Introduction: Rising Challenges and Opportunities of Uncertain Times for Asian American Families

Abstract

Immigration is not a discrete event; it continues even after the immigrant has landed on distant shores. This edited volume explores the dynamic processes at work within Asian American communities, and the chapters within survey understudied interstices of socioeconomic status, family processes, culture, and racial-ethnic socialization. The authors span a range of disciplines and include 1st-, 1.5-, and 2nd-generation Asian American scholars. Using various research approaches, including in-depth qualitative interviews, focus groups, micro-longitudinal daily diaries, survey data, and history reviews, the authors herein add to the growing and much-needed area of research on Asian American families. The chapters examine Asian Americans as an aggregate if appropriate and as subgroups when needed and possible, collectively advancing knowledge in Asian American family processes with both depth and breadth. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)