Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies
Volume 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-97

The experience of college challenges among Chinese Americans (Article)

Ying Y.-W.* , Lee P.A. , Tsai J.L.
  • a School of Social Welfare, Berkeley University of California, 120 Haviland Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-7400, United States
  • b College of Social Work, San Jose State University, One Washington Square, San Jose, CA 95192, United States
  • c Department of Psychology, Stanford University, 420 Jordan Hall, Stanford, CA 94305, United States

Abstract

The current investigation examined the experience of college challenges in 112 American-born, 121 early immigrant, and 110 late immigrant Chinese American students. Due to differential acculturation, it was hypothesized that late immigrants would encounter the most difficulties and American-born Chinese the least. Using the 13-domain Inventory of College Challenges for Ethnic Minority Students, we found that late immigrants reported more problems than American-born Chinese on six academic, social, and general living domains and experienced more problems than early immigrants on two academic and social domains. Additionally, early immigrants fared worse than American-born Chinese on two social and general living domains. Service implications, particularly for late immigrants, are discussed. © 2006 by The Haworth Press, Inc.

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Chinese americans immigrants College challenges College stressors

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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-34547816332&doi=10.1300%2fJ500v04n01_06&partnerID=40&md5=edb2ff3705f8b3418250cac5d55b4a3c
DOI: 10.1300/J500v04n01_06
ISSN: 15562948
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English