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Peer reviewedNicassio, Perry M. – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1983
A study of psychosocial adjustment among Indochinese refugees in the United States found that alienation was (1) negatively related to socioeconomic status, English proficiency, number of American friends, and self-perception; and (2) positively correlated with degree of perceived difference between refugees and Americans. Laotians and Vietnamese…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Alienation, Asian Americans
Download full textRumbaut, Ruben G.; Ima, Kenji – 1988
This report is a comparative study, conducted in 1986-87 in San Diego, California, of the adaptation of refugee youth from Vietnam, Cambodia, Indochina, and Laos. The project examined both successes and problems of these refugee youth regarding their educational and occupational attainments and aspirations, and evaluated their prospects for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acculturation, Asian Americans, Cambodians
Baizerman, Michael; Hendricks, Glenn – 1988
Presented is a report on a comparative study of the educational and occupational aspirations and expectations of Cambodian, Hmong, Laotian, and Vietnamese adolescents and youth in the Minneapolis-St.Paul (Twin Cities), Minnesota, metropolitan area. Data were culled from interviews with about 160 informants using a "story" approach as a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Acculturation, Asian Americans
