Immigrant families in contemporary society / edited by Jennifer E. Lansford, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Marc H. Bornstein.

• Superior document: Duke series in child development and public policy
• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Lansford, Jennifer E.; Deater-Deckard, Kirby D.; Bornstein, Marc H.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: Duke series in child development and public policy.
• Physical Description: xv, 336 p. :; ill.

Table of Contents

Family circumstances of children in immigrant families : looking to the future of America / Donald J. Hernandez, Nancy A. Denton, and Suzanne E. Macartney -- Health of children in immigrant families / Fernando S. Mendoza, Joyce R. Javier, and Anthony E. Burgos -- Ethnic identity development in immigrant families / Jean S. Phinney and Anthony D. Ong -- Acculturation strategies and adaption / John W. Berry -- Immigrant families in sociology / Vappu Tyyska -- How economists have studied the immigrant family / Neeraj Kaushal and Cordelia Reimers -- Knowledge of child development and family interactions among immigrants to America : perspectives from developmental science / Marc H. Bornstein and Linda R. Cote -- A multidisiplinary perspective on the development of young children in immigrant families / P. Lindasy Chase-Lansdale, Angela Valdovinos D'Angelo, and Natalia Palacios -- Managing the differences within : immigration and early education in the United States / Robert H. Bradley and Lorraine McKelvey -- The role of preschool and after-school policies in improving the school achievement of children of immigrants / Jane Waldfogel and Claudia Lahaie -- Cultural and religious contexts of parenting by immigrant South Asian Muslim mothers / Fariyal Ross-Sheriff, M. Taqi Tirmazi, and Tasanee R. Walsh -- Immigration, globalization, and the Chinese American families / Bernard P. Wong -- Immigrant families and the educational development of their children / Andrew J. Fuligni and Allison Sidle Fuligni -- Work-family linkages in the lives of families of Mexican origin / Kimberly A. Updegraff ... [et al.] -- Building bridges : strategies to promote academic and psychological resilience for adolescents of Mexican origin / Nancy A. Gonzales ... [et al.] -- The role of the law in relationships within immigrant families : traditional parenting practices in conflict with American concepts of maltreatment / Doriane Lambelet Coleman -- Closing thoughts / Kirby Deater-Deckard, Marc H. Bornstein, and Jennifer E. Lansford -- Afterword : Reflections on research with immigrant families / Carola Suarez-Orozco.