Positive Marital Quality, Acculturative Stress, and Child Outcomes Among Mexican Americans

Leidy, Melinda S.; Parke, Ross D.; Cladis, Mina; Coltrane, Scott; Duffy, Sharon

doi:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00638.x

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“…These factors are along the lines of previous studies in that pupils of immigrant mothers may perform worse than those of native mothers (e.g., Fernandez-Kelly and Schauffler, 1994; Jain and Belsky, 1997; Leidy et al, 2009;Van Amersfoort, 1974;Rosenthal et al, 1983;Lareau, 1989;Rong and Grant, 1992;Cosden et al, 1995;Kao and Tienda, 1995). The point is that the ineffective learning of pupils with immigrant mothers does not pertain to the pupils themselves, but can be attributed to their feeling that they are not treated in a "seems fair" environment.…”

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The educational achievement of pupils with immigrant and native mothers: evidence from Taiwan

Lin

2014

Asia Pacific Journal of Education

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn is a local and virtual international research center and a place of communication between science, politics and business. IZA is an independent nonprofit organization supported by Deutsche Post Foundation. The center is associated with the University of Bonn and offers a stimulating research environment through its international network, workshops and conferences, data service, project support, research visits and doctoral program. IZA engages in (i) original and internationally competitive research in all fields of labor economics, (ii) development of policy concepts, and (iii) dissemination of research results and concepts to the interested public. Terms of use: Documents inIZA Discussion Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be available directly from the author.IZA Discussion Paper No. 9435 October 2015 ABSTRACTThe Educational Achievement of Pupils with Immigrant and Native Mothers: Evidence from Taiwan * This paper takes advantage of the Taiwan Assessment of Student Achievement data set to empirically evaluate whether the test score differentials between pupils with immigrant and native mothers are substantial across subjects, grades and years. Our results show that there exist test score differentials between the two groups after controlling for the students' individual characteristics and family background. The Chinese, Math and English subjects exhibit larger test score gaps relative to Science and Society. We also find that the academic gaps between native students and pupils with mothers from Southeast Asian countries tend to widen, while the students' performance is about the same as that for native students if their mothers are from mainland China, confirming that the language proficiency of immigrant mothers significantly affects pupils' learning. Our empirical results may suggest that remedial teaching (or an equivalent preferential policy) for the lower-grade pupils with immigrant mothers might be required to create a fair environment for learning, and such a policy should take the nationality of those foreign mothers into account.JEL Classification: A2, I2

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Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 73%

The educational achievement of pupils with immigrant and native mothers: evidence from Taiwan

Lin

2014

Asia Pacific Journal of Education

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“…When using a theory in an article, it would be better to make references to the theory in both the introduction and discussion sections. Some researchers use theories in the introduction section to guide their research but fail to discuss the results in light of the theory they used (i.e., Leidy, Parke, Cladis, Coltrane, & Duffy, 2009). Adversely, some researchers only mentioned the theory on their discussion section but not in their introduction section (i.e., Davila, McFall, & Cheng, 2009).…”

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The recent explicit use of theory in empirical studies on acculturation of children

Keskin

2013

Early Child Development and Care

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The purpose of this study was to examine empirical studies published on child acculturation in terms of use of theory. Based on a computerised database search, 31 empirical studies published in the last five years were found and examined. Findings of this study indicated that 74% of the empirical studies employed theory explicitly. Common theories utilised explicitly in the studies were Berry's and Szapocznik's acculturation theories. Concerns about authors' use of theory practices were addressed. Benefits of utilising theory explicitly were discussed and suggestions for future studies were made.

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“…Thumboo et al (2000) suggested that the two factors corresponding to the MFM may be merged into a common factor based on the principle of parsimony. However, other researchers suggested the possibility of separate positive and negative dimensions of marital quality (Cladis et al 2009; Fincham and Linfield 1997; Mattson et al 2007). The moderate correlation between the two factors suggests that they may be conceptually distinct but related dimensions representing couples’ evaluations of the intimacy and conflict aspects of their marital relationship.…”

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confidence: 99%

Psychometric Properties of a Chinese Version of the Medical Outcomes Study Family and Marital Functioning Measures in Hong Kong Chinese Childbearing Families

Ngai

Ngu

2011

Community Ment Health J

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The aim of the study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of Medical Outcomes Study Family and Marital Functioning Measures (C–MOS–FMFM) in Hong Kong Chinese childbearing families. A cross-sectional survey was conducted using a convenience sample of 128 childbearing couples recruited from antenatal clinics. The C–MOS–FMFM demonstrated good internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.79) and test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.74). Significant correlations with Medical Outcomes Study-Social Support Survey (r = 0.38, P < 0.01) and Trait Anxiety Inventory (r = −0.48, P < 0.01) supported construct validity. Factor analysis identified one factor corresponding to family functioning and two factors corresponding to marital functioning. The C–MOS–FMFM has satisfactory psychometric properties. It has the potential to be used as a clinical and research instrument for measuring family and marital functioning in the Chinese population.

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Positive Marital Quality, Acculturative Stress, and Child Outcomes Among Mexican Americans

Cited by 43 publications

References 63 publications

The educational achievement of pupils with immigrant and native mothers: evidence from Taiwan

The educational achievement of pupils with immigrant and native mothers: evidence from Taiwan

The recent explicit use of theory in empirical studies on acculturation of children

Psychometric Properties of a Chinese Version of the Medical Outcomes Study Family and Marital Functioning Measures in Hong Kong Chinese Childbearing Families

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