Su Yeong Kim
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Dr. Su Yeong Kim is a Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. She serves as an Editor for the Journal of Research on Adolescence.
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Measuring Cultural Socialization: Su Yeong Kim’s Scale for Understanding Family and Peer Influence
When Culture Shapes Adolescents Culture is a major constituent of the way youths get to know who they are, where they fit in, and how they manage to prosper in life. This does not go smoothly in the case of adolescents in immigrant and minority families. Their role is frequently to juggle the demands of mainstream society, high school peers, and their heritage at home.
By Su Yeong Kim3 months ago in Education
Su Yeong Kim’s Research on Mexican-Origin Families: Parenting and Adolescent Development Across Cultures
Dr. Su Yeong Kim’s Work on Cultural Influences in Parenting Parenting across cultures involves more than setting rules and showing affection; it is also about how families pass on cultural values that shape identity, resilience, and achievement. In Mexican-origin families, parents balance the heritage values of respeto (obedience and respect toward elders) with U.S. cultural values of independence (self-expression and autonomy).
By Su Yeong Kim4 months ago in Families
Su Yeong Kim on Ethnic Identity as a Protective Factor Against Substance Use and Sexual Risk Behaviors
Dr. Su Yeong Kim’s Research Reflections The period of emerging adulthood is usually marked as a period of free time and discovery. However, to most college students, it is also a time of reckless ways. Studies have always indicated that alcohol intoxication, drug abuse, and risky sex activities are at their peak in these years. These risks, in combination with cultural and social experiences, affect the challenges and strengths of African American and Afro-Caribbean students.
By Su Yeong Kim4 months ago in Education
Su Yeong Kim on Discrimination, Language Brokering Efficacy, and Academic Competence Among Adolescent Language Brokers
The Correlation between Families and Confidence in Adolescents Children raised in many immigrant families are raised to live in two worlds. They use their heritage language at home. They speak English in school. This is not only a linguistic bilingual experience. It is often associated with the practice of responsibility in adulthood.
By Su Yeong Kim5 months ago in Education
Understanding Acculturation Profiles: Su Yeong Kim’s Study on Mexican-Origin Adolescents From Immigrant Families
How Culture Adaptation Influences Identity, Behavior and Success The fact that adolescents of migrant families have to move between two cultures can be a challenge and an opportunity simultaneously. The Mexican-origin youth in the United States are mostly anchored between maintaining the heritage culture as practiced by the parents to other contemporary American culture that surrounds them.
By Su Yeong Kim5 months ago in Education
Insights from Su Yeong Kim on Parenting, Family Obligation, and Teen Outcomes in Mexican American Families
How Cultural Values Influence Parenting and Adolescent Outcomes — Findings by Su Yeong Kim Family is a noted determinant to Mexican American adolescents, not only due to its provision of care, but as the central cultural identity. Some of the most dominant cultural principles include family obligation, which contends that a person ought to respect, assist, and make sure that the family members are well.
By Su Yeong Kim5 months ago in Families
Su Yeong Kim’s Research on the Acculturation Gap: How Mexican-Origin Families Create Meaning and Strength
Rethinking the Acculturation Gap: Su Yeong Kim Highlights Strengths in Mexican-Origin Families Much of the prior research on the “acculturation gap” has relied upon what scholars call a deficit perspective, focusing on how mismatches between parents’ and children’s levels of cultural adaptation generate conflict and predict negative outcomes such as depression or poor academic performance. While these findings are valuable, they leave out an equally important question: Can cultural mismatches also generate positive outcomes for immigrant families?
By Su Yeong Kim5 months ago in Families
Su Yeong Kim’s Systematic Review on How Parental Discrimination Affects Ethnic Minority Teens
When Parental Discrimination Affects the Whole Family: Insights from Su Yeong Kim’s Review Discrimination continues to be a pervasive challenge for ethnic minority families in the United States and around the world. While much research has focused on how discrimination directly harms children and adolescents, a crucial but often overlooked part of the story lies in the experiences of parents. When parents face discrimination, whether at work, in social settings, or in public spaces, those stresses do not exist in isolation.
By Su Yeong Kim5 months ago in Education
Dr. Su Yeong Kim Research Unveils the Long-Term Parenting Effects on Chinese American Adolescents' Wellbeing
In a recent study, researchers looked behind the veil at the psychological processes behind Chinese American adolescents' academic excellence. With help from 444 families experiencing the early adolescence phase, the middle adolescence phase, and the emerging adulthood phase, the study defies the usual expectation that excellence in academics results in well-being.
By Su Yeong Kim5 months ago in Writers
Family Support as a Buffer Against Discrimination: Insights from Dr. Su Yeong Kim’s Research on Mexican-Origin Families
Dr. Su Yeong Kim and colleagues examine how experiences of discrimination and practices of ethnoracial socialization affect mental health in Mexican-origin adolescents and their parents.
By Su Yeong Kim5 months ago in Writers
Dr. Su Yeong Kim Explores How Acculturation Gaps Shape the Academic Journeys of Chinese American Youth
The immigrant family has to engage in navigating the new cultural lifestyle, even while trying to hold onto or maintain the previous cultural lifestyle. Chinese American adolescents often find themselves in those middle ground roles, involved in interpretative behaviors that help bridge their family connections across time, and achieve academically.
By Su Yeong Kim6 months ago in Writers
The Cognitive Cost of Bias: A Study on Latinas by Dr. Su Yeong Kim
Discrimination doesn’t just bruise emotions; it shapes the way the brain functions years down the line. Our latest research explores how the chronic stress of discrimination can deteriorate the mental sharpness of Mexican-origin women, with depression acting as the hidden link in this troubling chain.
By Su Yeong Kim6 months ago in Writers
