October 33, 2003
The Educational Adjustment of Youth from Immigrant Families
Center
for Culture and Health
University of California, Los Angeles
TITLE:
The Educational Adjustment of Youth from Immigrant Families
ABSTRACT:
Children from immigrant families currently comprise one-fifth
of the population of children in the United States. How this
unique group of children adapts and adjusts to American society
is a pressing issue for social scientists, educators, and policy
makers alike. In this talk, I will summarize a program of research
conducted in California and New York City that has focused on
how well youth from immigrant families do during high school and
the extent to which they attend college. Attention will be paid
to the role of cultural values in the students' academic motivation,
and how the youth from immigrant families negotiation their sense
of obligation to the family with their desire to achieve academic
success and pursue postsecondary schooling.
REFERENCES:
Fuligni, A. J. (1997). The academic achievement of adolescents
from immigrant families: The roles of family background, attitudes,
and behavior. Child Development, 68, 261-273.
Fuligni, A. J. (1998). The adjustment of children from immigrant families. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 7, 99-103.
Fuligni, A. J., Yip, T, & Tseng, V. (2002). The impact of family obligation on the daily behavior and psychological well being of Chinese American adolescents. Child Development, 73, 306-318.
Hernandez, D. J., & Charney, E. (1998). From generation to generation: The health and well-being of children in immigrant families. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.
Kao, G. & Tienda, M. (1995). Optimism and achievement: The educational performance of immigrant youth. Social Science Quarterly, 76, 1-19.
Suárez-Orozco, C., & Suárez-Orozco, M. M. (1995). Transformations: Immigration, family life, and achievement motivation among Latino adolescents. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
LINKS:
personal: http://cchxserve.npih.ucla.edu/cch/Bios/biofuligni.html
department: http://cchxserve.npih.ucla.edu/cch/