“Waves” of Asian Indian Elderly Immigrants: What Can Practitioners Learn?

Nandan, Monica

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“…In order to make therapeutic services more accessible to groups who have traditionally underutilized psychotherapy (Nandan, 2007;Panganmala & Plummer, 1998), it is vital that we understand how members of the Asian Indian population conceptualize their identity. In addition, understanding how an individual views the self as part of a family unit in conjunction with ethnic salience may allow us to draw a relationship between the way he or she integrates with a group and the level to which his or her ethnicity defmes him or her.…”

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“…To further appreciate the complexity of variance among Indians, Nandan (2007) 1965-1975, 1976-1985, and 1990onwards (Nandan, 2007.…”

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“…The first wave of Indians (1965Indians ( -1975 consisted of urban, middle-class young adults in their 20s and 30s who already held or were studying for their advanced degrees (Nandan, 2007;Rangaswamy, 2000). Most of these immigrants were men because traditional Indian families did not send their unmarried daughters out ofthe home on their own (Lessinger, 1995;Rangaswamy, 2000).…”

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“…India is the second-largest country in Asia and holds the second-largest population in the world at almost 1.2 billion people, which is about 17% of the world's population (Bhawuk, 2011). Between 1990 and 2000, Asian Indians increased in population from 815,000 to 1.89 million (Nandan, 2007). Among the geriatric population, it is said "this country is experiencing a 'browning' of the 'greying' of America" (Hayes Bautista, D.E., Hsu, P., Perez, A., & Gamboa, C., 2002, p. 15).…”

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“…Currently, there are 2.15 million Asian Indians in the United States (Allied Media Corp, 2009). Yet, Indians are often omitted from research in social and work-related issues (Nandan, 2007;Farver, Narang, & Bhadha, 2002;Mehta, 1998). In pursuing research on Asians, the value of family must be considered when seeking to understand how an individual views the self.…”

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Familial allocentrism and ethnic identity salience among Asian Indians living in the United States

Dixit¹

2014

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India and created the life they dreamed. I want to thank them for deeply instilling a scientific mindset within me that has brought me to explore the nature of my identity.They continue to show me that anything is possible with diligent effort, an ideal captured in the Sanskrit term "Bhakti," meaning a deep devotion and love that drives action.This work is also dedicated to my loving wife, Heema, who has seen me through all phases of this project. Our joint self-reflections on cultural identity often reminded me that I am not alone in the challenges of being bi-cultural. Her scientific mind alwaysmanages to see what I may have glanced over ... and she is not afraid to tell me so.Thank you. ALLOCENTRISM AND ETHNIC IDENTITY AbstractThe family has been viewed as a unique social unit in that it is usually the most salient in group (Lay, Fairlie, Jackson, Ricci, Eisenberg, Sato, Teeaar, & Melamud, 1998). We often learn about ourselves in relation to others in the world through interactions with family members. Many of the identities and corresponding role expectations we learn to adopt directly relate to the position we occupy in our family. Oftentimes, it is the family that serves to orient an individual to his or her ethnic identity. This study explored one's collectivistic identity in the context of family (familial allocentrism) as a predictive variable for the degree of Indian identity salience among Asian Indians in the UnitedStates. The main hypothesis posited that individuals who view themselves as interdependent or as collectively part of their family will report higher levels of Indian identity salience than those who feel more independent. Other variables that were examined included years spent in the United States and age at migration (for immigrants), as well as differences between first-and second-generation Indians. It was hypothesized that immigrants who arrived at an earlier age or had spent more years in the United States would display relatively lower collectivistic tendencies and lower Indian identity salience than those arriving later in life or spending fewer years in the United States. Lastly, it was hypothesized that second-generation Indians would be less collectively inclined and experience less Indian identity salience than their first-generation counterparts. Overall, results indicated that familial allocentrism was predictive of Indian identity salience.Limitations and implications are discussed.

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Section: Significance Of Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To further appreciate the complexity of variance among Indians, Nandan (2007) 1965-1975, 1976-1985, and 1990onwards (Nandan, 2007.…”

Section: Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%