griffin () suggested that informal helping networks are of crucial importance to the adjustment of migrant families.…”

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Rural‐to‐Urban Migration, Family Resilience, and Policy Framework for Social Support in China

Wen

Hanley

2015

Asian Soc Wrk & Pol Rev

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China's internal rural‐to‐urban migration has impacted the country in economic, social, and cultural terms. Despite the increasing number of families involved in migration, little is known about how migrant families as a unit adapt to new environments from rural to urban settings. Policy making needs to be informed to address migrant families' needs. This article investigates how Chinese families experience transitions resulting from migration, exploring their use of formal and informal support to achieve adaptation and the process of making evolving choices for their children. We begin with a brief introduction to the literature on family resilience and its relation to Chinese migrant families. Then we provided an analysis of Chinese social policies most central to the experiences of rural‐to‐urban migrant families. After a brief description of methodology, we present our findings starting with a migrant family story to provide an anchor for the following discussion on how current policies can impede or facilitate migrant families' resilience. Our conclusion is that lack of social support leaves migrant Chinese families vulnerable when coping with enormous social, cultural, and economic transformations. Family constitutes the basis of Chinese society; therefore, a policy framework on social support is important to support these families and foster family resilience.

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Rural‐to‐Urban Migration, Family Resilience, and Policy Framework for Social Support in China

Wen

Hanley

2015

Asian Soc Wrk & Pol Rev

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“…Zheng and Berry (1991) revealed that Chinese sojourners in Canada reacted to their problems with less wishful thinking, self-blame and the seeking of information support. In a study on rural-urban migration of Americans, Jurich, Collins and Griffin (1993) revealed that displaced farmers used ineffective coping strategies such as an increase in alcohol consumption and physical violence to deal with problems associated with resettlement.…”

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Coping With Resettlement Difficulties: A Qualitative Analysis of Coping Strategies Used by Mainland Chinese Immigrants in Hong Kong

Wong¹

1998

Hong Kong J. Social Work

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A qualitative study was undertaken to explore the coping strategies used by mainland Chinese immigrants in Hong Kong to handle psychosocial stressors experienced during the resettlement stage of the migration process. It was revealed that coping strategies employed were stage-specific and culture-specific. While problem-solving strategies and compromise were used by immigrants to deal with recurring, daily resettlement difficulties, cognitive strategies of positive comparisons and positive and optimistic thinking were utilised to change the meanings of these difficulties. Acceptance and avoidance strategies were culturespecific, and were useful in reducing the stress associated with the resettlement difficulties encountered. It was also found that strategies such as acceptance, compromise and avoidance might have deleterious effects on the longer-term adjustment of immigrants. Implications for counselling the immigrants were suggested.

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Stage-Specific and Culture-Specific Coping Strategies Used by Mainland Chinese Immigrants During Resettlement in Hong Kong

Wong

2002

Social Work in Health Care

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A qualitative study was undertaken to explore the stage-specific and culture-specific coping strategies used by Mainland Chinese immigrants in Hong Kong to handle psychosocial stressors experienced during the resettlement stage of the migration process. While direct action coping strategies of problem-solving and compromise were used by immigrants to deal with recurring, daily resettlement difficulties, cognitive strategies of positive comparisons and positive and optimistic thinking were utilized to change the meanings of these difficulties. Emotion-focused coping of acceptance and avoidance strategies were culture-specific, and were useful in reducing the stress associated with the resettlement difficulties encountered. It was also found that strategies such as acceptance, compromise and avoidance might have deleterious effects on the longer-term adjustment of immigrants. Implications for services and counseling for the immigrants were suggested.

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Coping with the Displaced Farm Family:

Cited by 4 publications

References 21 publications

Rural‐to‐Urban Migration, Family Resilience, and Policy Framework for Social Support in China

Rural‐to‐Urban Migration, Family Resilience, and Policy Framework for Social Support in China

Coping With Resettlement Difficulties: A Qualitative Analysis of Coping Strategies Used by Mainland Chinese Immigrants in Hong Kong

Stage-Specific and Culture-Specific Coping Strategies Used by Mainland Chinese Immigrants During Resettlement in Hong Kong

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