Development of a Culturally Specific Career Exploration Group for Urban Chinese Immigrant Youth

摘要: A rapid increase in the number of Chinese immigrants and specific challenges faced by low-income immigrant youth attending urban schools warrant culturally sensitive school-based interventions services. However, research services are limited for this population because cultural biases traditional career theories "model minority" myth suggesting that Asian students excelling. The authors developed implemented a exploration group to address their concerns with respect multiple social factors provide support. Implications future program development provided. workforce United States lias become increasingly racially ethnically diverse. 2000 U.S. census reports individuals 18 years age or younger were more likely identify two racial/ethnic minority affiliations (U.S. Bureau Census, n.d.-a, n.d.-b). greatest was among American/Pacific Islander Latino/Hispanic populations; both higher immigration rates fertility may have contributed growth these racial groups (Fouad & Byars-Winston, 2005). growing minorities joining context- counselling, which acknowledges impact clients' family context, values, envinronments on behavior (Pope, 2003). typically normed White middle-class American men emphasize individualistic culture (i.e., reverence autonomy; equality vocational opportunity; freedom economic affluence make choice; linear, progressive, rational making progress); consequently, often ignore sociopolitical realities many (Carter Cook, 1992; Heppner, O'Brien, 2002 ) contradict worldviews experiences Bingham, 1995). For instance, recent encounter employment discrimination English fluency. Despite previous professional status, they deterred from entering mainstream economy where is an essential tool communication. As result, unemployed underemployed be forced find job ethnic enclave below previously acquired skill education level (Chow, 1999). In case, paths do not necessarily follow progressive trend nor based educational level, work experience, choose whatever want pursue. Instead, affected proficiency, barriers. To acknowledge diversity take into account worldviews, sociocultural realities, lite experiences, identities clients, ecological view asserts individuals' does develop vacuum but rather through interactions between systems (Cook et al., 2002). This theoretical perspective particularly important understanding minorities, whose discourse disrupted powerful pervasive institutional barriers (e.g., racism, at work, access opportunities labor markets) decisions orten shaped family's worldview values (Fonaci &: Brown, 2000). influence especially salient communities, interdependence reliance. Familial entails collective, familial expectation congruent (Fiske, Kitayama, Markus, Nisbett, 1998). …