ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOR IN IMMIGRANT PSYCHIATRIC INPATIENTS: THE IMMIGRANT PARADOX FAILURE

Understanding Immigrant Behavior in Denmark: The Immigrant Enclave and Employment Rate Paradox

The adaptation of non-western and Muslim immigrant adolescents in the Netherlands: An immigrant paradox?

This article addresses the possible existence of an immigrant paradox in a sample of immigrant adolescents attending vocational schools in the Netherlands. An immigrant paradox is the finding that first generation immigrants show a more positive pattern of adaptation than nationals despite poorer economic conditions. Second generation immigrants regress to the nationals in terms of adaptation. ...

Early reading achievement of children in immigrant families: is there an immigrant paradox?

This article examines whether longitudinal reading trajectories vary by the generational status of immigrant children as they begin formal schooling through the 3rd grade. The results of the hierarchical linear model indicated that 1st and 2nd generation children (i.e., those born in a foreign country and those born in the United States to foreign-born parents, respectively) had higher achievem...

Criminal epidemiology and the immigrant paradox: Intergenerational discontinuity in violence and antisocial behavior among immigrants

Available online 1 October 2014 Purpose: A growing number of studies have examined the immigrant paradoxwith respect to antisocial behavior and crime in theUnited States. However, there remains a need for a comprehensive examination of the intergenerational nature of violence and antisocial behavior among immigrants using population-based samples. Methods: The present study, employing data from...

Investigating the Immigrant Paradox and Latino Adolescents’ Academic Attitudes

Este estudio se enfoca expresamente en la paradoja migrante, en que la primera generaciones de jóvenes migrantes exhibe resultados del desarrollo más positivos que sus pares de generaciones posteriores. Dentro de nuestra muestra de Latinos del 9 grado (n ! 212) que residen en ciudades urbanas empobrecidas, examinamos (1) si la paradoja migrante existe en torno a los valores educacionales y esfu...