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Positive Coping Strategies among Immigrant Cambodian Families: An Ethnographic Case Study

Wendy Reiboldt

Avery E. Goldstein

California State University, Long Beach

This longitudinal, qualitative research study was employed to study service use among poor immigrant families in the context of their neighborhoods. Researchers interviewed Southeast Asian families over a 2-year period. It was discovered that these families did not rely on traditional service-delivery models to fulfill family needs. Rather, families tended to rely on each other. We discovered a variety of family strengths, that is, mechanisms that help families adapt and survive. Emerging themes include a focus on education for children, an emphasis on children’s safety, insulation of family members, and a reliance on close family and community members. Family and consumer science professionals can benefit by gaining a greater understanding of the history of Cambodian refugees and by recognizing their strengths and coping strategies.

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, Vol. 28, No. 4, 489-513 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X00284004
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