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Counseling Muslim Americans: Cultural and Spiritual Assessments
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Ibrahim, Farah A.; Dykeman, Cass – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2011
In this article, the authors identify the cultural and spiritual assessments needed to conduct counseling with Muslim Americans and Muslim immigrants to the United States. Assessment processes are outlined that include cultural identity (which subsumes several variables); worldview; spiritual assessment along with acculturation level and migration…
Descriptors: Muslims, Acculturation, Immigrants, World Views
Ethnic Retention as a Predictor of Academic Success: Lessons from the Children of Immigrant Families and Black Children
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Akiba, Daisuke – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2007
Educators and policymakers often believe that immigrant children perform better in school if they and their families culturally assimilate and assume the characteristics prevalent in the dominant mainstream society. Therefore, ethnic retention (i.e., immigrant families and people of color embracing their own ethnic values, artifacts, and…
Descriptors: African American Children, Academic Achievement, Immigrants, Ethnicity
Cultural Identity, Perceived Discrimination, and Parental Support as Determinants of Immigrants' School Adjustments: Vietnamese Youth in Finland
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Liebkind, Karmela; Jasinskaja-Lahti, Inga; Solheim, Erling – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2004
This study focuses on factors predicting school adjustment of immigrant adolescents. One hundred seventy-five immigrant adolescents of Vietnamese origin in Finland (ages 13 to 18) were compared with a sample of host national Finnish youth (N = 337). The immigrant adolescents were better adjusted to school than were their host national peers. In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Adjustment, Parent Child Relationship, Acculturation
Finding Good Opportunities within Unauthorized Markets: U.S. Occupational Mobility for Male Latino Workers.
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Kossoudji, Sherrie A.; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. – International Migration Review, 1996
Examines the determinants of occupational mobility for a sample of unauthorized Latino men who received temporary residency status under the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act. Data show English language ability, experience, risk of being apprehended, migrant networks, and the wage penalty for unauthorized workers all play roles in mobility…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Attainment, Employment Experience