Download or read book Vietnamese Refugee Adolescents Acculturation written by Kim Oanh Cook and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Acculturation of Vietnamese Refugee Adolescents and Adults in Los Angeles written by Julie Neustadt Heifetz and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 1638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Understanding Acculturation and Adjustment Among Vietnamese Refugee Adolescents Across Life Domains written by Shanika L. Blanton and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Influence of Acculturation and Emigration Trauma on Identity Formation in Vietnamese Refugee Adolescents written by Margaret Miryam Shemaria and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Group Problem Solving Training for Vietnamese Refugee Adolescent Girls written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author conducted a problem solving training group with five English-speaking Vietnamese refugee adolescent girls. This was a primary mental health prevention program geared toward reduction of family conflict. The author anticipated that through the use of the cognitive problem solving techniques learned in the group, the girls would improve their ability to cope with family conflicts related to acculturation to American society. Improved coping skills would lead to a decrease in the experience of symptoms of anxiety, depression, and other distressing problems. The girls would also experience increased satisfaction with their families. The author reviewed the refugee mental health, and the problem solving literature. Psychological issues play a part in refugee migration and in the acculturation process. Indeed, such issues contribute to the common generational conflicts in acculturating families. The tasks and crises of individual and family development affect the efforts of family members to acculturate, and contribute to conflicts between members. The author established the extent and nature of conflict in Vietnamese refugee families through an examination of empirical studies and anecdotal reports. She discussed the various methods that clinicians have used to ameliorate family conflict in Vietnamese and other immigrant families, and described the importance of cultural considerations in therapy. Through a discussion of D'Zurilla's (1986, 1988) problem solving therapy, she demonstrated how this type of cognitive - behavioral intervention is culturally appropriate for Vietnamese adolescent girls. The author conducted six group sessions during which the participants learned D'Zurilla's problem solving method. In order to test the hypotheses that there would be changes in the girls' command of the problem solving method, and in their levels of symptomatic behavior, and other problems, the author administered four assessment measures before beginning the sessions. These were the Index of Family Relations (IFR) (Hudson, 1982), The Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 (HSCL-25) (Mollica, et al., 1987), the Youth-Self Report (YSR) (Achenbach and Edelbrock, 1987), and the Problem Solving Test, an original measure devised by the author. The participants completed the same battery of measures at the completion of the group. The author included a detailed outline of the six sessions of Problem Solving Training, including the stories of problem situations that the participants used to practice the method. The author also provided a narrative of the events that occurred in each session and a discussion of the results of the group. Results of the assessment measures were somewhat unclear and contradictory. The author discussed the possible reasons for the contradictions in the outcome data. She suggested that because of cultural factors, the tests used might not have accurately measured the distress of the girls. The girls did demonstrate at post testing an increased facility with the problem solving method. The author concluded with a discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the project, and recommendations for research.

Download or read book Ethnicities written by Rubén G. Rumbaut and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001-09-10 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributors to this volume probe systematically and in depth the adaptation patterns and trajectories of concrete ethnic groups. They provide a close look at this rising second generation by focusing on youth of diverse national origins—Mexican, Cuban, Nicaraguan, Filipino, Vietnamese, Haitian, Jamaican and other West Indian—coming of age in immigrant families on both coasts of the United States. Their analyses draw on the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study, the largest research project of its kind to date. Ethnicities demonstrates that, while some of the ethnic groups being created by the new immigration are in a clear upward path, moving into society's mainstream in record time, others are headed toward a path of blocked aspirations and downward mobility. The book concludes with an essay summarizing the main findings, discussing their implications, and identifying specific lessons for theory and policy.

Download or read book Growing Up American written by Min Zhou and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 1998-01-22 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vietnamese Americans form a unique segment of the new U.S. immigrant population. Uprooted from their homeland and often thrust into poor urban neighborhoods, these newcomers have nevertheless managed to establish strong communities in a short space of time. Most remarkably, their children often perform at high academic levels despite difficult circumstances. Growing Up American tells the story of Vietnamese children and sheds light on how they are negotiating the difficult passage into American society. Min Zhou and Carl Bankston draw on research and insights from many sources, including the U.S. census, survey data, and their own observations and in-depth interviews. Focusing on the Versailles Village enclave in New Orleans, one of many newly established Vietnamese communities in the United States, the authors examine the complex skein of family, community, and school influences that shape these children's lives. With no ties to existing ethnic communities, Vietnamese refugees had little control over where they were settled and no economic or social networks to plug into. Growing Up American describes the process of building communities that were not simply transplants but distinctive outgrowths of the environment in which the Vietnamese found themselves. Family and social organizations re-formed in new ways, blending economic necessity with cultural tradition. These reconstructed communities create a particular form of social capital that helps disadvantaged families overcome the problems associated with poverty and ghettoization. Outside these enclaves, Vietnamese children faced a daunting school experience due to language difficulties, racial inequality, deteriorating educational services, and exposure to an often adversarial youth subculture. How have the children of Vietnamese refugees managed to overcome these challenges? Growing Up American offers important evidence that community solidarity, cultural values, and a refugee sensibility have provided them with the resources needed to get ahead in American society. Zhou and Bankston also document the price exacted by the process of adaptation, as the struggle to define a personal identity and to decide what it means to be American sometimes leads children into conflict with their tight-knit communities. Growing Up American is the first comprehensive study of the unique experiences of Vietnamese immigrant children. It sets the agenda for future research on second generation immigrants and their entry into American society.

