A Test of the Intergenerational Congruence in Immigrant Families--Child Scale with Southeast Asian Americans.

REFUGEES; PUBLIC welfare; SOCIAL workers; ASIAN Americans; ASIAN American studies; ETHNIC groups

This article discusses the intergenerational and intercultural conflicts facing immigrant families. The article notes that social workers are often in need of a measure to assess this phenomenon, and, to that effect, the authors examine the Immigrant Families (ICIF) Scale. The scale can measure the perspective of the parent or the child, while also highlighting the intergenerational relationships. The researchers examine the impact of the ICIF scale on Southeast Asian American refugee families, as well as Southeast Asian American college students with refugee parents.