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Immigrant children : change, adaptation, and cultural transformation / / edited by Susan S. Chuang and Robert P. Moreno



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Titolo: Immigrant children : change, adaptation, and cultural transformation / / edited by Susan S. Chuang and Robert P. Moreno Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , [2011]
©2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (331 p.)
Disciplina: 305.23086/912
Soggetto topico: Acculturation
Immigrant children
Immigrant families
Refugee children
Classificazione: SOC026010
Altri autori: ChuangSusan S. <1969->  
MorenoRobert P. <1962->  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Nota di contenuto: Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Changing Lives; Chapter 2: Immigrant Children; Chapter 3: A Resilience Framework to Examine Immigrant and Refugee Children and Youth in Canada; Chapter 4: Social Functioning and Peer Experiences in Immigrant Chinese, Canadian-born Chinese, and European Canadian Children; Chapter 5: The Achievement/Adjustment Paradox; Chapter 6: Youth Risk Behavior among Mexican-Origin Adolescents; Chapter 7: The Acculturation and Adaptation of Second-Generation Immigrant Youth in Toronto and Montreal
Chapter 8: Service Providers' Perspectives on the Pathways of Adjustment for Newcomer Children and Youth in CanadaChapter 9: The Social Relational Perspective on Family Acculturation; Chapter 10: Psychological Aspects of Immigration among Youth Living in Portugal; Chapter 11: School Readiness in Latino Immigrant Children in the United States; Chapter 12: Challenges Facing Immigrant Parents and Their Involvement in Their Children's Schooling; Chapter 13: Acculturation-Related Conflict across Generations in Immigrant Families; Chapter 14: New Arrivals; Author Index; Subject Index
About the EditorsList of Contributors
Sommario/riassunto: This edited book focuses on immigrant and refugee children around the world and will provide readers with a richer and more comprehensive approach of how researchers, practitioners, and social policymakers can examine immigrant children and youth among ethnic minority families. Also, the chapters will focus on the various methodological advances used to explicitly investigate immigrant children and youth.
Titolo autorizzato: Immigrant children  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-7391-2390-4
0-7391-6706-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910816618903321
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