1. From Peers to Policy: How Broader Social Contexts Influence the Adaptation of Children and Youth in Immigrant Families (Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Niobe Way)
This chapter provides a theoretical overview of broader ecological and cultural models for examining child and youth development in immigrant families.

2. Building and Using a Social Network: Nurture for Low-Income Chinese American Adolescents' Learning (Jin Li, Susan D. Holloway, Janine Bempechat, Elaine Loh)
We used notions of social capital and social networks to study higher versus lower achieving Chinese adolescents from low-income backgrounds.

3. The “Model Minority” and Their Discontent: Examining Peer Discrimination and Harassment of Chinese American Immigrant Youth (Desiree Baolian Qin, Niobe Way, Meenal Rana)
Using an ecological framework, this chapter explores the reasons for peer discrimination and harassment reported by Chinese American youth in Boston and New York.

4. Mothers’ Citizenship Status and Household Food Insecurity Among Low-Income Children of Immigrants (Ariel Kalil, Jen-Hao Chen)
This chapter describes the level of household food insecurity among children of immigrant mothers with and without citizenship, as well as factors that explain differences in food insecurity across the groups.

5. Access to Institutional Resources as a Measure of Social Exclusion: Relations With Family Process and Cognitive Development in the Context of Immigration (Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Erin B. Godfrey, Ann C. Rivera)
This chapter examines the consequences for family processes and young children’s cognitive development of immigrant and ethnically diverse parents’ access to financial institutions and drivers’ licenses.

6. Afterword: New Directions in Research With Immigrant Families and Their Children (Carola Suárez-Orozco, Avary Carhill)
This chapter considers the work presented in this volume in the context of future directions for research on the development of children and youth in immigrant families.

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