Advances in Immigrant Family Research Susan S. Chuang Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda Editors Gender Roles in Immigrant Families Advances in Immigrant Family Research Series Editor Susan S. Chuang For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/8807 Susan S. Chuang (cid:129) Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda Editors Gender Roles in Immigrant Families Editors Susan S. Chuang Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda Department of Family Relations Department of Applied Psychology and Applied Nutrition Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, University of Guelph and Human Development Guelph , ON , Canada New York University New York , NY, USA ISBN 978-1-4614-6734-2 ISBN 978-1-4614-6735-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-6735-9 Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013932711 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013 This work is subject to copyright. 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Chuang We are grateful to the hundreds of mothers, fathers, and children who have partici- pated in our research over the years, as well as the research of the many scholars represented in this book. Without their willingness to share their experiences, this volume would not have been possible. Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda To immigrant mothers, fathers, daughters, and sons from around the world who have allowed us to gain great insight into immigrant families. Susan S. Chuang & Catherine S. Tamis - LeMonda v Contents 1 Current Perspectives on Gender Roles and Relationships in Immigrant Families ........................................................................... 1 Susan S. Chuang and Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda Part I The Parenting Roles and Experiences of Mothers and Fathers 2 Coparenting in Latino Families ............................................................ 9 Natasha J. Cabrera, Jacqueline D. Shannon, and Stephanie Jolley-Mitchell 3 Roles and Responsibilities: A Critical Exploration of Chinese Fathers in Canada and China ............................................ 27 Susan S. Chuang 4 Understanding Structure and Culture in the Division of Household Labor for Mexican Immigrant Families ....................... 43 Katy M. Pinto and Scott Coltrane 5 Social Support in the Lives of Sudanese Refugee and Russian Immigrant Fathers in Canada ........................................ 63 David Este Part II Gendered Parent–Child Relationships and Child Outcomes 6 Latino Adolescents’ Understandings of Good Parent–Adolescent Relationships: Common Themes and Subtle Differences .................. 81 Lisa J. Crockett and Stephen T. Russell 7 Communication Brokering in Immigrant Families: Avenues for New Research .................................................................... 103 Vappu Tyyskä vii viii Contents 8 Fathers’ and Mothers’ Perceptions of Their Children’s Psychosocial Behaviors in Mexican Immigrant Families ................... 117 Ziarat Hossain Part III Gendered Immigrant Experiences Among Children and Youth 9 Gendered Conceptions of Ethnicity: Latino Children in Middle Childhood .............................................................................. 139 Christia Spears Brown and Hui Chu 10 Family, Culture, Gender, and Mexican American Adolescents’ Academic Success ............................................................ 155 Larry E. Dumka, Nancy A. Gonzales, Darya D. McClain, and Roger E. Millsap 11 Gender and Developmental Pathways of Acculturation and Adaptation in Immigrant Adolescents.......................................... 177 Derya Güngör and Marc H. Bornstein 12 Gender and Immigration: Refl ections on Research and Policy ................................................................................................ 191 Ross D. Parke and Melinda S. Leidy About the Authors .......................................................................................... 209 Index ................................................................................................................ 215 Contributors Marc H. Bornstein NICHD/SCFR , National Institutes of Health , Bethesda , MD , USA Natasha J. Cabrera Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology , University of Maryland , College Park , MD , USA Hui Chu Department of Psychology , University of Kentucky , Lexington , KY , USA Susan S. Chuang Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition , Macdonald Institute, University of Guelph , Guelph , ON , Canada Scott Coltrane College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oregon , Eugene , OR , USA Lisa J. Crockett Dean, Department of Psychology , University of Nebraska- Lincoln , Lincoln , NE , USA Larry E. Dumka T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University , Tempe , AZ , USA David Este School of Social Work, University of Calgary , Calgary , AB , Canada Nancy A. Gonzales Department of Psychology , Arizona State University , Tempe , AZ , USA Derya Güngör University Leuven Centre for Social and Cultural Psychology , Leuven , Belgium Ziarat Hossain Department of Individual, Family and Community Education , University of New Mexico , Albuquerque , NM , USA Stephanie Jolley-Mitchell Center for Translational Science Children’s National Medical Center Washington , DC , USA Melinda S. Leidy First 5 LA, Los Angeles , CA , USA ix