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Sprachman, Susan; Atkins-Burnett, Sally; Aikens, Nikki; Caspe, Margaret – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2010
A child's ability to develop relationships and connections with others, a sense of who he or she is in the world, and an ability to control impulses and emotions are at the core of social-emotional development. In early childhood, parent reports are one of the most common methods for assessing this type of development. However, parents from…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Interviews, Emotional Development, Urban Areas
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Kahn, Pamela – Journal of School Nursing, 2009
There has been a recent slowdown in the decline of rates of tuberculosis (TB) in the United States. However, there are disparities in TB diagnosis between U.S.-born and foreign-born persons and between Whites and minorities. Measures for achieving TB elimination include identification of high-risk persons, including children and adolescents, at…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, School Districts, Diseases, Health Promotion
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Tuason, Ma. Teresa G.; Taylor, Amethyst Reyes; Rollings, Laura; Harris, Temma; Martin, Carling – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2007
The purpose of this qualitative study was to compare the ethnic identities of 2 groups of Filipino Americans, 1 born in the United States and 1 born in the Philippines. Results from consensual qualitative research analysis (C. E. Hill et al., 2005; C. E. Hill, B. J. Thompson, & E. N. Williams, 1997) suggested that U.S.-born participants saw…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Characteristics, Qualitative Research, Family Relationship
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Maramba, Dina C. – Journal of College Student Development, 2008
As Filipina/o Americans comprise the largest Asian immigrant population in the United States, the experience of college-aged children of immigrants becomes an increasing concern at the university level. The purpose of this qualitative research investigation was to explore the ways Filipina American students negotiated their home environment and…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Family Environment, Gender Differences, Immigrants
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Achinstein, Betty; Aguirre, Julia – Teachers College Record, 2008
Background: The call to recruit and retain teachers of color in urban high-minority schools is based on an assumption of a cultural match with students. Yet new teachers of color may find themselves challenged by students with whom they are supposedly culturally matched. Although past research has examined recruitment, preservice, and veteran…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Teaching Methods, Minority Group Teachers, Diversity (Faculty)
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Enrile, Annalisa; Agbayani, Pauline T. – Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 2007
This study examined the relationship between acculturation and attitudes towards women. The study focuses on 390 native Filipino, immigrant Filipino, and U.S. born Filipino American undergraduate students. Early research on acculturation has assumed that as people become acculturated to their host cultures, their own culture of origin weakens.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Females, Sex Role, Acculturation
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Bello, Madge; Reyes, Vince – Amerasia Journal, 1987
The following three factors explain how the U.S. Filipino community became a base for the movement against the Marcos dictatorship: (1) the immigrant character of the community, (2) the presence of a broad anti-Marcos movement, and (3) the role of the Filipino left in the community. (LHW)
Descriptors: Activism, Filipino Americans, Immigrants, Political Issues
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Montepio, Susan N. – Amerasia Journal, 1987
Focuses on the health behaviors of Filipino Americans in Los Angeles, analyzing what these behaviors mean to the people who hold and perform them. First discussed are traditional folk medicine, then the current practices, which have resulted from immigration and the subsequent forming of new networks. (LHW)
Descriptors: Cultural Traits, Filipino Americans, Health Activities, Immigrants
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Mossakowski, Krysia N. – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2007
Immigration has fundamentally changed American society by increasing racial and ethnic diversity. Yet, our knowledge of the relationship between immigrant status and mental health remains limited. This study provides evidence that Filipino American immigrants have significantly lower levels of depressive symptoms than Filipinos born in the United…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Marital Status, Place of Residence, Children
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Hart, Donn V. – Journalism Quarterly, 1977
Asserts that the varied publications of the Filipino-American press can provide valuable information on this cultural minority as well as on current affairs in the Phillipines. (KS)
Descriptors: Current Events, Filipino Americans, Media Research, Minority Groups
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Hojat, Mohammadreza; Herman, Mary W. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1985
Analyzed data from a questionnaire on perceived adjustment and psychosocial problems completed by 695 Iranians and 898 Filipinos. Reported adjustment problems (for both groups) were closely related to psychopathological measures, i.e., loneliness, anxiety, and depression. Participation in social activities with Americans was inversely related to…
Descriptors: Alienation, Filipino Americans, Foreign Medical Graduates, Psychopathology
Nadal, Kevin L. – 2001
This paper uses a nonlinear, six-stage ethnic identity development model to promote proper therapeutic treatment of Filipino (Pilipino) Americans, introducing the terms panethnic assimilation and ethnocentric consciousness in relation to the Filipino and Asian American communities. After examining the social, cultural, economic, and mental…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Counseling, Cultural Awareness, Ethnicity
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Schwartz, Karl – Comparative Education Review, 1971
Descriptors: Colonialism, Cultural Influences, Educational Policy, Filipino Americans
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David, E. J. R.; Okazaki, Sumie – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2006
Colonial mentality, or internalized colonialism, has been discussed by scholars and by Filipino American community members as a significant factor in the experiences of contemporary Filipino Americans, yet this construct has not received empirical attention in psychology. The authors of the current study addressed this gap in the Asian American…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Filipino Americans, Foreign Policy, Social Experience
Navarro, Jovina, Ed. – 1974
"Diwang Pilipino" is a student initiated reader which documents the experiences of Pilipinos in America, as viewed, analyzed, interpreted, and experienced by Pilipinos. All the articles deal exclusively with Pilipinos and cover issues such as immigrant problems, the role of women in the Phillippines, and organizing in a Pilipino community. English…
Descriptors: Females, Filipino Americans, Immigrants, Poetry
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