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First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 328 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Children in immigrant families: demography, policy, and evidence for the immigrant paradox -- Historical origins of the immigrant paradox for Mexican American students: The cultural integration hypothesis -- Studying the immigrant paradox in the Mexican-origin population -- Behavioral outcomes in early childhood: immigrant paradox or disadvantage? -- Exploring the immigrant paradox in adolescent sexuality: an ecological perspective -- Immigrant generational status and delinquency in adolescence: segmented assimilation and racial-ethnic differences -- Bilingualism and academic achievement: does generation status make a difference? -- An immigrant advantage in the early school trajectories of Latino preschoolers from low-income immigrant families -- Student engagement, school climate, and academic achievement of immigrants' children -- Immigrant gateway communities: does immigrant student achievement vary by location? -- In spite of the odds: undocumented immigrant youth, school networks, and college success -- Immigrant youth in postsecondary education -- The intersection of aspirations and resources in the development of children from immigrant families. |
| Summary |
"In this edited volume, we seek to provide a better understanding of child and adolescent development in the contexts of parent immigration to the United States during the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st. The families studied in this book represent those who have experienced immigration processes in a particular time and place, or perhaps better said-- times and places. They represent part of a major demographic shift in the United States (See Chapter 1, this volume). They differ from previous waves of U.S. migrants by place of origin, language, race, and ethnicity. The earlier waves were mostly from Europe; the more recent have been from Latin America and Asia. This book is the first to devote itself to the documentation and explanation of the immigrant paradox in childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood. The book is intended for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and colleagues in the area of immigration or ethnic studies, sociology, psychology, and education. Both authors and editors hope that our readers will increase their knowledge of immigration in general as well as of the specific and sometimes extraordinary demands this process entails and the assets and liabilities that these families have to cope with these demands. In addition, readers will learn where the immigrant paradox exists in education and behavior as well as some health outcomes among youth in immigrant families. Also elucidated here is how both settings and personal attributes contribute to the paradox and the differential outcomes observed not only by generation but by ethnic group and age. Most important, the implications for policy and practice, we hope, will come not only from our own writing but from our readers' informed interpretation and understanding of the phenomena"--Introduction. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved). |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Children of immigrants -- United States.
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Children of immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions.
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Children of immigrants -- Education -- United States.
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Child development -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Emigration and Immigration.
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Child Development.
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| Added Author |
García Coll, Cynthia T.
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Marks, Amy Kerivan.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: The immigrant paradox in children and adolescents. 1st ed. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, c2012 9781433810534 (DLC) 2011016589 (OCoLC)720259800 |
| ISBN |
1433810549 electronic bk. |
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9781433810541 electronic bk. |
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