This academic article is about a study on Chinese mothers who immigrate to the United States. The study specifically tackles the acculturation and parenting styles that Chinese mothers use with their children once they have arrived to the United States. The study also examines the mother’s psychological well-being and their ethnic identity resolution. For example, the article states, “This study highlighted the importance of examining interplay between ethnic identity and acculturation in promoting the psychological well-being and positive parenting of Chinese immigrant mothers in the United States.”
I found this article to be a bit surprising and very informative. The reasoning behind why I thought the article was surprising was because I was surprised to even be able to find a study on Chinese immigration. I was also surprised that many Chinese mothers do acculturate towards the mainstream American culture, ethnic identity, and parenting styles. Overall, Chinese immigrant mothers have a greater appeal towards participation in the American culture. This in turn led the mothers to have a positive psychological well being.
Vu, Kathy T. T., et al. “Mediating and Moderating Processes in the Associations between Chinese Immigrant Mothers’ Acculturation and Parenting Styles in the United States.” Asian American Journal of Psychology, Mar. 2019. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1037/aap0000150.