Asian American and Pacific Islander Children and Mental Health 2 volumes (Child Psychology and Mental Health)

✍ Scribed by Frederick T. Leong, Linda Juang, Desiree B. Qin, Hiram E. Fitzgerald

• Publisher: Praeger
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 545
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

How do skin color, culture, racial and ethnic identities, politics, economics, and environment influence children's mental health and academic success? Asian American and Pacific Islander Children and Mental Health spotlights these forces and more. This unique, two-volume work examines a wide range of factors that affect children, including family conditions and economic status, child abuse, substance abuse, gangs, and community stability, as well as prejudices such as the common expectation that Asian Americans are a "model minority" and their children "whiz kids."Since education is key to success, contributors consider the factors affecting Asian American children largely in the context of educational readiness and academic adjustment. However, the set is not limited to exploring problems. It also looks at factors that help Asian American children be mentally healthy, engaged, and successful at school and in later life. Volume one of the set explores development and context, while volume two looks at prevention and treatment.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Volume 1......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Series Foreword......Page 9
Preface......Page 11
1. Asians and the Immigrant Paradox......Page 15
2. Immigration, Ecological Contexts, and Asian American Children’s Mental Health......Page 37
3. Acculturative Family Distancing......Page 61
4. Acculturation and Adjustment in Asian American Children and Families......Page 85
5. Emotion Development in Asian American Youth and Children......Page 111
6. Temperament, Self-Regulation, and School Adjustment in Asian American Children......Page 135
7. Academic and Educational Achievement among Asian American Children and Youth......Page 157
8. Ethnic Identity of Asian American Youth: Process, Context, and Outcomes......Page 183
9. Hostile Hallways: Asian American Adolescents’ Experiences of Peer Discrimination in School......Page 207
10. Racial Discrimination and Mental Health among Asian American Youth......Page 233
A......Page 257
E......Page 258
J......Page 259
R......Page 260
V......Page 261
About the Editors and Contributors......Page 263
Volume 2......Page 272
Contents......Page 274
Series Foreword......Page 276
Preface......Page 278
1. Asian American Youth’s Depression and Anxiety in Cultural Context......Page 282
2. Risk Factors for Problem Behaviors and Conduct Disorders Among Asian American Children and Youth......Page 310
3. Suicide Among Asian and Pacific Islander American Youth......Page 334
4. Substance Use and Abuse Among Asian American and Pacific Islander Youth in the United States......Page 354
5. Stress and Coping Among Asian American Pacific Islander and Native Hawaiian Children and Youth: An Asset Approach......Page 382
6. Mental Health and Adjustment of Asian American Adoptees......Page 406
7. Family Socialization in the Development of Asian American Child Psychopathology and Psychological Well-Being......Page 430
8. Directions in Understanding, Preventing, and Treating Disruptions in Parenting and Child Behavior Problems in Asian American Families......Page 456
9. Mental Health Services for Asian American Youth......Page 482
10. Conceptualizing and Improving Asian American Children and Youth Programs: A Setting-Level Approach......Page 506
A......Page 532
C......Page 533
I......Page 534
P......Page 535
S......Page 536
Y......Page 537
About the Editors and Contributors......Page 538