Article: Chinese immigrant high school students' cultural interactions, acculturation, family obligations, language use, and social support.(Report)

The Asian American population is the fastest growing racial group in the United States. Currently there are estimated to be 13.5 million Asian Americans living in the U.S., which comprises 5% of the total population (U.S. Census Bureau, 2004). About 63% of the Asian American population was born in Asia, and 11% of them are from China. Most Asian immigrants are families with children who settled in metropolitan areas such as New York and Los Angeles (U.S. Census Bureau, 2002). Although a growing numbers of Chinese immigrant students are attending urban public schools, little is known about the challenges they face as immigrants adapting to a new cultural environment (Yeh, ...

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