Examined self-perceived depression and isolation reported by unaccompanied Southeast Asian refugee adolescents (n=301), population traditionally inadequately served by mental health professionals. Findings revealed significant differences regarding sex, English language skills, work involvement, and self-disclosure. Results have implications for…

Outlines difficulties facing Asian-Americans resulting from racism and the stress of cultural transition. Discusses barriers to service delivery. Proposes a multipurpose social services agency for Asian-American neighborhoods that would address both individual and community problems. Contains 44 references. (SV)

Notes difficulty in finding material that directly examines the usefulness of career strategies for ethnic minority clients. Suggests a focus for intervention strategies designed for four ethnic minorities (African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans). Section on definitions and relevant factors examines racial…

Study analyzed 117 articles on African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans published in 1980s in 4 major social work journals. Concluded that most of literature on social work practice with minorities is naive and superficial and fails to address their social context. (Author/NB)

Examined relationship among goals, acculturation, and academic achievement for 39 Southeast Asian adolescent refugees in high school vocational education program. Students expressed career, work, and family goals that were positive in affect and individual in nature. Low goal instability and high goal commitment were significantly related to…

The loose and porous body of work defined as Vietnamese American literature emerges from social and historical conflict. Vietnamese American literature speaks of death and irreconcilable loss and the longing for peace of mind. Texts by Vietnamese Americans can deliver the voices necessary to reexamine the Vietnam War. (SLD)

Examines the ways Vietnamese Americans form ethnic identity through cultural ideology in interviews with 18 young-adult second-generation Vietnamese Americans. Findings reveal the fluid and complex interplay of culture and identity. These students used cultural ideology to form and recapture ethnic identity. Contains 71 endnotes. (SLD)

Reports on questionnaire about perceptions and experiences distributed to African American, Asian American, Latino/a, and White undergraduates. African Americans reported more racial-ethnic conflict on campus, more pressure to conform to stereotypes, and less equitable treatment by faculty and teaching assistants. White students' responses…

Uses a cultural studies framework to demonstrate how multicultural literature is often trivialized and misused in literature-based classrooms. Critiques actual literature discussions and examines the content of several Asian American children's books to move toward a more complete understanding of critical literacy pedagogy and what it means to…

Describes four cross-cultural issues and specific guidelines for dealing with these issues during family therapy sessions with families from the African American, American Indian, Asian, or Hispanic communities. Summarizes key cross-cultural variables that may enhance the therapist-family relationship for the first family therapy session and for…

Examines mother, father, and youth questionnaire reports on family problem solving in 55 Asian American and Pacific Island American families. Results indicate that perceptions linked to the respondent's family role best accounted for the ratings' pattern. Predictive validity depended on family role: mothers' perceptions predicted delinquency and…

Focuses on the second stage of ethnic identity development, Ethnic Ambivalence/Evasion, experienced by Asian Americans through 39 personal narratives. Ethnic Ambivalence/Evasion, one of four identified stages that culminate with ethnic identity incorporation, typically occurs during the years of childhood and adolescence, and so is a stage…

Compares differences in quality of relationships between immigrant parents and their adolescents (N=620) as a function of the languages with which they speak to each other. Adolescents who reported they and their parents mutually communicated in the same language indicated having greater cohesion and discussion with their parents than adolescents…

Data from the Census Bureau's Characteristics of Business Owners, 1979-87, suggest that the success and survival patterns of businesses owned by Asian immigrants derive from large investments of financial capital and the business owners' superior educational credentials. Questions the validity of attributing this group's self-employment success to…

Explores the relationship between measures of academic self-concept and metacognition in three different ethnic groups: black, Hispanic, and Asian American. Findings from 214 freshmen support BACEIS model predictions, which suggest cognitive, affective, and environmental factors contribute to academic achievement. Implications for research and…