Journal of Comparative Family Studies articles from January 2004

Journal of Comparative Family Studies archives from January 2004

Taking stock of America's attitudes on cultural diversity: an analysis of public deliberation on multiculturalism, assimilation and intermarriage*.
January 1, 2004... INTRODUCTION Since America's inception, both social scientists and the public have grappled with the issues associated with racial and ethnic inclusion. In 1835, when commenting on American race relations, de Tocqueville (1900:361)...

Attachment relationships between Korean young adult daughters and their mothers.
January 1, 2004... Attachment behavior is overt behavior by which the child attempts to maintain physical closeness and contact with the mother or primary caregiver. The existence of an internal state of attachment is inferred from attachment behavior. In...

How the socio-cultural context shapes women's divorce experience in Hong Kong.
January 1, 2004... BACKGROUND AND FRAMEWORK The rising trend of divorce is a word-wide phenomenon. The impact of divorce can be felt by all parties concerned: the couple involved, the children, the families of origin, their work place, and social circle....

International migration and men's marriage in Western Mexico.
January 1, 2004... Recent decades have witnessed a continuous flow of Mexican migration to the U.S. In 2000, 7.8 million foreign-born Mexicans resided in the U.S. This represents an increase of 7 million or 875 percent from the 0.8 million foreign born Mexicans...

Family transformations and the well-being of children: recent evidence from Canadian longitudinal data.
January 1, 2004... INTRODUCTION Young children are completely dependent upon others for their well being. The ability to cope with economic uncertainty and/or family change varies by age, with childhood clearly a vulnerable stage of the life cycle....

Psychometric properties of the Intergenerational Congruence in Immigrant Families: child scale in Chinese Americans *.
January 1, 2004... (Son): I am a different generation. Things aren't the same here, things are different. (Father). How different? You mean you don't have to work anymore? (Son) Of course, I want to work. I want to be a writer... This is... the path I have...

Kinkeeping and caregiving: contributions of older people in immigrant families *.
January 1, 2004... Many immigrant families in the U.S. contain transnational older people who maintain loyalties to their homeland and to the homes of their American children. These dual commitments give rise to a unique fife style among seniors who move between...

Collins, Mary. The Essential Daughter: Changing Expectations for Girls at Home.
January 1, 2004... 1797 to the Present. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2002, 184 pp., $39.95 hardcover. In The Essential Daughter readers are asked to look back in history for insight into the challenge contemporary parents face in helping daughters...

Cole, Arda L. and J. Gary Knowles, eds., Lives in Context: the Art of Life History Research.
January 1, 2004... Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira Press, 2001,272pp., $ 22.95 softcover/$39.95 hardcover. Lives in Context comes at a time when life history and narrative research are attracting increasing attention, as the recent Narrative Matters conference...

Colon, A. R. with P. A. Colon, A History of Children: a Socio-Cultural Survey Across the Millennia.
January 1, 2004... Westport. Connecticut: Greenwood Press. 2001, 565pp., $99.95 hardcover. This book, 15 years in the making, is truly a massive tour de force. A History of Children: A Socio-Cultural Survey Across the Millennia provides a major...

Canniff, Julie G, Cambodian Refugees' Pathways to Success: Developing a Bi-Cultural Identity.
January 1, 2004... New York, NY: LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2001, 312pp., $75.00 hardcover. As the United States becomes increasingly diverse, with immigrants and refugees from throughout the world, it is concomitantly important that all Americans...

Choi, Namkee G., ed., Psychosocial Aspects of the Asian-American Experience: Diversity within Diversity.
January 1, 2004... Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press, Inc., 200 340pp., $39.95 softcover/$69.95 hardcover.. This book is geared toward students, social services/healthcare/mental health practitioners, researchers, public policymakers and academics who want...

Northcott, Herbert C. and Donna M. Wilson, Dying and Death in Canada.
January 1, 2004... Aurora, Ontario: Garamond Press, 2001, 189pp., $24.95 softcover. Dying and Death in Canada provides a thorough overview of all aspects of death and dying in Canada. The book is divided into 3 major sections: The Demography and Epidemiology...