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Parenting between cultures: competing perspectives and practices of Chinese families in temporary transition in the United States

Yang, Qingling
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1452735364

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2015, Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Education, Cleveland State University, College of Education and Human Services.
This research improved understanding of the parenting practices of Chinese parents who temporarily lived in the United States. Through a qualitative research design, using interviews and observations, and this ethnographic study gave this unique parent group the opportunity to give voice to their current parenting preferences and practices, including how they navigated between the values of two cultures that often opposed one another. Through a constructivist lens, this researcher co-created an understanding of the culture with participants. The purpose of the study was to gain an awareness of and improve understanding about how and why this unique group chose specific parenting practices, how they implemented parenting practices in daily life, and whether or not these practices changed throughout their transition time in the United States. This research helped make some connections and drew some conclusions about the impact of traditional Chinese heritage and temporary United States residential status on parenting preferences, practices, and the familial struggles associated with these unique circumstances. The findings gave voice to a unique population by illuminating their personal experiences with a different culture, in an effort to construct meaning. In addition, the findings added to the lack of current research and helped inform future research about an expanding population of people that face the ongoing challenge of finding balance between the opposing values of culture in which they live.
Brian Harper, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Joanne Goodell, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Graham Stead, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Xiongyi Liu, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Mittie Jones, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
142 p.
Education
parenting; parenting style; parenting practice; Chinese parenting; American parenting; Chinese culture; American culture; transition

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  • Yang, Q. (2015). Parenting between cultures: competing perspectives and practices of Chinese families in temporary transition in the United States [Doctoral dissertation, Cleveland State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1452735364

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Yang, Qingling. Parenting between cultures: competing perspectives and practices of Chinese families in temporary transition in the United States. 2015. Cleveland State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1452735364.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Yang, Qingling. "Parenting between cultures: competing perspectives and practices of Chinese families in temporary transition in the United States." Doctoral dissertation, Cleveland State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1452735364

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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