Kazuo Nihira

Biographic Data

ID176750
NAMEKazuo Nihira
GIVEN NAMESKazuo
FAMILY NAMENihira
SIGNATURENIHIRA K
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of California, Los Angeles
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS55
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1968
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2004
H-INDEX3

  • Filial Piety, Modernization, and the Challenges of Raising Children for Chinese Immigrants: Quantitative and Qualitative Evidence

    Open AccessEli Lieber, Kazuo Nihira et al.ARTICLEEthos2004Cited by: 27References: 51

    This study examines Chinese immigrant parents' perceptions of filial piety. The concept of filial piety is introduced and we discuss the impacts of modernization and immigration experience on the challenges faced by contemporary Chinese immigrants as they reconcile traditional values with the demands of sociohistorical change and child rearing in the United States. Factor analysis of a commonly applied scale demonstrates multiple aspects of filia…

  • Holding on and letting go: Identity and acculturation among Chinese immigrants

    Denise Chin, Dorothy Chin et al.ARTICLECultural Diversity & Ethnic…2001

  • Holding on and letting go: Identity and acculturation among Chinese immigrants

    Eli Lieber, Denise Chin et al.ARTICLECultural Diversity & Ethnic…2001Cited by: 23References: 11

    This study addresses the general question of whether ethnic identity and general acculturation would prove unique discriminators of quality of life for Chinese immigrants. Eighty-three Chinese immigrants served as participants. Survey data were collected regarding acculturation, Asian identity, and quality of life; observers provided ratings of certain home environment characteristics; and participants responded to open-ended interview questions …

  • Family life-styles and child behaviors: A study of direction of effects

    Iris Tan Mink, Kazuo NihiraARTICLEDevelopmental Psychology1986Cited by: 2

  • Home environment and development of slow-learning adolescents: Reciprocal relations

    Kazuo Nihira, Iris Tan Mink et al.ARTICLEDevelopmental Psychology1985Cited by: 3References: 2

  • Crisis in Adolescence: Parental Attitudes about Children's Behavior

    Open AccessRuth Sinay, Kazuo Nihira et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1976

    This paper presents data from a Parental Attitude Scale completed by 132 parents of adolescents in crisis admitted to the Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center. Factor analysis of the attitude scale delineated three bipolar factors: (1) the gratifying adolescent versus the nongratifying adolescent, (2) the nondelinquent self-controlled adolescent versus the prodelinquent impulse-ridden adolescent, and (3) the loving …

  • Perception of Parental Behavior by Adolescents in Crisis

    Open AccessKazuo Nihira, Alvin S Yusin et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1975

    The Bronfenbrenner Parent Behavior Questionnaire was used to study parental behavior as perceived by 86 adolescents (aged 12 to 18 yr.) in a crisis ward. In contrast to normal school age children, these adolescents viewed their parents as significantly more punitive, intrusive, restrictive, and to have higher demands for achievement for their children. A factor analysis of 15 subscales delineated four orthogonal factors: Nurturing, Punishing, Fir…

  • Measurement of adaptive behavior: A descriptive system for mental retardates

    Kazuo Nihira, Ray Foster et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry1968References: 2

    Diagnosis of mental retardation must emphasize the individual's ability to cope with environmental demands encompassing social values and expectations. Coping behaviors must be conceptualized as multidimensional as well as developmental phenomena. The basic parameters of coping behaviors vary considerably in nature and content at different levels of retardation