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Download full textXiong, Soua; Wood, J. Luke – Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2020
The purpose of this study was to examine determinants of faculty-student engagement for Southeast Asian men in community colleges. Using data derived from the Community College Survey of Men (CCSM), this study investigated faculty-student engagement for 140 Southeast Asian men attending community colleges in the United States. Five groupings of…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Teacher Influence, Community Colleges, First Generation College Students
Peer reviewedSack, William H.; And Others – Child Development, 1996
Interviewed 170 Cambodian refugee youth and 80 of their mothers living in Portland, Oregon, regarding posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the stress of war, resettlement, and recent life events. A consistent relationship between earlier war trauma, resettlement stress, and symptoms of PTSD was found. In contrast, the strongest relationship to…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Cambodians, Mothers
Melnick, Leah – Migration World Magazine, 1990
Cambodian refugees in the United States, in addition to suffering loss of homeland, culture, and families, are survivors of a holocaust that has affected every Khmer family. Summarizes the history of Cambodian conflict and genocide, and describes its lingering effects on refugees attempting to rebuild their lives in this country. (AF)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Cambodians, Cultural Background
Berry, J. W. – 1988
This paper reviews the concepts of acculturation and adaptation to provide a framework for understanding the highly variable relationship between acculturation and mental health in refugee populations. It begins with an extended definition and discussion of the concepts of acculturation and adaptation. The characteristics of acculturating groups…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Asian Americans, Cambodians, Laotians
West, Cheryl D. – 2000
This qualitative study investigated individual, contextual, and cultural factors that promote trauma-related resilience and positive growth among Cambodian survivors of the Pol Pot regime who reside in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and Lowell, Massachusetts. A thriving paradigm framed semi-structured interviews that were conducted with 21 Cambodians in…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Attitude Measures, Cambodians, Coping
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language and Orientation Resource Center. – 1981
Young persons in their late teens have problems and concerns that are different from those of persons who are younger or older. This booklet recognizes this fact and discusses some aspects of American life that might be of particular interest to young people of Khmer origin. It gives information that will be helpful in making knowledgeable…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Cambodians
Lucas, Alice – 1993
During the 1980s more than 100,000 refugees poured into the United States from Cambodia. This essay is intended to inform educators and others who work with Cambodian families about recent Cambodian history and traditional Cambodian culture and to create awareness of the social and psychological significance of these factors. The waves of refugees…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences, Asian Americans