Download or read book Bridging the Many Worlds of Vietnamese Adolescents written by Huong Huynh Nguyen and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Acculturation of Vietnamese Refugees written by Quang Viet Tran and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Vietnamese Refugee Acculturation written by Daniel Martin and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Acculturation and Attitudes Toward the Utilization of Mental Health Services Among Vietnamese Refugees written by Peter Henphuc Ly and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Immigrant Youth in Cultural Transition written by John W. Berry and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-09-30 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Classic Edition of 'Immigrant Youth in Cultural Transition', first published in 2006, includes a new introduction by the editors, describing the ongoing relevance of this volume in the context of future challenges for this vital field of study. It emphasizes the importance of continued actions and policies to improve the quality of interactions between multiple ethno-cultural groups, and highlights how these issues have developed the field of cross-cultural psychology. In the original text, an international team of psychologists with interests in acculturation, identity, and development describes the experience and adaptation of immigrant youth, using data from over 7,000 immigrant youth from diverse cultural backgrounds and national youth living in 13 countries of settlement. They explore the way in which immigrant adolescents carry out their lives at the intersection of two cultures (those of their heritage group and the national society), and how well these youth are adapting to their intercultural experience. It explores four distinct patterns followed by youth during their acculturation: *an integration pattern, in which youth orient themselves to, and identify with both cultures; *an ethnic pattern, in which youth are oriented mainly to their own group; *a national pattern, in which youth look primarily to the national society; and *a diffuse pattern, in which youth are uncertain and confused about how to live interculturally. The study shows the variation in both the psychological adaptation and the sociocultural adaptation among youth, with most adapting well. This Classic Edition continues to be highly valuable reading for researchers, graduate students, and public policy makers who have an interest in public health, psychology, anthropology, sociology, demography, education, and psychiatry.

Download or read book Cross and Same race Friendships of Vietnamese Immigrant Adolescents written by Wing Yi Chan and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Acculturation Adjustment and Length of Residence of Vietnamese Refugees written by Marianne Celano and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Vietnamese Family written by Oahn H. Cao and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a consequence of the Vietnam War, many Vietnamese were forced to escape their homeland through clandestine and treacherous escapes. Subsequently, many became displaced from their country and joined the diaspora of refugees worldwide. After surviving the harrowing ordeal at sea and a protracted stay in refugee camps, most Vietnamese eventually settled in many Western countries, particularly the United States. For some Vietnamese, their successful adjustment to the receiving countries was facilitated by their ability to speak English and their familiarity with Western culture. However, for many, their adaptation to their adopted countries was difficult due to different cultural values, a language barrier, and socioeconomic factors.

Download or read book The Acculturation Status of Vietnamese Refugees in Orange County California written by Truy Ngoc Tran and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Making Sense of Fractured Lives written by Diem T. Nguyen and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Refugee mental health is a critical global health problem. For refugees, exposure to war, violence, torture, and other forms of trauma can leave deep physical, psychological, and emotional imprints with long-term consequences on mental health. But beyond the exposures to the violence happening in their homelands, refugees’ migration journeys, resettlement, and on-going acculturation experiences also add to their mental distress. Without treatment, mental distress continues to surface to disrupt the recovery and adaptation of families and communities. Using a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach, this qualitative study examines the long-term consequences of exposure to trauma, resettlement and on-going acculturation stress on refugee communities’ mental health. The study focuses specifically on the Vietnamese refugee community in King County, Washington as a case study. Vietnamese refugees make up one of the largest and oldest refugee communities in the United States since the establishment of the Refugee Act of 1980. There is a sense that many Vietnamese refugees have “made it” as an acculturation story. Across major U.S. cities, we see the presence of the Vietnamese people establishing roots and rebuilding families and communities. But underneath this layer of success lies a great many untold stories of pain that have been overshadowed by the need to move forward. Many Vietnamese continue to face challenges connected to past exposure to trauma as well as on-going acculturation stress. The findings from this case study will further our understanding of the long-term impacts of exposures to trauma, migration, and acculturation on the community’s recovery and adaptation with implications for research, practice, and community education.