SATELLITE BABIES IN TRANSNATIONAL FAMILIES: A STUDY OF PARENTS' DECISION TO SEPARATE FROM THEIR INFANTS
SATELLITE BABIES IN TRANSNATIONAL FAMILIES: A STUDY OF PARENTS' DECISION TO SEPARATE FROM THEIR INFANTS
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DOI：
10.1002/imhj.20214
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发表时间：
2009-05-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Tse, Connie
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作者：
Bohr, Yvonne;Tse, Connie
这项研究审查了一种具有全球化加剧时代特征的做法：作为跨国生活方式的一部分，越来越多的北美移民将婴儿送回数千英里外的原籍国，由他们的大家庭成员抚养-这是一种文化认可的传统。分离几年后，子女回到亲生父母身边，在收养国上学，根据西方心理健康模式，这种习俗可能对依恋关系和其他方面的发展产生严重的后遗症。这种做法在来自中华人民共和国的移民中特别普遍，但在其他群体中也可以找到这种做法的修改版本。这里描述的工作是一个纵向项目的第一阶段，该项目探讨了跨国生活方式对婴儿和父母的好处和潜在影响。本研究回顾了一组加拿大华裔移民父母的决策过程，他们正在考虑与婴儿分离。初步研究结果表明，预期的关注破坏依恋关系嵌入在更突出的经济需要和文化的角度考虑。这些探索性的数据是一个新兴的以文化为中心的研究领域，并在婴儿心理健康的实践，并支持创新模式的呼吁，在全球和跨文化的背景下，婴儿的发展途径。
This study examines a practise which is characteristic of an era of intensifying globalization: As part of a transnational lifestyle, an increasing number of immigrants to North America send infants thousands of miles back to their country of origin to be raised by members of their extended families- a culturally sanctioned tradition. After several years of separation, the children return to the biological parents to attend school in the adopted country, a custom which, according to Western mental health models, could have significant sequelae for attachment relationships and other facets of development. This practice is particularly prevalent among immigrants from the People's Republic of China, but a modified version of it can be found in other groups as well. The work described here is the first phase of a longitudinal project that explores the advantages and potential repercussions, for both infants and parents, of a transnational lifestyle. The current Study reviews the decision-making process of a group of Chinese Canadian immigrant parents who are considering a separation from their infants. Preliminary finding show that the expected concerns about disrupting attachment relationships are embedded in more salient considerations of economic need and cultural perspective. These exploratory data exemplify an emergent field of culture-focused research and practice in infant mental health, and support the call for innovative models to situate infant developmental pathways in global and transcultural contexts.