Chinese Americans

This dissertation is composed of three essays focus on intergroup marriage and female-headed households. I am motivated by recognizing systemic or structural factors affecting marriage outcomes in China and Chinese Americans in the United States.

From the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 to President Jimmy Carter’s recognition of the People’s Republic of China in 1979, transnational politics played a large role in shaping the Chinese American experience in the United States (U.S.). This study examines th…

Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) is an empirically supported parent training program shown to effectively reduce disruptive behaviors in children ages 2 to 7 and improve the parent-child relationship (Eyberg et al., 1995). It is unique in its use of two-way mirrors, real-…

The history of Chinese Americans can be traced back to the 1850s. From “filthy foreigner” to “model minority” to “virus spreader,” White Americans’ attitudes and perceptions toward Chinese Americans have been vague and ambivalent and constantly shifting back and forth in differe…

The ethnic category of “peripheral” Chinese Americans encompasses ethnic Chinese who do not come from mainland China but come from other parts of Asia and Southeast Asia such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. In the struggle with their hybrid and diaspori…