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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-3-11
pubmed:abstractText
This study retrospectively explored the links between preimmigration beliefs of life success and postimmigration experiences and their influence on acculturative stress among a group of parents who recently immigrated with their children from three non-English speaking countries-Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan-to the United States. The respondents, 75 sets of parents residing in New York City, participated in semistructured qualitative interviews. Discrepancies between the parents' anticipated life success in the United States and actual experiences after immigration were associated with the parents' expectations of their children fulfilling parents' own dreams of success. Two criteria specific to Asian culture that guided parental expectations were the responsibility of children in enhancing family pride and the role of education as a way to advance through the social class and the caste systems. Implications for understanding immigrant parents' sociocultural contexts, the potential negative impact of unrealistic expectations on children's development, and the significance of acculturative stress for parents as well as their children were discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1096-4045
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
83-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15014225-Acculturation, pubmed-meshheading:15014225-Achievement, pubmed-meshheading:15014225-Asian Americans, pubmed-meshheading:15014225-Attitude, pubmed-meshheading:15014225-Bangladesh, pubmed-meshheading:15014225-Cultural Characteristics, pubmed-meshheading:15014225-Educational Status, pubmed-meshheading:15014225-Emigration and Immigration, pubmed-meshheading:15014225-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15014225-India, pubmed-meshheading:15014225-Interviews as Topic, pubmed-meshheading:15014225-Moral Obligations, pubmed-meshheading:15014225-New York City, pubmed-meshheading:15014225-Pakistan, pubmed-meshheading:15014225-Qualitative Research, pubmed-meshheading:15014225-Questionnaires, pubmed-meshheading:15014225-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:15014225-Social Class, pubmed-meshheading:15014225-Stress, Psychological
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Preimmigration beliefs of life success, postimmigration experiences, and acculturative stress: South Asian immigrants in the United States.
pubmed:affiliation
School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801, USA. gbhattac@uiuc.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article