An investigation of the effects of political persecution in Chinese immigrant women and their daughters.
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Title
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An investigation of the effects of political persecution in Chinese immigrant women and their daughters.
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Identifier
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AAI3115234
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identifier
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3115234
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Creator
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Chin, Ting Lan.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Diana Diamond
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Date
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2004
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Clinical
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Abstract
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There is little research that studies the psychological effects of political persecution experienced by Chinese before immigrating to the United States and the possible transmission of trauma to the second generation. This study includes interviews of Chinese immigrant women who fled China because of the Communist takeover, describing their memories of that time period and how they have integrated their experiences. It also includes interviews with daughters of these Chinese immigrant women to determine to what extent the trauma of the years of upheaval affected the next generation.;The main hypothesis of this study is that a mother's ability to manage her own negative affective states is directly related to her ability to regulate her daughter's negative affective states as well and to help her daughter to learn how to self regulate. The quantitative measures in the study include the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire, the Epigenetic Assessment Rating Scale, and the Differentiation-Relatedness Scale. In the quantitative findings there is a significant relationship between the mother's self regulatory functioning and the daughter's self regulatory functioning. Where a mother is able to articulate, in her interview, a detailed, multi-layered depiction of the trauma she experienced in China not only in factual detail but also to express clearly how she and her family and friends were affected emotionally by the traumatic experience, her daughter is also likely to describe her own childhood experiences in as rich and detailed a fashion, which manifests as a high EARS score for both mother and daughter. This study also includes a qualitative exploration of the following topics: experiences associated with political and economic turmoil, difficulties of immigration and acculturation, familial communication patterns and separation-individuation.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
