The relationship of bicultural competence and academic resilience -- The value of academic resilience -- The construction of bicultural competence -- Stress, coping and context -- Cross cultural research -- Between group comparisons -- Results -- Toward a model of drop-out intervention
Summary
"The New Americans explores recent immigration and related changes in American society from the perspectives of sociology, anthropology, education, history, political science, psychology, economics, and law. Together the books help us to understand how immigration is changing the United States."--Jacket
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-205) and index