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ERIC Number: EJ810295
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 8
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 31
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1520-3247
From Peers to Policy: How Broader Social Contexts Influence the Adaptation of Children and Youth in Immigrant Families
Yoshikawa, Hirokazu; Way, Niobe
New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, n121 p1-8 Fall 2008
This chapter provides an overview of nonfamily contexts that shape the development and adjustment of children and youth from immigrant families. It also describes the four chapters in this special issue that focus on peer, network, legal, and institutional contexts that influence the lives of immigrant parents and their children. Directions for future research on the social contexts of development in immigrant families are discussed.
Descriptors: Immigrants, Citizenship, Status, Children, Youth, Peer Relationship, Social Networks, Family Environment, Context Effect, Court Litigation, Institutional Environment, Adjustment (to Environment)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: United States