Marriage and Family Review
Volume 54, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 648-661

New Christians in a New Land: Faith Journeys of Asian American Immigrant Families (Article)

Son D. , Egginton B.R. , Lu Y. , Ai A.L. , Marks L.D. , Dollahite D.C.*
  • a T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States
  • b Graduate Program in Family and Human Development, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States
  • c Department of Education, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
  • d Department of Social Work, Florida State University, Tallahassee, United States
  • e School of Family Life, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States
  • f School of Family Life, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of religion on the relational processes (e.g., marital and parent-child relationships) of Asian American Christian families. Data included selected responses from in-depth interviews of 24 Asian American Christian immigrant families (n = 48 individuals). Under the domain of “General Life Strengths,” three themes of (a) identifying life’s purpose, (b) peace in times of stress, and (c) internalization of prosocial values were found. The themes for the domain of “Relational Strengths in Marriage” included (a) enhanced marital unity, (b) conflict avoidance and resolution, and (c) forgiveness in marriage. The domain of “Relational Strengths in Parenting” included themes of (a) enhanced parent-child unity, (b) parental socialization of prosocial values, and (c) diverse parenting approaches. © 2018, © 2018 Taylor & Francis.

Author Keywords

Immigrant Spirituality Asian families Christian families marriage Religion Parenting qualitative Family

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85048786575&doi=10.1080%2f01494929.2018.1469571&partnerID=40&md5=e4f5b9f877106b4cd5077c096fe75811
DOI: 10.1080/01494929.2018.1469571
ISSN: 01494929
Cited by: 2
Original Language: English