Migrant Parenting and Mobile Phone Use: Building Quality Relationships between Chinese Migrant Workers and their Left-behind Children
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DOI: 10.1007/s11482-016-9498-z
Abstract: This study examines the uses and derived gratifications of mobile phones among migrant parents in communicating with children they left behind. Data were gathered from a sample of 378 migrant parents who worked in factories… read more here.
Keywords: mobile phones; quality; left behind; migrant parents ... See more keywords
Getting rural migrant children into school in South China: migrant agency and parenting
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DOI: 10.1080/17441730.2019.1578531
Abstract: ABSTRACT Scholarship has examined how immigrant parents in North America and Europe acculturate their children to the education system in their receiving societies, with a focus on overcoming language barriers and coping with cultural differences… read more here.
Keywords: getting rural; south china; migrant parents; migrant children ... See more keywords
Do Transnational Child-Raising Arrangements Affect Job Outcomes of Migrant Parents? Comparing Angolan Parents in Transnational and NonTransnational Families in the Netherlands
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DOI: 10.1177/0192513x17710773
Abstract: Transnational family literature has established that parent–child separations affect negatively on the emotional well-being of migrant parents. Less attention has been paid to other effects separation can have on these parents’ lives. Building on insights… read more here.
Keywords: transnational family; job outcomes; migrant parents; job ... See more keywords
“I had no idea there were psychiatric clinics for children”: A qualitative study of how migrant parents reach Swedish mental health services for their children
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DOI: 10.1177/13634615241250203
Abstract: Migrant children have repeatedly been shown to underutilize psychiatric services and to face barriers to care, yet few studies have examined the experience of migrant parents who are successful in their help-seeking efforts for their… read more here.
Keywords: mental health; migrant parents; health; idea psychiatric ... See more keywords
“Going hungry, walking, working, and being cold is hard”: Experiences of Venezuelan migrant parents and caregivers of minors
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0329536
Abstract: Background The Venezuelan crisis is one of the largest and most neglected migration crises in the Western hemisphere. Driven by economic, humanitarian, and human rights factors, nearly 8 million Venezuelans have migrated to other countries.… read more here.
Keywords: parents caregivers; caregivers minors; experiences venezuelan; migrant parents ... See more keywords