Vulnerabilities and strengths in parent-adolescent relationships in Bangladeshi immigrant families in Alberta

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dc.contributor.authorAfroz, Farzana
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Health Sciences
dc.contributor.supervisorLee, Bonnie K.
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-16T22:05:14Z
dc.date.available2014-05-16T22:05:14Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.descriptionix, 133 leaves ; 29 cmen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated the challenges and parent-adolescent relationship factors that contribute to resilience and the successful adjustment of Bangladeshi families following immigration to Canada. The systems framework of family resilience (Walsh, 2006) was used to interpret how Bangladeshi immigrant adolescents and parents experienced and navigated immigration challenges. Using a qualitative approach, four adolescent girls and four parents of adolescents were interviewed to inquire into their experience of challenges related to adolescent development, the immigrant experiences, and parentadolescent relationships influencing their post-immigration adjustment. Immigrant adolescents faced language and cultural barriers, bullying and discrimination in their school environment while rituals, customs and values from their culture of origin diminished. They felt pressured by their parent’s career expectations and felt they suffered gender discrimination in the family. Parents faced economic and career challenges and a difficult parenting experience. Optimism about the future, parental encouragement, mutual empathy of each other’s struggles, sharing feelings, open and clear communication, flexibility in parenting style and anchoring in cultural values and religious beliefs helped parents and adolescents become more resilient in maintaining a positive outlook with a positive view of their immigration. In some cases, the challenges of immigration pulled the families closer together in mutual support. It is hoped that findings from this study will assist in developing effective social programmes to ease adolescents’ and parents’ transitions among immigrants and to promote resiliency in immigrant families.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/3425
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.proquestyesNoen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Health Sciences, c2013en_US
dc.publisher.facultyHealth Sciencesen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Health Sciences)en_US
dc.subjectBangladeshis -- Albertaen_US
dc.subjectBangladeshis -- Alberta -- Social conditionsen_US
dc.subjectImmigrant families -- Albertaen_US
dc.subjectImmigrant families -- Alberta -- Social conditionsen_US
dc.subjectImmigrants -- Family relationships -- Albertaen_US
dc.subjectImmigrants -- Alberta -- Social conditionsen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titleVulnerabilities and strengths in parent-adolescent relationships in Bangladeshi immigrant families in Albertaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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