The Immigrant Child:
Psychological and Socio-cultural Adjustment to the Italian Host Culture
CONTENTS
Introduction
Chapter 1 Psychological and Socio-cultural Adaptation in Cross-Cultural Transition: Theory and Findings 1
1.1 Adaptive Outcomes of Cultural Change 1 1.2 Research of Psychological and Socio-cultural Adaptive Outcomes in
Immigrant Children 3
1.2.1 Summary 17
1.3 An Integrative Model of Developmental Competencies in Immigrant Children 18 1.4 Pathways Linking Family Process to Child Adjustment 21
Chapter 2 Socio-demographic Overview of Immigrants and Immigrant Children in Italy
24
2.1 Immigration in Italy 24
2.2 Challenges Faced by Immigrants in Italy 27
2.3 Regional Immigration Context 29
2.4 Albanian and Serbian Immigrants 31
2.5 Slovene Ethnic Minority 34
2.6 Immigrant Children and Their Families 36
Chapter 3 The Psychological and Socio-cultural Adjustment of Ethnic Minority Children: Evidence From Albanian and Serbian
Immigrants to Italy 39
Abstract 39
3.1 Introduction 39
3.2 Method 45
3.2.1 Participants 45
3.2.2 Measures 46
3.2.3 Procedure 48
3.2.4 Data Analyses 48
3.3 Results 49
3.4 Discussion 53
Chapter 4 Psychological, Socio-cultural and Demographic Correlates of Cognitive Skills Among Immigrant and Non-immigrant Children56
Abstract 56
4.1 Introduction 56
4.2 Method 61
4.2.1 Participants 61
4.2.2 Procedure 62
4.2.3 Measures 63
4.2.4 Data Analyses 65
4.3 Results 66
4.4 Discussion 70
Chapter 5 Teacher Reports on Psychological and Socio-cultural Adjustment Problems of Immigrant and Non-immigrant
Children 73
Abstract 73
5.1 Introduction 73
5.2 Method 77
5.2.1 Participants 77
5.2.2 Procedure 78
5.2.3 Measures 79
5.2.4 Data Analyses 80
5.3 Results 80
5.4 Discussion 84
Chapter 6 Parental Psychological Functioning and Immigrant Children’s Psychological and Socio-cultural Adjustment
87
Abstract 87
6.1 Introduction 87
6.2 Method 91
6.2.1 Participants 91
6.2.2 Measures 91
6.2.3 Procedure 93
6.2.4 Data Analyses 93
6.3 Results 94
6.4 Discussion 97
Chapter 7 Concluding Remarks 100
7.1 Summary 100
7.2 Implications for Intervention 101
7.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research 104
References 106
Acknowledgements 129
