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Direct linkLe, Thao N.; Stockdale, Gary D. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2005
Although the study of delinquency has previously focused on identifying individual, family, peer, and social risk and protective factors, little empirical research has studied cultural factors and their relations to delinquency. In a large community sample of 329 Chinese, Cambodian, Laotian/Mien, and Vietnamese youths, individualism was positively…
Descriptors: Individualism, Cultural Influences, Delinquency, Asian Americans
Download full textRanard, Donald A. – In America: Perspectives on Refugee Settlement, 1989
A study was conducted concerning how Vietnamese, Laotian, Cambodian, and Hmong refugees between the ages of 15 and 18 have faced the difficulties of adjusting to life in the United States. The study looked at some of the reasons behind the difficulties these youth experience, as well as their success at school, within the family, and in society.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Cambodians
Hancock, Charles R.; And Others – 1985
The handbook details techniques and approaches for teaching adolescent Laotian and Cambodian refugees, aged 10-17, to read. It evolved from a workshop for teachers of English as a Second Language (ESL) in which 17 such students participated. The book begins by looking at reading as a psycholinguistic guessing game, then proceeds to classroom…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Asian Americans, Cambodians, Classroom Techniques
Le, Thao N.; Monfared, Golnoush; Stockdale, Gary D. – Crime & Delinquency, 2005
The study of delinquency has focused on examining the relative predictive value of school, parent, and peer contextual variables, but relatively little research has included Chinese and Southeast Asian youth. Using data from a larger, community-based research study with 329 Chinese, Cambodian, Laotian or Mien, and Vietnamese youth, the authors…
Descriptors: Laotians, Cambodians, Delinquency, Ethnic Groups
Stephen, Lynn; And Others – 1985
This study evaluated the adaptation and adjustment processes of 28 Khmer children (aged 10 to 15 years) in the Boston (Massachusetts) area in a summer school setting provided by the Metropolitan Indochinese Children and Adolescent Services (MICAS). Using the Children's Acculturation Problem Index and the Children's Alienation Scale, supplemented…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Alienation
Chang, Janet; Le, Thao N. – Crime & Delinquency, 2005
Past research on academic achievement has tended to overlook the diversity among Asian American groups and the educational and socioeconomic difficulties that many Asians, particularly Southeast Asians, face. The present study addressed several shortcomings of past research by contrasting parent attachment and discipline, peer delinquency, and…
Descriptors: Laotians, Cambodians, Delinquency, Grade Point Average
