Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies
Volume 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 567-590

Evaluation of an intervention program for chinese immigrant adolescents' cultural adjustment (Article)

Yeh C.J.* , Okubo Y. , Cha N. , Lee S.J. , Shin S.
  • a Department of Counseling, School of Education, University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA 94117, United States
  • b Clinical Psychology Program, Alliant International University, San Francisco, CA, United States
  • c Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
  • d Kaiser Permanente Group, Los Angeles, CA, United States
  • e Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States

Abstract

The current study evaluated a school-based intervention program developed for the cultural adjustment of recent Chinese immigrant youth. The authors investigated whether or not students' social connectedness, bonding to teacher, school interest, and career/college and academic help seeking will increase after participation in the exploratory program. T-Test analyses revealed a significant increase in scores on social connectedness, bonding to teachers, and college and career help-seeking after participating in the program. Implications for developing programs for Asian immigrant youth are discussed. © 2008 by The Haworth Press. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

Chinese immigrants Asian immigrants Immigrant intervention program Cultural adjustment immigrant mental health

Index Keywords

Acculturation young population Asian immigrant social participation social behavior
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-67649962645&doi=10.1080%2f15362940802480597&partnerID=40&md5=1d9c523a10e10d045e72231672fd6818
DOI: 10.1080/15362940802480597
ISSN: 15562948
Cited by: 7
Original Language: English