Immigrant Families, Adolescents and Acculturation

Baptiste, David A.

doi:10.1300/j002v19n03_09

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“…The conflict is expressed in changing intergenerational boundaries, undermining of parental authority, and the parents' fears of losing the child to the new culture and of change in general (Baptiste, 1993;Walsh et. al., 2006).…”

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“This Is My Responsibility”: Parental Experience of Former Soviet Union Immigrant Parents in Israel

Yakhnich

2016

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This qualitative study focuses on the parenting experience of immigrant parents from the former Soviet Union (FSU) in Israel. Seventeen in-depth open interviews with FSU immigrant parents were conducted. All participants had been living in Israel between one-and-a-half and five years and had adolescent children aged 11 to 17. The central theme that emerges from the interviews is the participants' sense of parental responsibility, which is based on four central components: control, involvement, discipline, and parental guidance. Immigration challenges the participants' abilities to fulfil their responsibilities as parents by exposing them and their children to cultural differences in child-rearing practices and language difficulties. Pressures of work and learning to live in a new culture may lead to a lack of emotional and physical availability to their children. Participants try to cope with these challenges by maintaining child-rearing practices used in the FSU. Many parents report this means of coping as unsuccessful and feel helpless and uncertain in tackling new parental dilemmas posed by immigration.

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“This Is My Responsibility”: Parental Experience of Former Soviet Union Immigrant Parents in Israel

Yakhnich

2016

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“…[7][8][9][10][11][12][13] As a result, health researchers have become interested in how the maintenance of culture of origin values influences the ways in which people adapt to new cultures. [14][15][16][17][18] It is known, for example, that family conflict may increase when family members shed cultural values and adopt new values at different rates. 14,19 In two studies investigating the perception of different rates of acculturation within families, higher prevalence of substance use and lower levels of self-esteem were detected among Latino youth who perceived larger intergenerational differences in cultural values.…”

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“…[14][15][16][17][18] It is known, for example, that family conflict may increase when family members shed cultural values and adopt new values at different rates. 14,19 In two studies investigating the perception of different rates of acculturation within families, higher prevalence of substance use and lower levels of self-esteem were detected among Latino youth who perceived larger intergenerational differences in cultural values. 20,21 The maintenance of culture of origin values such as familism may decelerate the rate of acculturation within families, leading to less intergenerational strife and better health outcomes.…”

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Associations Among Familism, Language Preference, and Education in Mexican-American Mothers and Their Children

Romero

Robinson

Haydel

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Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics

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ABSTRACT. Latino families who express a higher degree of familism are characterized by positive interpersonal familial relationships, high family unity, social support, interdependence in the completion of daily activities, and close proximity with extended family members. Retention of cultural values, such as familism, may be linked to positive health outcomes; however, little is known about how families retain culture of origin values in the face of acculturation pressures. The current study explores acculturation influences as indexed by language preference and household education on maternal and child familism. Mothers and children of Mexican descent (fourth grade students) (n = 219) completed measures of demographics, household education, language preference, and familism. Three hypotheses were examined. First, we predicted that lower household education would be correlated with higher familism scores. However, contrary to our prediction, a higher familism score was significantly associated with a higher level of household education (p < .05). Second, we predicted that higher child familism would be associated with the preference for speaking Spanish. Children who preferred to use both English and Spanish (p < .01) or English alone (p < .05) had higher familism scores than those who preferred Spanish. Third, we predicted that lower child familism scores would be associated with greater differences in mother and child language preferences. There were no significant differences in child familism based on differences between parent and child language. Protective influences of cultural maintenance deserve further attention in longitudinal studies and in relation to the physical and mental health of youth. J Dev Behav Pediatr 025: 34 -40, 2004. Index terms: Familism, language preference, Mexican-American.It is helpful for clinicians who work with families from different cultures to be aware of normative beliefs, values, attitudes, and practices that are commonly identified in a particular group. But it is also crucially important to recognize that there is often as much variation in beliefs and practices within groups as among different groups. Knowledge of such variability guards against stereotyping. This article describes differences in expression of a common traditional cultural value ( familism) within a group of Mexican-American families based on the level of acculturation and other sociodemographic factors. Results show that the relationships among these variables are complex and require further study. -Editor Familism is a construct that reflects the collectivistic nature of Latino culture, in other words, the orientation toward the welfare of the group. 1 Latino families who express a higher degree of familism are characterized by positive interpersonal familial relationships, high family unity, social support, interdependence in the completion of daily activities, and close proximity with extended family members. [2][3][4][5][6]

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“…Given the proximity they travel between the United States and their places of origin with some frequency (Arriaza, 1997;Baptiste, 1993;Chavez, 1990), even traveling by land is often used. This traveling locates them simultaneously in two overlapping planes.…”

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Welcome to the Front Seat: Racial Identity and Mesoamerican Immigrants

Arriaza

2004

Journal of Latinos and Education

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In this article, I argue that mestizo immigrants from the Mesoamerica region experience a low socioeconomic tracking compounded by a racialized subordinating discourse in the United States. These immigrants come over to the United States from a region where social stratification and racial prejudice are based more on cultural and linguistic differentiation than on pigmentation. Once in their new surroundings, mestizo immigrants live a reversal of power relations as well as a new cultural regime that places them in a secondary social role.Key words: diasporic studies, race theory, identity formation theory, identity and education, immigration, Latina/Latino/Chicano culture, people of color and socialization I'd marry a black guy immediately, just like that. But not even dead I'd marry an indian.-A Guatemalan ladino woman. 1Comments like the preceding one are not out of the ordinary in today's identity politics of Guatemala. Such comments indeed reflect the torturous and sad terrain of postcolonial racial discourse in which gender, race, and class constructs appear profoundly linked and expressed in daily interaction among Guatemalans. How- JOURNAL OF LATINOS AND EDUCATION, 3(4), 251-265Copyright © 2004, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.Requests for reprints should be sent to Gilberto Arriaza, San Jose State University, College of Education, Educational Leadership Department, One Washington Square, San Jose, CA 95192-0072. E-mail: garriaza@email.sjsu.edu 1 Ladino is the ethnic identifier for those of mixed ancestry and/or who have adopted urban and westernized cultural traits. Indian, the opposite to ladino, is the ethnic identifier for people who claim Mayan ancestry and/or exhibit cultural traits associated with the Mayan culture (clothing, language, etc.). Ladino and mestizo are used in this article as interchangeable names.

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Immigrant Families, Adolescents and Acculturation

Cited by 72 publications

References 5 publications

“This Is My Responsibility”: Parental Experience of Former Soviet Union Immigrant Parents in Israel

“This Is My Responsibility”: Parental Experience of Former Soviet Union Immigrant Parents in Israel

Associations Among Familism, Language Preference, and Education in Mexican-American Mothers and Their Children

Welcome to the Front Seat: Racial Identity and Mesoamerican Immigrants

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