Introduction

Two Faces of Exclusion ◽

10.5149/northcarolina/9781469629438.003.0001 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Lon Kurashige

Keyword(s):

Catholic Church ◽

Legal Protection ◽

Chinese American ◽

Community Life ◽

Social Discrimination ◽

War Veterans ◽

Historic Center ◽

Latino American ◽

Chinese American Families ◽

American Families

Visitors to Los Angeles’s historic center, if they look carefully, will find information about the city’s original Chinatown not far from Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church, Avila Adobe, a monument to Latino American war veterans, and the Mexican-themed commercial district of Ol-vera Street. One sidewalk placard marks the location on Calle de los Negros where on October 24, 1871, a mob of “500 locals shot, hung, and stabbed innocent Chinese residents.” This “massacre,” the marker reads, erupted during a period when “anti-Chinese legislation and social discrimination greatly affected Chinese American families and their community life” and “left them without legal protection.”...

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of COVID-19 Racism and Mental Health in Chinese American Families.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.738602829.793580214 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Lena Sun

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Chinese American ◽

Chinese American Families ◽

American Families

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Grandparenting and the Receipt of Filial Piety From Adult Children in Chinese American Families

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igaa057.1110 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. 345-346

Author(s):

Jeung Hyun Kim

Keyword(s):

Social Exchange ◽

Adult Children ◽

Filial Piety ◽

Social Exchange Theory ◽

Role Theory ◽

Intergenerational Relationships ◽

Chinese American ◽

Chinese American Families ◽

Grandparent Caregiving ◽

American Families

Abstract The current study explores the association between grandparent caregiving by Chinese American elders and their perceived receipt of filial support from their adult children, called filial piety (xiao). Many studies find a correlation between grandparent caregiving and filial behaviors from their adult children, which is notably higher among minority families, especially among Asians than among white families, stimulated by the norm of reciprocity, familism, and extended kinship. Drawing from the theory of intergenerational relationships, social exchange theory, and the role theory, this study questions whether a more active engagement in grandparenting renders higher levels of filial piety returns from adult children. It uses the PINE data, a survey on the wellbeing of Chinese American elders in Chicago. The results show that more hours of grandparent caregiving relate to higher returns of filial piety perceived by older parents. Correspondingly, though with a marginal significance, more pressures to take care of a grandchild from adult children reduce the elders’ perception of filial piety receipt. No interaction effect is found between the grandparenting hours and the pressure from adult children. Additionally, Chinese American elders possessing higher levels of education, mastery, and longer stays in the US perceive lower levels of filial piety receipt from adult children. Discussion will focus on how grandparent caregiving can be mutually beneficial and strengthen intergenerational relationships among Chinese American families.

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