Latino families broken by immigration : the adolescent's perceptions / Ceres I. Artico.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Artico, Ceres I. (Ceres Ildebrando), 1959-

Contributor:

Class of 1932 Fund.

Series:

New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

New Americans : recent immigration and American society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parental deprivation.

Attachment behavior in adolescence.

Adolescent psychiatry.

Hispanic American teenagers--Mental health.

Hispanic American teenagers.

Hispanic American teenagers--Social conditions.

Emigration and immigration.

Mental health.

United States--Emigration and immigration.

United States.

Central America--Emigration and immigration.

Central America.

Physical Description:

x, 217 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : LFB Scholarly Publ., 2003.

Summary:

Artico describes the experiences, perceptions, and memories of seven Latino adolescents reunited with their biological parents after prolonged separation during childhood because of piecemeal patterns of immigration. These children's interpretation of the parents' departure as abandonment or as sacrifice shaped their internal working models of self and others. Events leading to the parent's departure and its interpretation by family members; the parent's dependability as providers during separation; and the quality of communication upon reunification influenced how these children perceived their departure and absence. Whereas the children's perception of caretakers as supportive or critical influenced their representational model of self, their internal working model of others was influenced by how families interpreted the parent's absence. Such representational models, in turn, predisposed them to develop specific affective, cognitive, behavioral, and relational patterns.

Contents:

Patterns of immigration in families

Review of supporting theories

Research method used

The stories of the children left behind

The times of separation

The process of reunification

Summary and recommendations

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-213) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

ISBN:

193120263X

9781931202633

OCLC:

51848762