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Asian American Parenting and Parent-Adolescent Relationships

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Editors:
  1. Stephen T. Russell

    1. Norton School of Family and Consumer Sci, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

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  2. Lisa J. Crockett

    1. Dept. Psychology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Lincoln, USA

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  3. Ruth K. Chao

    1. Dept. Psychology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, USA

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  • Addresses the growing interest in Asian American family lives and adolescent development
  • Presents distinct methods of study for understanding the cultural distinctiveness of Asian American parent-adolescent relationships
  • Provides empirical data comparing the experiences of subgroups of Asian Americans, including Chinese and Filipino Americans
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advancing Responsible Adolescent Development (ARAD)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction: Asian American Parenting and Parent-Adolescent Relationships

    • Stephen T. Russell, Lisa J. Crockett, Ruth K. Chao
    Pages 1-15

  3. Do Measures of Parenting Have the Same Meaning for European, Chinese, and Filipino American Adolescents? Tests of Measurement Equivalence

    • Lisa J. Crockett, Glen J. Veed, Stephen T. Russell
    Pages 17-35

  4. Parental Beliefs and Their Relation to the Parental Practices of Immigrant Chinese Americans and European Americans

    • Inna A. Padmawidjaja, Ruth K. Chao
    Pages 37-60

  5. Parental Sacrifice and Acceptance as Distinct Dimensions of Parental Support Among Chinese and Filipino American Adolescents

    • Ruth K. Chao, Kevin F. Kaeochinda
    Pages 61-77

  6. The Meanings of Parent-Adolescent Relationship Quality Among Chinese American and Filipino American Adolescents

    • Stephen T. Russell, June Y. Chu, Lisa J. Crockett, Stacey N. Doan
    Pages 79-100

  7. Interdependent Independence: The Meanings of Autonomy Among Chinese American and Filipino American Adolescents

    • Stephen T. Russell, June Y. Chu, Lisa J. Crockett, Sun-A Lee
    Pages 101-116

  8. Conclusions: The Role of Asian American Culture in Parenting and Parent-Adolescent Relationships

    • Stephen T. Russell, Lisa J. Crockett, Ruth K. Chao
    Pages 117-128

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 129-130
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About this book

The relationships between children and their parents are the building blocks for f- ily relationships throughout life. The nature of the parent-child relationship begins with parenting—the practices and strategies that parents engage in as they raise their children. Parenting during childhood sets the stage for parent-adolescent relati- ships. These relationships make a critical difference during the teenage years: we know that when parent-adolescent relationships are healthy and strong, adolescents are more likely to have high aspirations and achievement, and to make healthier choices when it comes to risk-taking. Most of the research in this ?eld has been based in the United States and has been conducted through studies of European American families. Yet a growing body of research suggests important ethnic differences in styles of parenting and the qua- ties characterizing the parent-adolescent relationship. In this area of research, most existing studies have examined ethnic and cultural group differences using widely accepted measures and concepts of parenting. Comparative studies assume that dimensions of parenting such as parental warmth or control have the same meaning across cultures; however, given that conceptualizations of adolescent-parent re- tionships have been developed and tested on samples comprised largely of European Americans, we cannot rule out the possibility that the way we understand parenting has been shaped by the predominantly Western- and U. S. -focused research in this ?eld.

Reviews

"A much needed and extremely thoughtful contribution to the scholarship on Asian American families. The authors rely on a variety of research methods to reveal patterns that challenge stereotypes and urge us to move beyond pan ethnic categories and explore the rich diversity among Asian Americans. This book is an exemplary study of culture and parenting."

(Niobe Way, President, Society for Research on Adolescence / Professor of Applied Psychology, New York University)

"In Asian American Parenting and Parent-Adolescent Relationships, Stephen Russell, Lisa Crockett and Ruth Chao have garnered a wealth of information on Asian American youth and their families, especially Chinese and Filipino Americans, and provided readers with exceptional insight into parenting influenced by cultural differences. .... The book is a highly informative reference for researchers, clinicians, and graduate students across multiple disciplines, including developmental, clinical, child, and school psychology, sociology, and anthropology as well as ethnic and women’s studies. ... It is fascinating to understand how parenting goals, style and warmth are tinted by the colors of culture."

(Prathiba Nagabhushan, in Journal of Youth and Adolescence)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Norton School of Family and Consumer Sci, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

    Stephen T. Russell

  • Dept. Psychology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Lincoln, USA

    Lisa J. Crockett

  • Dept. Psychology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, USA

    Ruth K. Chao

About the editors

Stephen T. Russell, Ph.D., is Professor and Fitch Nesbitt Endowed Chair in Family and Consumer Sciences, Director, Frances McClelland Institute for Children, Youth, and Families. He completed his doctorate in sociology at Duke University in 1994 and postdoctoral training in Life Course Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill in 1997. His research focuses on adolescent sexual orientation and identity, parent-adolescent relationships, ethnicity, and culture.

Lisa J. Crockett, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She received her doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1986. Her research focuses on adolescent development and well-being with an emphasis on the role of ethnicity.

Ruth Chao, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside. She received her doctorate from the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Chao was also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Child and Families Studies at Syracuse University. Her research interests include sociocultural perspectives of parenting and the family focusing on Asian immigrants. She recently completed a five-year, longitudinal study, funded by the National Institute of Health, examining the effects of parental control, warmth, and parental involvement in school on adolescent’s school performance and behavioral adjustment. Her research also includes studies of the language acculturation of Asian immigrant families across time and its effects on adolescent’s adjustment.

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