Journal of Family Psychotherapy
Volume 3, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 27-40

Impact of immigration on the family life cycle: Clinical implications for chinese americans (Article)

Hong G.K. , Ham M.D.-C.
  • a Assistant Professor of Division of Administration and Counseling, California State University-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90032, United States
  • b Associate Professor of Department of Counseling Psychology, University of Massachusetts-Boston, Boston, MA, 02125, United States

Abstract

The impact of immigration on a family's life cycle is discussed from the perspective of general family systems theory. Immigration creates a stress upon normal developmental life stages. In adapting to a new environment and culture, the immigrant family unit struggles with the forces of morphostasis and morphogenesis to maintain a balance between the tension of individual growth and systemic maturation. Specific issues of clinical significance commonly experienced by immigrant Chinese Americans at various stages of their family life cycle are presented along with case illustrations. © 1993 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.

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human Chinese Review life cycle adaptation morphogenesis United States immigration Psychological Theory family life
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DOI: 10.1300/j085V03N03_03
ISSN: 08975353
Cited by: 12
Original Language: English