{"product_id":"asian-american-parenting-and-parent-adolescent-relationships-9781461425977","title":"Asian American Parenting and Parent-Adolescent Relationships","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Stephen T. Russell\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Developmental - Adolescent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe growing presence of non-European cultures in America brings new challenges to as well as opportunities for parenting research. Whereas particular constructs of parent-child relationships were once considered universal, we now recognize distinct cultural variations. This is especially true in the case of Asian Americans, a population encompassing many diverse ethnicities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInformed by a variety of qualitative and quantitative methodologies including detailed surveys of teenagers and their parents, \u003cem\u003eAsian American Parenting and Parent-Adolescent Relationships\u003c\/em\u003e focuses on Chinese and Filipino Americans--large populations with markedly different histories and cultural influences--giving readers a new lens into the nature and meaning of cultural differences in parenting. Synthesizing data on adolescent autonomy and dependence, parental support and control (both crucial to adolescents' wellbeing), and the rarely-explored concept of parental sacrifice, this ambitious volume: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompares the parental belief systems of European Americans and immigrant Chinese and their influence on parenting styles.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscusses the role of measurement equivalence in understanding Asian American parenting practices.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExamines sacrifice as a central concept in Asian American parenting and in immigrant parenting in general. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnalyzes how Asian American teenagers understand the support and control provided by their parents.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplores the dynamics of parent and child gender in Asian American parenting.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlaces these findings in the context of previous parenting research and identifies new directions for the field.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAsian American Parenting and Parent-Adolescent Relationships\u003c\/em\u003e is a uniquely 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. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- \u003cem\u003eNiobe Way, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003ePresident, Society for Research on Adolescence \/ \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eProfessor of Applied Psychology, New York University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45275184201879,"sku":"9781461425977","price":7345.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781461425977.webp?v=1769282146","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/asian-american-parenting-and-parent-adolescent-relationships-9781461425977","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}