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Tsai, Jenny Hsin-Chun.

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One story, two interpretations: The lived experiences of Taiwanese immigrant families in the United States.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	One story, two interpretations: The lived experiences of Taiwanese immigrant families in the United States./
Author:	Tsai, Jenny Hsin-Chun.
Description:	303 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 62-05, Section: B, page: 2262.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International62-05B.
Subject:	Health Sciences, Nursing. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3014040
ISBN:	0493245219

One story, two interpretations: The lived experiences of Taiwanese immigrant families in the United States.
Tsai, Jenny Hsin-Chun.

One story, two interpretations: The lived experiences of Taiwanese immigrant families in the United States. - 303 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 62-05, Section: B, page: 2262.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2001.

Scientists in the United States have studied immigration and immigrants' psychosocial status for decades. Evidence has suggested several main areas of adaptation that immigrants face during the resettlement. A series of psychosocial adjustments are involved in the process of adaptation. This family-focused interpretive study was intended to extend the dialogue(s) in the same area of interest. The specific aims of this study were to describe (1) the adaptation process of recent Taiwanese immigrant families in the historical, sociocultural, economic, and political context of the United States; and (2) the psychosocial responses of recent Taiwanese immigrant families in view of the adaptation process. Race and class were two main social factors investigated in this study.

ISBN: 0493245219Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017798
Health Sciences, Nursing.

One story, two interpretations: The lived experiences of Taiwanese immigrant families in the United States.
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520 $a Scientists in the United States have studied immigration and immigrants' psychosocial status for decades. Evidence has suggested several main areas of adaptation that immigrants face during the resettlement. A series of psychosocial adjustments are involved in the process of adaptation. This family-focused interpretive study was intended to extend the dialogue(s) in the same area of interest. The specific aims of this study were to describe (1) the adaptation process of recent Taiwanese immigrant families in the historical, sociocultural, economic, and political context of the United States; and (2) the psychosocial responses of recent Taiwanese immigrant families in view of the adaptation process. Race and class were two main social factors investigated in this study.
520 $a Critical ethnography was the methodology for this study. Nine Taiwanese immigrant families (13 parents, 16 children) from the greater Seattle area of the State of Washington participated in this study during October 1998 through August 1999. They immigrated to the United States between 1989 and 1998. The mean age was 45.31 years (SD = 2.43) for the parents and 16.06 years (SD = 3.68) for the children. Families were diverse in their immigration mechanisms, motivations for immigration, and family characteristics. Interviews, participant-observation, and paper-and-pencil tools were means for data collection. Riessman's narrative analysis (1993) was the framework for analyzing the interview data. Quantitative data provided descriptive information on demographics, psychological status, and immigration-related stress. I, also, applied various strategies to guard the scientific rigor of this study.
520 $a Findings from the traditional analysis indicated that participant families faced immediate survival and eight areas of ongoing adaptation after they arrived in the United States. They had to make psychosocial adjustments for each area. Findings from the critical analysis revealed that immigration policy, class, Western imperialism, and capitalism provided the context for these families' experiences. This study extends our understanding of immigrant families' lived experiences; at the same time, it raises more questions for further investigation. In addition to the substantive contribution, this study also draws our attention to several methodological issues pertinent to bilingual family studies.
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