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Acculturation and nonverbal interaction patterns in the relationship between parents and their young adult children in Chinese-American immigrant families: an observational case study
Master of Arts (M.A.), Drexel University
Aug 2008
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/etd-2940
Abstract
Two Chinese-American families, Family J and Family K, both with young adultchildren, were studied in this mixed method collective case study. This study focuses onthe nonverbal interactions between parents and their adult children in Chinese-Americanimmigrant families. The specific purpose of this study is to derive a holistic description ofthe family's functioning through systematic observation of the nonverbal interactionpatterns, using the Nonverbal Assessment of Family Systems (NVAFS), and the familymembers' responses to the self-report questionnaire: FamilyAdaptability and CohesionEvaluation Scale IV (FACES IV). Observational data from the NVFAS and the self-reportquestionnaire FACES IV were considered in relation to parents' and adult children's levelsof acculturation as measured by the General Ethnicity Questionnaires, available inChinese (GEQC) and American (GEQA) versions. The research question: What is therelationship between levels of acculturation, intergenerational family functioning, andnonverbal communication patterns in Chinese-American families?
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- Title
- Acculturation and nonverbal interaction patterns in the relationship between parents and their young adult children in Chinese-American immigrant families
- Creators
- Sheau-Ling Duh - DU
- Contributors
- Sherry W. Goodill (Advisor) - Drexel University (1970-)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Arts (M.A.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Creative Arts Therapies; College of Nursing and Health Professions; Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 2940; 991014632189204721